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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Griffiths (Gordon) Middle administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,264
Middle
DISTRICT 1,284 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOWNEY UNIFIED·NCES 061146001268
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle
9633 Tweedy Ln., Downey, CA 90240 · (562) 904-3580 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,264 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of California public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
23.3:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
973 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 417 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 417 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 430 | 34% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
59.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.3pp since 2014
Math
50.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.2% | 35.0% | 19.3% | 21.4% |
| Math | 29.8% | 20.6% | 21.7% | 27.9% |
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 | 59.3% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 43.5% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 37.6% |
| 2021-22 | 44.6% | 35.6% |
| 2018-19 | 53.9% | 42.9% |
| 2017-18 | 54.3% | 42.6% |
| 2016-17 | 52.3% | 38.4% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 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 Griffiths (Gordon) Middle
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths (Gordon) Middle this school | 1,264 | 77.0% | 52.1% |
| Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle Downey | 1,304 | 78.2% | 42.6% |
| Jurupa Middle Jurupa Valley | 1,105 | 77.1% | 26.9% |
| Washington Middle Salinas | 1,082 | 81.7% | 33.6% |
| Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle Downey | 1,329 | 83.0% | 44.2% |
| Harden Middle Salinas | 1,101 | 82.2% | 22.4% |
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 Griffiths (Gordon) Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #323 of 1,224 | #70 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #266 of 1,227 ▲ 72 | #58 of 248 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #337 of 1,227 ▲ 32 | #74 of 248 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.7pp | #20 of 1,214 | #9 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,264 | #54 of 1,377 | #20 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #1,003 of 1,279 | #209 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #1,045 of 1,278 | #203 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #605 of 1,329 | #199 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #236 of 257 | #37 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
1,264
-34 (-3%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 853
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 1,264 | 54.3 | 23.3:1 | 77% (973) |
| 2023-24 | 1,291 | 52.4 | 24.6:1 | 66% (848) |
| 2022-23 | 1,296 | 50.4 | 25.7:1 | 68% (886) |
| 2020-21 | 1,298 | 52 | 25.0:1 | 62% (800) |
| 2017-18 | 1,254 | 51.7 | 24.3:1 | 65% (814) |
| 2015-16 | 1,357 | 56 | 24.2:1 | 64% (874) |
| 2010-11 | 1,445 | N/A | N/A | 68% (976) |
| 2000-01 | 1,229 | 47 | 26.1:1 | 48% (589) |
| 1990-91 | 853 | 35 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Griffiths (Gordon) Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,254 to 1,264); teachers up 5% (51.7 to 54.3).
About Griffiths (Gordon) Middle
This page covers Griffiths (Gordon) Middle, a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Downey, California. The school counts 1,264 students across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in California is about 659 students.
Downey Unified is the district for Griffiths (Gordon) Middle. It has 21 schools and 22,405 students.
The large majority of students at Griffiths (Gordon) Middle, 89%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 6% White, 2% Asian, and 2% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 40 points above the 48% share among Los Angeles County residents. By the diversity index, Griffiths (Gordon) Middle comes in at 21%.
The school has about 23.3 students per teacher and 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in California is 20.7:1, lower than at this school. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Griffiths (Gordon) Middle is A. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle is 17.6 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in California.
Within Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The closest public school to Griffiths (Gordon) Middle is Price (Maude) Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Griffiths (Gordon) Middle comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Griffiths (Gordon) Middle is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,298 in 2020-21 and 1,264 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 23.3:1.
The Griffiths (Gordon) Middle community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Downey Unified
- Downey HighHigh · 4,051 students
- Warren (Earl) HighHigh · 3,609 students
- Stauffer (Mary R.) MiddleMiddle · 1,329 students
- Doty (Wendy Lopour) MiddleMiddle · 1,304 students
- Sussman (Edward A.) MiddleMiddle · 1,240 students
- Rio Hondo ElementaryElementary · 838 students
Other schools in Downey
- Downey HighHigh · 4,051 students
- Warren (Earl) HighHigh · 3,609 students
- Stauffer (Mary R.) MiddleMiddle · 1,329 students
- Doty (Wendy Lopour) MiddleMiddle · 1,304 students
- Sussman (Edward A.) MiddleMiddle · 1,240 students
- Rio Hondo ElementaryElementary · 838 students
Nearby schools
- Price (Maude) Elementary0.1 mi · 757
- Gallatin Elementary0.7 mi · 788
- Rio Hondo Elementary0.7 mi · 838
- Suva Elementary0.9 mi · 562
- Suva Intermediate1.0 mi · 650
- Unsworth (Edith) Elementary1.3 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About Griffiths (Gordon) MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Griffiths (Gordon) Middle?
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle enrolls approximately 1,264 students in grades 06-08.
Is Griffiths (Gordon) Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Griffiths (Gordon) Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Griffiths (Gordon) Middle is approximately 23.3:1 (54 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Griffiths (Gordon) Middle?
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle reports a student body of 6% White, 89% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Griffiths (Gordon) Middle?
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle is overseen by Downey Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.