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What's something Grange Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
944
Middle
DISTRICT 605 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED·NCES 061336001521
Grange Middle
1975 Blossom Ave., Fairfield, CA 94533 · (707) 438-1900 · Solano County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL944 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
22.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
817 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 312 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 308 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 324 | 34% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
20.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.3pp since 2014
Math
11.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.6% | 16.1% | 26.7% | 52.6% |
| Math | 3.8% | 7.5% | 19.4% | 69.3% |
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 | 20.7% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 23.1% | 13.3% |
| 2022-23 | 20.9% | 12.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.4% | 19.6% |
| 2018-19 | 30.1% | 16.4% |
| 2017-18 | 31.1% | 18.1% |
| 2016-17 | 33.7% | 19.5% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Grange Middle
Grange Middle's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grange Middle this school | 944 | 86.5% | 17.1% |
| Alexander Fleming Middle Lomita | 1,110 | 88.8% | 38.0% |
| Palm Middle Moreno Valley | 999 | 84.4% | 28.4% |
| Franklin Classical Middle Long Beach | 991 | 87.7% | 27.7% |
| Landmark Middle Moreno Valley | 849 | 87.9% | 22.0% |
| Mountain View Middle Moreno Valley | 1,114 | 87.1% | 25.8% |
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 Grange Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #1,111 of 1,224 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #1,112 of 1,227 ▼ 95 | #9 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #1,156 of 1,227 ▼ 62 | #10 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.5pp | #8 of 1,214 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 944 | #258 of 1,377 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #917 of 1,279 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #549 of 1,278 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #389 of 1,329 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #155 of 257 | N/A |
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
944
+170 (+22%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 1,154
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 944 | 41.8 | 22.6:1 | 87% (817) |
| 2023-24 | 750 | 35.1 | 21.4:1 | 81% (609) |
| 2022-23 | 780 | 32.8 | 23.8:1 | 73% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 774 | 34 | 22.8:1 | 78% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 907 | 40.8 | 22.3:1 | 83% (756) |
| 2015-16 | 1,134 | 47 | 24.1:1 | 77% (877) |
| 2010-11 | 927 | N/A | N/A | 70% (649) |
| 2000-01 | 656 | 29 | 22.6:1 | 49% (319) |
| 1990-91 | 1,154 | 55 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grange Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (907 to 944); teachers up 3% (40.8 to 41.8).
About Grange Middle
Grange Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Fairfield-Suisun Unified, located in Fairfield, California. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 944 students. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 43% higher.
Fairfield-Suisun Unified is responsible for 31 schools, Grange Middle included, with 20,505 students in all.
At 64%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Grange Middle combined. Smaller groups are 13% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 5% White. County-wide, 30% of Solano County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Grange Middle comes in at 55%.
Grange Middle counts 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 22.6 students for each one. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 60% for public schools in Solano County.
The allk12 Grade for Grange Middle is D. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 5% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 28.8% for a school in California with Grange Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Grange Middle posts 17.1%.
In the county around the school, Solano County, median household income is about $100,401, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 110 public schools operate in Solano County, serving about 60,765 students.
The closest public school to Grange Middle is H. Glenn Richardson, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 14.9%, lower than Grange Middle's 17.1%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
The number of students climbed from 774 to 944 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Grange Middle covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Solano County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
451,918
Census ACS
Median income
$100,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
60,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfield-Suisun Unified
- Angelo Rodriguez HighHigh · 2,111 students
- Armijo HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Fairfield HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Green Valley MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Crystal MiddleMiddle · 774 students
- K. I. Jones ElementaryElementary · 760 students
Other schools in Fairfield
- Angelo Rodriguez HighHigh · 2,111 students
- Armijo HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Vanden HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Fairfield HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Green Valley MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- K. I. Jones ElementaryElementary · 760 students
Nearby schools
- H. Glenn Richardson0.3 mi · 25
- Cleo Gordon Elementary0.5 mi · 464
- Anna Kyle Elementary0.8 mi · 603
- Dover Elementary0.9 mi · 463
- Solano County Community1.0 mi · 79
- Solano County Special Education1.0 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Grange MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Grange Middle?
Grange Middle enrolls approximately 944 students in grades 06-08.
Is Grange Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grange Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Grange Middle have?
Grange Middle employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
How diverse is Grange Middle?
Grange Middle reports a student body of 5% White, 64% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Grange Middle?
Grange Middle is overseen by Fairfield-Suisun Unified in Solano County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.