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Enrollment
978
Middle
DISTRICT 1,071 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIALTO UNIFIED·NCES 063237003852
Ethel Kucera Middle
2140 West Buena Vista Dr., Rialto, CA 92377 · (909) 574-7044 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL978 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of California public middle schools
- C+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.
- AThree-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
24.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
739 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 342 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 299 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 337 | 34% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
44.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.2pp since 2014
Math
21.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.7pp 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 22 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.1% | 31.1% | 25.7% | 30.1% |
| Math | 9.1% | 12.7% | 25.3% | 53.0% |
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 | 44.2% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 18.1% |
| 2022-23 | 31.3% | 14.8% |
| 2021-22 | 32.5% | 15.2% |
| 2018-19 | 34.8% | 17.5% |
| 2017-18 | 27.9% | 17.0% |
| 2016-17 | 33.1% | 18.8% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Ethel Kucera Middle
Ethel Kucera Middle's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethel Kucera Middle this school | 978 | 75.6% | 30.1% |
| Southridge Tech Middle Fontana | 923 | 75.1% | 30.3% |
| Terrace Hills Middle Grand Terrace | 852 | 79.5% | 19.6% |
| Creekside Middle Patterson | 907 | 79.1% | 22.1% |
| Ben F. Kolb Middle Rialto | 917 | 81.5% | 33.1% |
| Almeria Middle Fontana | 772 | 82.4% | 21.0% |
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 Ethel Kucera Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #735 of 1,224 | #33 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #804 of 1,227 ▲ 35 | #34 of 76 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #610 of 1,227 ▲ 131 | #25 of 76 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.1pp | #109 of 1,214 | #3 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 978 | #215 of 1,377 | #19 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #1,158 of 1,279 | #62 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #952 of 1,278 | #49 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #635 of 1,329 | #48 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #577 of 930 | #38 of 56 |
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
978
-25 (-2%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 1,367
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 978 | 39.5 | 24.8:1 | 76% (739) |
| 2023-24 | 966 | 42.4 | 22.8:1 | 80% (768) |
| 2022-23 | 964 | 41.1 | 23.4:1 | 76% (730) |
| 2020-21 | 1,003 | 41 | 24.5:1 | 84% (846) |
| 2017-18 | 1,121 | 46.8 | 24.0:1 | 76% (855) |
| 2015-16 | 1,155 | 45 | 25.7:1 | 76% (875) |
| 2010-11 | 1,311 | N/A | N/A | 75% (981) |
| 2000-01 | 1,367 | 58 | 23.6:1 | 55% (748) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ethel Kucera Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,121 to 978); teachers down 16% (46.8 to 39.5).
About Ethel Kucera Middle
Ethel Kucera Middle operates as a medium-sized middle school in Rialto, California. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 978 students. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 48% above that.
Ethel Kucera Middle is in Rialto Unified, a district with 23,067 students across 29 schools.
Most students at Ethel Kucera Middle are Hispanic: 84% of enrollment. The remaining students are 8% Black and 5% White. Census figures show San Bernardino County is about 55% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Ethel Kucera Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 29%.
Its teaching staff equals 39.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 24.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 76%. That is close to the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County.
allk12 grades Ethel Kucera Middle a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Ethel Kucera Middle's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (30.1%) and its predicted rate (35.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Ethel Kucera Middle is located in San Bernardino County, where median household income is about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, with a combined enrollment of about 393,648.
Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 37.8% on proficiency, and Ethel Kucera Middle is below that at 30.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, Ethel Kucera Middle is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Ethel Kucera Middle was 1,003 in 2020-21 and 978 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Discussions about Ethel Kucera Middle may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rialto Unified
- Rialto HighHigh · 2,623 students
- Eisenhower HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Wilmer Amina Carter HighHigh · 1,951 students
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- Rialto MiddleMiddle · 1,017 students
- Warren F. Frisbie MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
Other schools in Rialto
- Rialto HighHigh · 2,623 students
- Eisenhower HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Wilmer Amina Carter HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Rialto MiddleMiddle · 1,017 students
- Warren F. Frisbie MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Ben F. Kolb MiddleMiddle · 917 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary0.5 mi · 414
- Nancy R. Kordyak Elementary1.3 mi · 718
- Wilmer Amina Carter High1.3 mi · 1,951
- W.J.C. Trapp Elementary1.8 mi · 537
- Paakuma K-81.8 mi · 940
- Ben F. Kolb Middle2.1 mi · 917
Frequently asked questions
About Ethel Kucera MiddleHow large is Ethel Kucera Middle?
Ethel Kucera Middle enrolls approximately 978 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Ethel Kucera Middle serve?
Ethel Kucera Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ethel Kucera Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ethel Kucera Middle is approximately 24.8:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ethel Kucera Middle?
Student demographics at Ethel Kucera Middle are roughly 5% White, 84% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Ethel Kucera Middle in?
Ethel Kucera Middle is part of Rialto Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.