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Enrollment
556
Middle
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA RITA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063579007870
Gavilan View Middle
18250 Van Buren Ave., Salinas, CA 93906 · (831) 443-7212 · Monterey County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
18.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
487 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 172 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 185 | 33% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
33.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.4pp since 2014
Math
16.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.3% | 26.3% | 28.5% | 37.8% |
| Math | 4.3% | 11.8% | 27.3% | 56.6% |
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 | 33.6% | 16.1% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 9.9% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 12.9% |
| 2021-22 | 34.4% | 15.6% |
| 2018-19 | 41.9% | 17.4% |
| 2017-18 | 39.7% | 18.1% |
| 2016-17 | 44.3% | 19.8% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Gavilan View Middle
Gavilan View Middle's state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gavilan View Middle this school | 556 | 87.6% | 21.6% |
| Walter F. Dexter Middle Whittier | 610 | 86.7% | 25.6% |
| Washington Middle La Habra | 580 | 85.0% | 37.1% |
| Fremont Academy of Environmental Science & Innovative Design Oxnard | 617 | 86.2% | 18.0% |
| North Park Academy of the Arts Pico Rivera | 512 | 87.5% | 22.2% |
| North Monterey County Middle Castroville | 624 | 87.8% | 17.5% |
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 Gavilan View Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,005 of 1,224 | #14 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #988 of 1,227 ▲ 130 | #11 of 18 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #893 of 1,227 ▲ 122 | #10 of 18 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #364 of 1,214 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #841 of 1,377 | #10 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #266 of 1,279 | #6 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.3% | #1,108 of 1,278 | #9 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #361 of 1,329 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #806 of 930 | #14 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
556
-121 (-18%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 556 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 88% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 29.8 | 19.1:1 | 77% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 587 | 28.2 | 20.8:1 | 71% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 28 | 24.2:1 | 72% (490) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 17 | 34.6:1 | 74% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 21 | 28.5:1 | 69% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 697 | N/A | N/A | 79% (552) |
| 2000-01 | 1,041 | 45 | 23.1:1 | 38% (393) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 30 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gavilan View Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (588 to 556); teachers up 77% (17 to 30).
About Gavilan View Middle
Gavilan View Middle is a public middle-grades school run by Santa Rita Union Elementary in Salinas, California. The school reports 556 students in grades 6 through 8.
Gavilan View Middle belongs to Santa Rita Union Elementary, a district of 6 schools and 3,088 students.
Federal enrollment data show Gavilan View Middle is 91% Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White and 3% Asian. The county population is about 62% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 16% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1 at Gavilan View Middle, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 18.5:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 88% of enrollment. Across public schools in Monterey County, the average is 76%.
Gavilan View Middle is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In California, Gavilan View Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 21.6% actual against a predicted 28.2%.
Gavilan View Middle is located in Monterey County, where the median household income is $97,230, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Gavilan View Middle is one of 153 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Santa Rita Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Gavilan View Middle ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 21.6% versus a 25.2% average.
Under the NCES locale system, Gavilan View Middle is Suburb: Mid-size.
Gavilan View Middle's enrollment dropped from 677 in 2020-21 to 556 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.5:1) than in 2020-21 (24.2:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Monterey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
437,613
Census ACS
Median income
$97,230
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
153
73,845 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Rita Union Elementary
- John Gutierrez MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Santa Rita ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- La Joya ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- New Republic ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- McKinnonElementary · 439 students
- Santa Rita Pre-KElementary
Other schools in Salinas
- Alisal HighHigh · 2,742 students
- Salinas HighHigh · 2,380 students
- North Salinas HighHigh · 2,106 students
- Everett Alvarez HighHigh · 1,978 students
- Rancho San Juan HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Harden MiddleMiddle · 1,101 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Rita Elementary0.6 mi · 545
- La Joya Elementary0.8 mi · 498
- John Gutierrez Middle0.9 mi · 568
- McKinnon1.0 mi · 439
- Rancho San Juan High1.1 mi · 1,600
- Harden Middle1.6 mi · 1,101
Frequently asked questions
About Gavilan View MiddleHow large is Gavilan View Middle?
Gavilan View Middle enrolls approximately 556 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gavilan View Middle serve?
Gavilan View Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gavilan View Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gavilan View Middle is approximately 18.5:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Gavilan View Middle?
Student demographics at Gavilan View Middle are roughly 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Gavilan View Middle?
Gavilan View Middle is overseen by Santa Rita Union Elementary in Monterey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.