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Enrollment
883
Middle
DISTRICT 968 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FONTANA UNIFIED·NCES 061392006402
Harry S. Truman Middle
16224 Mallory Dr., Fontana, CA 92335 · (909) 357-5190 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL883 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of California public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
23.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
788 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 257 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 311 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 315 | 36% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
33.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.3pp since 2014
Math
18.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 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 up about 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.7% | 24.7% | 24.4% | 42.3% |
| Math | 8.2% | 9.9% | 24.1% | 57.7% |
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 | 33.3% | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 17.1% |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 12.3% |
| 2021-22 | 26.4% | 11.5% |
| 2018-19 | 29.7% | 15.7% |
| 2017-18 | 23.4% | 12.9% |
| 2016-17 | 20.6% | 10.3% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Harry S. Truman Middle
Harry S. Truman Middle's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry S. Truman Middle this school | 883 | 89.2% | 24.8% |
| Olive Vista Middle Sylmar | 897 | 88.7% | 31.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Madera | 948 | 87.7% | 24.3% |
| El Sereno Middle Los Angeles | 857 | 91.8% | 41.3% |
| Kerman Middle Kerman | 810 | 89.0% | 28.6% |
| Kunst (Tommie) Junior High Santa Maria | 912 | 87.5% | 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 Harry S. Truman Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #911 of 1,224 | #49 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #919 of 1,227 ▼ 39 | #45 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #902 of 1,227 ▼ 2 | #51 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.8pp | #188 of 1,214 | #11 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 883 | #322 of 1,377 | #27 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #1,058 of 1,279 | #55 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.7% | #1,101 of 1,278 | #68 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #306 of 1,329 | #23 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.7% | #168 of 930 | #4 of 56 |
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
883
-154 (-15%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 1,137
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 883 | 37 | 23.9:1 | 89% (788) |
| 2023-24 | 942 | 47 | 20.1:1 | 88% (825) |
| 2022-23 | 991 | 47.4 | 20.9:1 | 83% (826) |
| 2020-21 | 1,037 | 48 | 21.6:1 | 94% (975) |
| 2017-18 | 1,205 | 52.9 | 22.8:1 | 91% (1,098) |
| 2015-16 | 1,245 | 54 | 23.1:1 | 92% (1,148) |
| 2010-11 | 1,293 | N/A | N/A | 88% (1,138) |
| 2000-01 | 1,137 | 49 | 23.2:1 | 72% (822) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harry S. Truman Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (1,205 to 883); teachers down 30% (52.9 to 37).
About Harry S. Truman Middle
Harry S. Truman Middle operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school in Fontana, California. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 883 students. Enrollment is 34% higher than the average for middle schools in California, which is about 659.
Fontana Unified has 44 schools and 32,735 students, and Harry S. Truman Middle is one of those schools.
At Harry S. Truman Middle, Hispanic students make up 91% of the student body. Other students are 3% White, 2% Asian, and 2% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County residents are about 55% Hispanic. Harry S. Truman Middle has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 23.9:1 comes from the school's 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 89% of students at Harry S. Truman Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 15 points lower.
Harry S. Truman Middle is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 27.3% for a school in California with Harry S. Truman Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Harry S. Truman Middle posts 24.8%.
Among San Bernardino County residents, median household income is about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, with a combined enrollment of about 393,648.
Fontana High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Harry S. Truman Middle ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Harry S. Truman Middle is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,037 in 2020-21 and 883 in 2024-25, a decrease of 154 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 23.9:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
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- Fontana HighHigh · 2,534 students
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- Fontana A. B. Miller HighHigh · 1,950 students
- Jurupa Hills HighHigh · 1,739 students
- Henry J. Kaiser HighHigh · 1,660 students
Nearby schools
- Fontana High0.4 mi · 2,534
- Cypress Elementary0.4 mi · 572
- Poplar Elementary0.6 mi · 450
- Citrus Elementary0.7 mi · 596
- Randall Pepper Elementary0.8 mi · 455
- West Randall Elementary1.0 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About Harry S. Truman MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Harry S. Truman Middle?
Harry S. Truman Middle enrolls approximately 883 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Harry S. Truman Middle serve?
Harry S. Truman Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Harry S. Truman Middle?
Approximately 23.9:1 students per teacher at Harry S. Truman Middle.
What is the student diversity at Harry S. Truman Middle?
Student demographics at Harry S. Truman Middle are roughly 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Harry S. Truman Middle public or private?
Harry S. Truman Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fontana Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.