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What's one thing G. M. Walters Middle gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,149
Middle
DISTRICT 1,523 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT UNIFIED·NCES 061440001689
G. M. Walters Middle
39600 Logan Dr., Fremont, CA 94538 · (510) 656-7211 · Alameda County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,149 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- BBeats 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
20.4:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
528 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 369 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 382 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 398 | 35% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
58.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.7pp since 2014
Math
43.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.2% | 30.4% | 18.5% | 22.8% |
| Math | 29.1% | 14.0% | 19.5% | 37.3% |
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 | 58.7% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 59.3% | 43.3% |
| 2022-23 | 57.1% | 40.9% |
| 2021-22 | 59.7% | 38.6% |
| 2018-19 | 65.4% | 47.9% |
| 2017-18 | 61.1% | 43.9% |
| 2016-17 | 55.8% | 41.8% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 G. M. Walters Middle
G. M. Walters Middle's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. M. Walters Middle this school | 1,149 | 46.0% | 51.0% |
| Canyon Hills Junior High Chino Hills | 1,070 | 46.8% | 70.3% |
| Challenger Middle San Diego | 960 | 48.8% | 66.9% |
| Giannini (A.P.) Middle San Francisco | 1,183 | 39.6% | 70.9% |
| Centerville Middle Fremont | 1,495 | 37.1% | 59.5% |
| Itliong-Vera Cruz Union City | 1,097 | 53.5% | 50.6% |
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 G. M. Walters Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #338 of 1,224 | #22 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #357 of 1,227 ▼ 17 | #23 of 46 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #346 of 1,227 ▼ 43 | #23 of 46 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #661 of 1,214 | #20 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,149 | #96 of 1,377 | #7 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #521 of 1,279 | #21 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #356 of 1,278 | #26 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #978 of 1,329 | #29 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +54.9% | #6 of 257 | #3 of 17 |
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
1,149
+93 (+9%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 847
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 1,149 | 56.3 | 20.4:1 | 46% (528) |
| 2023-24 | 1,154 | 52.3 | 22.1:1 | 41% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 1,071 | 52.3 | 20.5:1 | 42% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 1,056 | 52 | 20.3:1 | 41% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 37 | 20.1:1 | 42% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | 33 | 22.1:1 | 50% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 776 | N/A | N/A | 39% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 824 | 37 | 22.3:1 | 23% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 847 | 38 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for G. M. Walters Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 55% (742 to 1,149); teachers up 52% (37 to 56.3).
About G. M. Walters Middle
G. M. Walters Middle runs as a large middle school in Fremont, California. Its enrollment is 1,149 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in California enroll around 659, and this school is 74% above that mark.
Fremont Unified has 43 schools and 33,073 students, and G. M. Walters Middle is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at G. M. Walters Middle is Asian: 51%. Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic, 9% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Alameda County, the Asian share is about 33%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
The school's 56.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1. It is about the same as the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. At G. M. Walters Middle, 46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Alameda County average a similar 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, G. M. Walters Middle lands at B+, ahead of 67% of California public middle schools.
In California, G. M. Walters Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 51.0% actual against a predicted 52.6%.
Looking at the county, Alameda County, the median household earns about $129,367 a year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting G. M. Walters Middle, Alameda County has 394 public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Brier Elementary, is the closest to G. M. Walters Middle. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 51.5%, higher than G. M. Walters Middle's 51.0%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
In 2020-21, G. M. Walters Middle enrolled 1,056 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 1,149.
On allk12, people connected to G. M. Walters Middle can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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Other schools in Fremont
- American HighHigh · 2,618 students
- Irvington HighHigh · 2,157 students
- Thornton MiddleMiddle · 1,972 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Mission San Jose HighHigh · 1,794 students
- John M. Horner MiddleMiddle · 1,574 students
Nearby schools
- Brier Elementary0.3 mi · 585
- Young Adult Program0.4 mi · 48
- Circle of Independent Learning0.4 mi · 394
- John F. Kennedy High0.6 mi · 1,273
- Joseph Azevada Elementary0.7 mi · 394
- John Blacow Elementary0.8 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About G. M. Walters MiddleHow large is G. M. Walters Middle?
G. M. Walters Middle enrolls approximately 1,149 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does G. M. Walters Middle serve?
G. M. Walters Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at G. M. Walters Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at G. M. Walters Middle is approximately 20.4:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at G. M. Walters Middle?
At G. M. Walters Middle, the student body is approximately 9% White, 31% Hispanic, 3% Black, 51% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is G. M. Walters Middle in?
G. M. Walters Middle is part of Fremont Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.