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What's something Ellen Fletcher Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
572
Middle
DISTRICT 769 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALO ALTO UNIFIED·NCES 062961011454
Ellen Fletcher Middle
655 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 · (650) 856-9810 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of California public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
78 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 171 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 191 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 37% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
87.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.8pp since 2014
Math
78.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 52.0% | 35.8% | 7.5% | 4.7% |
| Math | 63.0% | 15.2% | 12.4% | 9.5% |
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 | 87.8% | 78.1% |
| 2023-24 | 85.3% | 77.3% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 78.8% |
| 2021-22 | 87.9% | 80.6% |
| 2020-21 | 85.2% | 80.9% |
| 2018-19 | 85.5% | 81.5% |
| 2017-18 | 82.5% | 81.6% |
| 2016-17 | 84.2% | 79.8% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 81.0% |
| 2014-15 | 84.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
82.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Ellen Fletcher Middle
Ellen Fletcher Middle's state test result (82.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen Fletcher Middle this school | 572 | 13.6% | 82.2% |
| Edward J. Richardson Middle Torrance | 651 | 18.6% | 73.9% |
| Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle Palo Alto | 732 | 16.9% | 76.4% |
| Ardis G. Egan Junior High Los Altos | 517 | 10.1% | 83.2% |
| Lakeside Middle Irvine | 629 | 23.4% | 76.2% |
| Pleasanton Middle Pleasanton | 944 | 14.7% | 67.1% |
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 Ellen Fletcher Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.2% | #27 of 1,224 | #9 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #42 of 1,227 ▼ 8 | #11 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.8% | #13 of 1,227 ▲ 8 | #5 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #257 of 1,214 | #12 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #820 of 1,377 | #42 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #14 of 1,279 | #1 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #90 of 1,278 | #7 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.6% | #1,272 of 1,329 | #58 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #433 of 930 | #31 of 53 |
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
572
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 572 | 40.9 | 14.0:1 | 14% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 37.6 | 14.6:1 | 11% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 35.5 | 14.5:1 | 12% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 10% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 46.7 | 14.8:1 | 13% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 10% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | N/A | N/A | 11% (69) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ellen Fletcher Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (691 to 572); teachers down 12% (46.7 to 40.9).
About Ellen Fletcher Middle
Ellen Fletcher Middle is a middle school in Palo Alto, California, and it is part of Palo Alto Unified. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 572 students.
Palo Alto Unified counts 20 schools and 10,187 students, including Ellen Fletcher Middle.
Asian students are the largest group at Ellen Fletcher Middle, with 41% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 25% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is close to the 41% Asian share among all Santa Clara County residents. Ellen Fletcher Middle has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Ellen Fletcher Middle is 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.0:1. The average ratio among middle schools in California is 20.7:1, higher than at this school. About 14% of students, or 78, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 23 points higher.
Measured against California public middle schools, Ellen Fletcher Middle receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 71.5% for a school in California with Ellen Fletcher Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Ellen Fletcher Middle posts 82.2%.
In the county around the school, Santa Clara County, median household income is about $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 412 public schools operate in Santa Clara County, serving about 230,059 students.
Of nearby public schools, Juana Briones Elementary is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Ellen Fletcher Middle is ahead of the 80.8% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at Ellen Fletcher Middle was 562 in 2020-21 and 572 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palo Alto Unified
- Palo Alto HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Henry M. Gunn HighHigh · 1,643 students
- Jane Lathrop Stanford MiddleMiddle · 1,002 students
- Frank S. Greene Jr. MiddleMiddle · 732 students
- Ohlone ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Escondido ElementaryElementary · 432 students
Other schools in Palo Alto
- Palo Alto HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Henry M. Gunn HighHigh · 1,643 students
- Jane Lathrop Stanford MiddleMiddle · 1,002 students
- Frank S. Greene Jr. MiddleMiddle · 732 students
- Ohlone ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Fairmeadow ElementaryElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Juana Briones Elementary0.4 mi · 260
- Henry M. Gunn High0.5 mi · 1,643
- Santa Rita Elementary0.6 mi · 326
- Ardis G. Egan Junior High0.6 mi · 517
- Bullis Charter0.8 mi · 997
- Barron Park Elementary1.0 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About Ellen Fletcher MiddleHow many students attend Ellen Fletcher Middle?
Ellen Fletcher Middle enrolls approximately 572 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ellen Fletcher Middle serve?
Ellen Fletcher Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ellen Fletcher Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ellen Fletcher Middle is approximately 14.0:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ellen Fletcher Middle?
Student demographics at Ellen Fletcher Middle are roughly 25% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 41% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Ellen Fletcher Middle?
Ellen Fletcher Middle is overseen by Palo Alto Unified in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.