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Enrollment
661
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARVEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061494001901
Garvey (Richard) Intermediate
2720 North Jackson Ave., Rosemead, CA 91770 · (626) 307-3385 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL661 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
516 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 7 | 342 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 319 | 48% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
61.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.3pp since 2014
Math
54.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.3% | 35.0% | 17.3% | 21.4% |
| Math | 38.8% | 15.2% | 19.8% | 26.3% |
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 | 61.3% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 56.4% |
| 2022-23 | 67.3% | 60.4% |
| 2021-22 | 65.8% | 54.6% |
| 2018-19 | 59.0% | 56.6% |
| 2017-18 | 57.2% | 51.3% |
| 2016-17 | 60.8% | 55.5% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in California's top 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 Garvey (Richard) Intermediate
Garvey (Richard) Intermediate's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garvey (Richard) Intermediate this school | 661 | 78.1% | 59.0% |
| Muscatel Middle Rosemead | 511 | 76.7% | 59.7% |
| Donald S. Jordan Intermediate Garden Grove | 551 | 85.5% | 62.4% |
| Sarah McGarvin Intermediate Westminster | 717 | 72.7% | 74.9% |
| KIPP Summit Academy San Lorenzo | 427 | 75.6% | N/A |
| Warner Middle Westminster | 846 | 86.6% | 50.5% |
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 Garvey (Richard) Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #238 of 1,224 | #52 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #239 of 1,227 ▼ 52 | #50 of 248 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #312 of 1,227 ▼ 72 | #70 of 248 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #166 of 1,214 | #18 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 661 | #662 of 1,377 | #151 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #905 of 1,279 | #186 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #675 of 1,278 | #106 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.1% | #582 of 1,329 | #193 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #880 of 930 | #204 of 213 |
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
661
+49 (+8%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 987
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 661 | 29.3 | 22.5:1 | 78% (516) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 30.9 | 19.1:1 | 62% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 30.9 | 19.2:1 | 66% (390) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 29 | 21.1:1 | 69% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 34 | 19.9:1 | 77% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 717 | 32 | 22.4:1 | 74% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | N/A | N/A | 83% (649) |
| 2000-01 | 942 | 39 | 24.1:1 | 80% (753) |
| 1990-91 | 987 | 43 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garvey (Richard) Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (677 to 661); teachers down 14% (34 to 29.3).
About Garvey (Richard) Intermediate
Located in Rosemead, California, Garvey (Richard) Intermediate is a medium-sized middle school. The school enrolls 661 students, from grades 7 through 8.
Garvey (Richard) Intermediate is one of 11 schools in Garvey Elementary, which enrolls 4,235 students in total.
At 62%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at Garvey (Richard) Intermediate combined. The remaining students are 34% Hispanic. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Asian share is about 15%. By the diversity index, Garvey (Richard) Intermediate comes in at 49%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1 at Garvey (Richard) Intermediate, with 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 78%. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Garvey (Richard) Intermediate is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Garvey (Richard) Intermediate beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 25.2 points (59.0% versus 33.8%), a top-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The nearest public school is Bitely (Arlene) Elementary, at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Garvey (Richard) Intermediate ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Garvey (Richard) Intermediate had 612 students in 2020-21 and 661 in 2024-25, an 8% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.1:1 to 22.5:1.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garvey Elementary
- Monterey Vista ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 439 students
- Bitely (Arlene) ElementaryElementary · 409 students
- Emerson (Ralph Waldo) ElementaryElementary · 390 students
- Dewey Avenue ElementaryElementary · 341 students
- Temple (Roger W.) IntermediateMiddle · 297 students
Other schools in Rosemead
- Rosemead HighHigh · 1,691 students
- Mildred B. Janson ElementaryElementary · 575 students
- Muscatel MiddleMiddle · 511 students
- Emma W. Shuey ElementaryElementary · 450 students
- Encinita ElementaryElementary · 418 students
- Bitely (Arlene) ElementaryElementary · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Bitely (Arlene) Elementary0.2 mi · 409
- Emerson (Ralph Waldo) Elementary0.3 mi · 390
- Duff Language Magnet Academy0.5 mi · 291
- Monterey Vista Elementary0.5 mi · 542
- Mark Keppel High0.9 mi · 2,201
- Hillcrest Elementary1.1 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Garvey (Richard) IntermediateHow large is Garvey (Richard) Intermediate?
Garvey (Richard) Intermediate enrolls approximately 661 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Garvey (Richard) Intermediate serve?
Garvey (Richard) Intermediate serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garvey (Richard) Intermediate?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garvey (Richard) Intermediate is approximately 22.5:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Garvey (Richard) Intermediate?
At Garvey (Richard) Intermediate, the student body is approximately 1% White, 34% Hispanic, 0% Black, 62% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Garvey (Richard) Intermediate public or private?
Garvey (Richard) Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garvey Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.