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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Gray Avenue Middle?
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Enrollment
655
Middle
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YUBA CITY UNIFIED·NCES 064347007033
Gray Avenue Middle
808 Gray Ave., Yuba City, CA 95991 · (530) 822-5240 · Sutter County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL655 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
19.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
608 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 241 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 204 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 32% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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 Yuba City Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
19.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.0pp since 2014
Math
9.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.9% | 15.1% | 26.9% | 54.1% |
| Math | 3.1% | 6.3% | 19.8% | 70.7% |
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 | 19.0% | 9.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 6.7% |
| 2022-23 | 22.7% | 9.6% |
| 2021-22 | 28.3% | 10.2% |
| 2018-19 | 34.6% | 18.3% |
| 2017-18 | 31.9% | 18.6% |
| 2016-17 | 28.2% | 17.5% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Gray Avenue Middle
Gray Avenue Middle's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Avenue Middle this school | 655 | 92.8% | 14.8% |
| Orangeview Junior High Anaheim | 612 | 88.9% | 25.4% |
| Oak Grove Middle Concord | 681 | 88.0% | 13.9% |
| Letha Raney Intermediate Corona | 537 | 90.1% | 44.5% |
| Northridge Middle Northridge | 670 | 94.8% | 22.1% |
| Buena Park Middle Buena Park | 633 | 91.0% | 25.9% |
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 Gray Avenue Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #1,153 of 1,224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #1,154 of 1,227 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #1,180 of 1,227 ▼ 103 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #71 of 1,214 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #671 of 1,377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #377 of 1,279 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #621 of 1,278 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #188 of 1,329 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #664 of 930 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
655
-71 (-10%) vs 2017
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 891
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 16.1:1
% White
12%
was 14%
% Hispanic
67%
was 71%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
11%
was 6%
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 | 655 | 33.7 | 19.4:1 | 93% (608) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 35.2 | 18.5:1 | 87% (564) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 35.5 | 19.4:1 | 89% (614) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 45.1 | 16.1:1 | 97% (706) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 36 | 19.7:1 | 95% (671) |
| 2010-11 | 722 | N/A | N/A | 84% (609) |
| 2000-01 | 795 | 38 | 20.9:1 | 72% (575) |
| 1990-91 | 891 | 43 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gray Avenue Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (726 to 655); teachers down 25% (45.1 to 33.7).
About Gray Avenue Middle
Gray Avenue Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Yuba City, California, (ZIP code 95991). School enrollment was 655 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8.
Yuba City Unified has a total of 17 schools and 11,388 students, Gray Avenue Middle among them.
By race and ethnicity, Gray Avenue Middle is 67% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 12% White, 11% Asian, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 33% Hispanic among all Sutter County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Gray Avenue Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
Dividing enrollment by its 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in California is 20.7:1, higher than at this school. Gray Avenue Middle reports 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 60% for public schools in Sutter County.
Gray Avenue Middle is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In California, Gray Avenue Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 14.8% actual against a predicted 25.1%.
In Sutter County (population about 98,857), median household income is about $79,704, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Gray Avenue Middle is one of 46 public schools in Sutter County, which together enroll about 23,784 students.
Of nearby public schools, Yuba City Independence Academy is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 25.8% proficiency; Gray Avenue Middle posts 14.8%.
Under the NCES locale system, Gray Avenue Middle is City: Small.
A comparison of 2017-18 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 10%, from 726 to 655. By 2024-25, 11% of students were Asian, compared with 6% in 2017-18. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.1:1 in 2017-18, and 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Gray Avenue Middle can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sutter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,857
Census ACS
Median income
$79,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
23,784 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yuba City Unified
- River Valley HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Yuba City HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Andros KarperosElementary · 1,181 students
- Riverbend ElementaryElementary · 914 students
- Butte Vista ElementaryElementary · 853 students
- Tierra Buena ElementaryElementary · 607 students
Other schools in Yuba City
- River Valley HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Yuba City HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Andros KarperosElementary · 1,181 students
- Riverbend ElementaryElementary · 914 students
- Butte Vista ElementaryElementary · 853 students
- Tierra Buena ElementaryElementary · 607 students
Nearby schools
- Yuba City Independence Academy0.4 mi · 102
- Yuba City High0.6 mi · 1,678
- Bridge Street Elementary0.8 mi · 480
- King Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 380
- Park Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 541
- Yuba City Charter1.1 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Gray Avenue MiddleHow many students attend Gray Avenue Middle?
Gray Avenue Middle enrolls approximately 655 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gray Avenue Middle serve?
Gray Avenue Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gray Avenue Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gray Avenue Middle is approximately 19.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gray Avenue Middle?
At Gray Avenue Middle, the student body is approximately 12% White, 67% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Gray Avenue Middle public or private?
Gray Avenue Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yuba City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.