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What's the biggest difference between Fillmore Middle and what you expected?
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Enrollment
813
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FILLMORE UNIFIED·NCES 061380001554
Fillmore Middle
543 A St., Fillmore, CA 93016 · (805) 524-6055 · Ventura County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
608 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 261 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 266 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 286 | 35% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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 Fillmore Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.4pp since 2014
Math
12.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.5% | 25.2% | 30.0% | 40.3% |
| Math | 3.9% | 8.8% | 24.6% | 62.7% |
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 | 29.6% | 12.7% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 12.3% |
| 2022-23 | 21.2% | 14.3% |
| 2021-22 | 21.4% | 11.6% |
| 2018-19 | 25.0% | 17.5% |
| 2017-18 | 26.9% | 20.5% |
| 2016-17 | 28.2% | 14.8% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Fillmore Middle
Fillmore Middle's state test result (18.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fillmore Middle this school | 813 | 74.8% | 18.8% |
| Katherine Edwards Mid Sch STEAM & Dual Immersion Acad Whittier | 894 | 77.3% | 44.9% |
| Ocean View Junior High Oxnard | 700 | 76.0% | 22.2% |
| Washington Intermediate Dinuba | 916 | 78.7% | 34.8% |
| Vista Verde Middle Greenfield | 727 | 80.5% | 16.6% |
| Hillview Middle Whittier | 643 | 75.3% | 46.0% |
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 Fillmore Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #1,083 of 1,224 | #27 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #1,074 of 1,227 ▼ 27 | #28 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #993 of 1,227 ▲ 145 | #22 of 28 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #339 of 1,214 | #5 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #419 of 1,377 | #12 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #705 of 1,279 | #11 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.3% | #1,156 of 1,278 | #25 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.8% | #651 of 1,329 | #9 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #877 of 930 | #24 of 24 |
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
813
-17 (-2%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 813 | 37.9 | 21.4:1 | 75% (608) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 37.7 | 21.3:1 | 81% (651) |
| 2022-23 | 820 | 38.9 | 21.1:1 | 82% (676) |
| 2020-21 | 830 | 38 | 21.8:1 | 84% (698) |
| 2017-18 | 834 | 38.2 | 21.9:1 | 76% (633) |
| 2015-16 | 850 | 35 | 24.3:1 | 78% (661) |
| 2010-11 | 811 | N/A | N/A | 74% (601) |
| 2000-01 | 869 | 40 | 21.7:1 | 54% (465) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 22 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fillmore Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (834 to 813); teachers down 1% (38.2 to 37.9).
About Fillmore Middle
A medium-sized middle school in Fillmore, California, Fillmore Middle is part of Fillmore Unified. A federal count lists 813 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
Fillmore Middle belongs to Fillmore Unified, a district of 8 schools and 3,685 students.
At Fillmore Middle, Hispanic students make up 94% of the student body. It is also 5% White. Ventura County's residents are about 44% Hispanic, 50 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Fillmore Middle comes in at 11%.
The teaching staff at Fillmore Middle is 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 21.4:1. That ratio is over the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 75%. On average, public schools in Ventura County report 59%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Fillmore Middle is 35.7%. It actually posts 18.8%, which is 16.9 points lower and in the bottom 10% of California schools.
Ventura County has about 837,469 residents, and median household income is about $109,797, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 238 public schools in Ventura County, with a combined enrollment of about 147,841.
Heritage Valley Independent Study is located about 0.3 miles from Fillmore Middle. Within five miles are 7 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 18.8% is below the 35.0% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Fillmore Middle in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Fillmore Middle enrolled 830; in 2024-25, 813.
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Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fillmore Unified
- Fillmore Senior HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Rio Vista ElementaryElementary · 553 students
- San Cayetano ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Mountain VistaElementary · 430 students
- Piru ElementaryElementary · 272 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 64 students
Other schools in Fillmore
- Fillmore Senior HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Rio Vista ElementaryElementary · 553 students
- San Cayetano ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Mountain VistaElementary · 430 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 64 students
- Heritage Valley Independent StudyCombined · 32 students
Other Fillmore Middle schools
One other US public school is named Fillmore Middle. Fillmore Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Fillmore MiddleFILLMORE, UT · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage Valley Independent Study0.3 mi · 32
- Fillmore Senior High0.4 mi · 1,007
- Sierra High0.4 mi · 64
- Mountain Vista0.4 mi · 430
- San Cayetano Elementary0.7 mi · 514
- Rio Vista Elementary1.0 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Fillmore MiddleHow large is Fillmore Middle?
Fillmore Middle enrolls approximately 813 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Fillmore Middle serve?
Fillmore Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Fillmore Middle have?
Fillmore Middle employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Fillmore Middle?
Student demographics at Fillmore Middle are roughly 5% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Fillmore Middle in?
Fillmore Middle is part of Fillmore Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.