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What's the most underrated thing about Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,234
Middle
DISTRICT 839 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531008548
Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate
2000 North Bristol, Santa Ana, CA 92706 · (714) 972-7800 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,234 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
21.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
1,132 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 428 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 421 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 385 | 31% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
41.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.4pp since 2014
Math
38.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.9% | 30.5% | 31.1% | 27.4% |
| Math | 19.1% | 18.9% | 30.6% | 31.4% |
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 | 41.4% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 35.4% |
| 2022-23 | 37.1% | 33.7% |
| 2021-22 | 37.7% | 28.5% |
| 2018-19 | 42.8% | 37.7% |
| 2017-18 | 38.2% | 37.5% |
| 2016-17 | 35.7% | 37.0% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate
Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate this school | 1,234 | 91.7% | 38.6% |
| South Gate Middle South Gate | 1,192 | 93.4% | 32.8% |
| La Paz Middle Salinas | 1,099 | 93.4% | 24.3% |
| El Sausal Middle Salinas | 1,067 | 91.7% | 29.6% |
| Lennox Middle Lennox | 1,193 | 94.1% | 32.8% |
| Southeast Middle South Gate | 1,215 | 94.7% | 23.8% |
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 Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #546 of 1,224 | #64 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #438 of 1,227 ▲ 8 | #55 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #673 of 1,227 no change | #69 of 85 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #210 of 1,214 | #17 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,234 | #60 of 1,377 | #2 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #692 of 1,279 | #28 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.7% | #1,257 of 1,278 | #87 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #220 of 1,329 | #11 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #587 of 930 | #62 of 74 |
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
1,234
-214 (-15%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 1,014
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 27.9:1
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 | 1,234 | 57.7 | 21.4:1 | 92% (1,132) |
| 2023-24 | 1,263 | 57.6 | 21.9:1 | 81% (1,028) |
| 2022-23 | 1,293 | 56.9 | 22.7:1 | 75% (976) |
| 2020-21 | 1,448 | 52 | 27.9:1 | 86% (1,249) |
| 2017-18 | 1,407 | 54 | 26.1:1 | 85% (1,198) |
| 2015-16 | 1,381 | 50 | 27.6:1 | 97% (1,341) |
| 2010-11 | 1,398 | N/A | N/A | 89% (1,241) |
| 2000-01 | 1,014 | 36 | 28.2:1 | 56% (563) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,407 to 1,234); teachers up 7% (54 to 57.7).
About Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate
Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate is a middle school in Santa Ana, California, and it is part of Santa Ana Unified. It reported 1,234 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Santa Ana Unified has 35,993 students in 51 schools, and Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate, about 99 are Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Orange County is roughly 34% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 3, compared with 70 nationally.
Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate has a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1, with 57.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 92% at Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate. It compares with 55% for public schools in Orange County.
Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of California public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.6%; the prediction is 25.8%.
In Orange County, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Orange County, 649 public schools serve about 430,458 students.
Santiago Elementary sits about 0.3 miles from Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 15% decline took enrollment from 1,448 in 2020-21 to 1,234 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.4:1) than in 2020-21 (27.9:1).
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental IntermediateWhat is the total enrollment at Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate?
Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate enrolls approximately 1,234 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate serve?
Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate have?
Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate?
Student demographics at Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate are roughly 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate?
Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate is overseen by Santa Ana Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.