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Enrollment
1,326
Middle
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AZUSA UNIFIED·NCES 060360000273
Gladstone Middle
1340 North Enid, Covina, CA 91722 · (626) 815-3600 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,326 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
1,200 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 454 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 413 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 459 | 35% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 Azusa Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
33.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.2pp since 2014
Math
17.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.8pp 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 18 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 12 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 | 7.2% | 26.6% | 27.8% | 38.4% |
| Math | 6.7% | 11.1% | 25.2% | 57.1% |
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 | 33.8% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.8% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.1% | 14.3% |
| 2021-22 | 45.7% | 18.4% |
| 2018-19 | 56.7% | 27.0% |
| 2017-18 | 68.8% | 24.5% |
| 2016-17 | 58.8% | 18.3% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Gladstone Middle
Gladstone Middle's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladstone Middle this school | 1,326 | 90.5% | 24.3% |
| Charles Blackstock Junior High Oxnard | 1,239 | 89.6% | 20.8% |
| South Junior High Anaheim | 1,159 | 92.1% | 16.1% |
| Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate Santa Ana | 1,234 | 91.7% | 38.6% |
| South Gate Middle South Gate | 1,192 | 93.4% | 32.8% |
| Sycamore Junior High Anaheim | 1,137 | 94.7% | 12.1% |
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 Gladstone Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #923 of 1,224 | #199 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #937 of 1,227 ▲ 24 | #207 of 248 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #888 of 1,227 ▲ 16 | #196 of 248 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.3pp | #33 of 1,214 | #1 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,326 | #44 of 1,377 | #17 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #872 of 1,279 | #180 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #1,091 of 1,278 | #220 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #270 of 1,329 | #114 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.4% | #63 of 257 | #14 of 38 |
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
1,326
+342 (+35%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,277
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 1,326 | 59.2 | 22.4:1 | 90% (1,200) |
| 2023-24 | 1,420 | 58.9 | 24.1:1 | 90% (1,284) |
| 2022-23 | 629 | 36.3 | 17.4:1 | 90% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 984 | 44 | 22.4:1 | 78% (769) |
| 2017-18 | 1,139 | 49 | 23.2:1 | 80% (906) |
| 2015-16 | 1,216 | 52 | 23.4:1 | 76% (929) |
| 2010-11 | 1,520 | N/A | N/A | 61% (925) |
| 2000-01 | 1,452 | 62 | 23.4:1 | 51% (735) |
| 1990-91 | 1,277 | 49 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gladstone Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (1,139 to 1,326); teachers up 21% (49 to 59.2).
About Gladstone Middle
Gladstone Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Covina, California. Enrollment is 1,326 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in California is about 659 students, so this school is 101% above average.
Gladstone Middle is in Azusa Unified, a district with 6,028 students across 10 schools.
The student body at Gladstone Middle is 91% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 4% Asian and 3% White. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The school's diversity index is 17%, meaning two students picked at random have a 17% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Gladstone Middle is 59.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 22.4:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Around 90% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, lower than here.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.5% for Gladstone Middle. The school posts 24.3%, 2.2 points below the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
Nearest public school: Valleydale Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Gladstone Middle places 6th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 35% from 2020-21, when Gladstone Middle had 984 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,326.
Community posts for Gladstone Middle can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Azusa Unified
- Azusa HighHigh · 1,609 students
- Valleydale ElementaryElementary · 526 students
- Paramount ElementaryElementary · 513 students
- Victor F. Hodge ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Clifford D. Murray ElementaryElementary · 397 students
- Charles H. Lee ElementaryElementary · 378 students
Other schools in Covina
- Charter Oak HighHigh · 1,259 students
- Northview HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Covina HighHigh · 1,056 students
- Las Palmas MiddleMiddle · 887 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Royal Oak MiddleMiddle · 610 students
Nearby schools
- Valleydale Elementary0.3 mi · 526
- Covina-Valley Learning Options Academy0.6 mi · 57
- Fairvalley High (Continuation)0.6 mi · 115
- Northview High0.7 mi · 1,247
- Clifford D. Murray Elementary0.8 mi · 397
- Las Palmas Middle0.9 mi · 887
Frequently asked questions
About Gladstone MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Gladstone Middle?
Gladstone Middle enrolls approximately 1,326 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gladstone Middle serve?
Gladstone Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gladstone Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gladstone Middle is approximately 22.4:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gladstone Middle?
At Gladstone Middle, the student body is approximately 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Gladstone Middle public or private?
Gladstone Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Azusa Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.