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Enrollment
458
Middle
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUGHSON UNIFIED·NCES 060006002208
Emilie J. Ross Middle
7448 Fox Rd., Hughson, CA 95326 · (209) 883-4425 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
21.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
280 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 151 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 163 | 36% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hughson Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.5pp since 2014
Math
36.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.2% | 33.3% | 28.9% | 26.6% |
| Math | 14.3% | 22.0% | 26.8% | 36.9% |
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 | 44.5% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 26.6% |
| 2022-23 | 36.6% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 13.7% |
| 2018-19 | 45.2% | 25.5% |
| 2017-18 | 46.8% | 25.5% |
| 2016-17 | 40.8% | 22.6% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Emilie J. Ross Middle
Emilie J. Ross Middle's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emilie J. Ross Middle this school | 458 | 61.1% | 37.9% |
| Shoreline Middle Santa Cruz | 478 | 64.9% | 40.2% |
| El Portal Middle Escalon | 587 | 55.4% | 31.9% |
| Orcutt Junior High Santa Maria | 464 | 55.0% | 40.3% |
| Waterloo Elementary Stockton | 339 | 65.2% | 37.8% |
| Hilmar Middle Hilmar | 542 | 66.4% | 29.1% |
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 Emilie J. Ross Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #560 of 1,224 | #5 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #473 of 1,227 ▲ 150 | #3 of 26 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #604 of 1,227 ▼ 43 | #9 of 26 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #9 of 1,214 | #1 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #993 of 1,377 | #20 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #794 of 1,279 | #21 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #636 of 1,278 | #10 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #822 of 1,329 | #22 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #874 of 930 | #11 of 15 |
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
458
+32 (+8%) vs 2020
+15% since 2000-01, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 458 | 20.9 | 21.9:1 | 61% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 20 | 22.8:1 | 68% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 19.5 | 22.4:1 | 52% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 19 | 22.4:1 | 48% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 18.2 | 25.9:1 | 56% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 18 | 26.8:1 | 56% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | N/A | N/A | 51% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 20 | 19.9:1 | 52% (207) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emilie J. Ross Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (470 to 458); teachers up 15% (18.2 to 20.9).
About Emilie J. Ross Middle
At 7448 Fox Rd. in Hughson, California, Emilie J. Ross Middle operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Federal data show 458 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
District-wide, Hughson Unified has 6 schools and 2,237 students.
Federal enrollment data show Emilie J. Ross Middle is 56% Hispanic. Other groups make up 42% White. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Emilie J. Ross Middle are from different groups.
Based on 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Emilie J. Ross Middle has a ratio of 21.9:1. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. Income data for the school show 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Stanislaus County is 71%.
Among California public middle schools, Emilie J. Ross Middle outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
In California, Emilie J. Ross Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 37.9% actual against a predicted 43.7%.
In the wider Stanislaus County area, the median household earns about $81,468 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Emilie J. Ross Middle shares Stanislaus County with 189 other public schools.
Emilie J. Ross Middle's closest public school neighbor is Fox Road Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Emilie J. Ross Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Emilie J. Ross Middle is ahead of the 33.2% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 6.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 8%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hughson Unified
- Hughson HighHigh · 859 students
- Hughson ElementaryElementary · 596 students
- Fox Road ElementaryElementary · 287 students
- Dickens (Billy Joe) High (Continuation)High · 33 students
- Valley Community DayHigh · 4 students
Other schools in Hughson
- Hughson HighHigh · 859 students
- Hughson ElementaryElementary · 596 students
- Fox Road ElementaryElementary · 287 students
- Barbara Spratling MiddleMiddle · 239 students
- Dickens (Billy Joe) High (Continuation)High · 33 students
- Valley Community DayHigh · 4 students
Nearby schools
- Fox Road Elementary0.1 mi · 287
- Hughson High0.4 mi · 859
- Valley Community Day0.4 mi · 4
- Dickens (Billy Joe) High (Continuation)0.4 mi · 33
- Hughson Elementary0.5 mi · 596
- Teel School in Empire3.4 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Emilie J. Ross MiddleHow large is Emilie J. Ross Middle?
Emilie J. Ross Middle enrolls approximately 458 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Emilie J. Ross Middle serve?
Emilie J. Ross Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Emilie J. Ross Middle?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Emilie J. Ross Middle.
What is the student diversity at Emilie J. Ross Middle?
Student demographics at Emilie J. Ross Middle are roughly 42% White, 56% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Emilie J. Ross Middle in?
Emilie J. Ross Middle is part of Hughson Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.