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Alumni: what's one memory from Eleanor J. Toll Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,412
Middle
DISTRICT 1,164 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDALE UNIFIED·NCES 061524001946
Eleanor J. Toll Middle
700 Glenwood Rd., Glendale, CA 91202 · (818) 244-8414 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,412 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of California public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
760 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 351 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 564 | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 497 | 35% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
50.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.7pp since 2014
Math
42.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.3% | 30.4% | 22.2% | 27.1% |
| Math | 25.7% | 16.3% | 23.9% | 34.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.7% | 40.3% |
| 2021-22 | 51.6% | 37.7% |
| 2018-19 | 58.9% | 49.1% |
| 2017-18 | 55.6% | 50.7% |
| 2016-17 | 54.5% | 49.9% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Eleanor J. Toll Middle
Eleanor J. Toll Middle's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor J. Toll Middle this school | 1,412 | 53.8% | 46.1% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle Glendale | 1,182 | 56.6% | 43.4% |
| John Muir Middle Burbank | 1,353 | 37.5% | 52.4% |
| Bidwell Junior High Chico | 1,012 | 52.3% | 45.3% |
| Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle Orangevale | 708 | 52.4% | 43.0% |
| Atascadero Middle Atascadero | 845 | 48.4% | 40.7% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Eleanor J. Toll Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #406 of 1,224 | #91 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #374 of 1,227 ▲ 21 | #83 of 248 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #476 of 1,227 ▼ 72 | #108 of 248 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #663 of 1,214 | #167 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,412 | #32 of 1,377 | #10 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #1,000 of 1,279 | #208 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.9% | #850 of 1,278 | #144 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #903 of 1,329 | #247 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.6% | #76 of 257 | #17 of 38 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,412
+266 (+23%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,710
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 22.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,412 | 60.7 | 23.3:1 | 54% (760) |
| 2023-24 | 1,349 | 60.3 | 22.4:1 | 56% (751) |
| 2022-23 | 1,106 | 53.3 | 20.8:1 | 54% (599) |
| 2020-21 | 1,146 | 51 | 22.5:1 | 57% (648) |
| 2017-18 | 1,243 | 53 | 23.4:1 | 59% (738) |
| 2015-16 | 1,241 | 49 | 25.3:1 | 62% (764) |
| 2010-11 | 1,255 | N/A | N/A | 62% (772) |
| 2000-01 | 1,295 | 59 | 21.9:1 | 56% (720) |
| 1990-91 | 1,710 | 75 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eleanor J. Toll Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,243 to 1,412); teachers up 15% (53 to 60.7).
About Eleanor J. Toll Middle
Students in Glendale, California, attend Eleanor J. Toll Middle, a large middle school. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 1,412 students on the rolls. On average, middle schools in California enroll around 659, and this school is 114% larger than that mark.
Glendale Unified includes 32 schools. Together they enroll 25,294 students.
The student body at Eleanor J. Toll Middle is 77% White. It is also 13% Hispanic and 7% Asian. Los Angeles County's residents are about 31% White, 47 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Eleanor J. Toll Middle are from different groups.
Eleanor J. Toll Middle has 60.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1. At Eleanor J. Toll Middle, 54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, higher than here.
Eleanor J. Toll Middle earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 62% of California public middle schools.
Eleanor J. Toll Middle is 1.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.1% versus 48.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Measured in a straight line, Mark Keppel Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from Eleanor J. Toll Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Eleanor J. Toll Middle comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Eleanor J. Toll Middle is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 1,412, from 1,146 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Eleanor J. Toll Middle can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Glendale
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- Mark Keppel ElementaryElementary · 955 students
- R. D. White ElementaryElementary · 948 students
- Thomas Edison ElementaryElementary · 859 students
Nearby schools
- Mark Keppel Elementary0.1 mi · 955
- Herbert Hoover High0.1 mi · 1,590
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary0.9 mi · 815
- Columbus Elementary1.0 mi · 488
- Balboa Elementary1.4 mi · 799
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary1.5 mi · 608
Frequently asked questions
About Eleanor J. Toll MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Eleanor J. Toll Middle?
Eleanor J. Toll Middle enrolls approximately 1,412 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Eleanor J. Toll Middle serve?
Eleanor J. Toll Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Eleanor J. Toll Middle have?
Eleanor J. Toll Middle employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
How diverse is Eleanor J. Toll Middle?
Eleanor J. Toll Middle reports a student body of 77% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Eleanor J. Toll Middle?
Eleanor J. Toll Middle is overseen by Glendale Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.