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What's something Harvest Park Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,015
Middle
DISTRICT 1,029 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANTON UNIFIED·NCES 060002009289
Harvest Park Middle
4900 Valley Ave., Pleasanton, CA 94566 · (925) 426-4444 · Alameda County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,015 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of California public middle schools
- A+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.
- B+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
22.5:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
62 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 340 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 318 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 357 | 35% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
85.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.8pp since 2014
Math
81.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 50.4% | 34.8% | 10.4% | 4.5% |
| Math | 64.6% | 17.0% | 13.0% | 5.3% |
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 | 85.2% | 81.7% |
| 2023-24 | 84.2% | 82.8% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 79.2% |
| 2021-22 | 81.1% | 78.6% |
| 2018-19 | 80.1% | 78.1% |
| 2017-18 | 82.4% | 81.1% |
| 2016-17 | 83.7% | 83.0% |
| 2015-16 | 83.0% | 80.0% |
| 2014-15 | 86.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
83.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Harvest Park Middle
Harvest Park Middle's state test result (83.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest Park Middle this school | 1,015 | 6.1% | 83.5% |
| Thomas S. Hart Middle Pleasanton | 1,129 | 10.0% | 79.2% |
| Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle Palo Alto | 1,002 | 10.7% | 83.3% |
| Iron Horse Middle San Ramon | 939 | 9.9% | 77.8% |
| Diablo Vista Middle Danville | 835 | 8.3% | 78.9% |
| Ridgecrest Intermediate Rancho Palos Verdes | 881 | 10.3% | 81.0% |
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 Harvest Park Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #19 of 1,224 | #2 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #23 of 1,227 ▼ 4 | #2 of 46 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #28 of 1,227 ▼ 3 | #2 of 46 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #431 of 1,214 | #12 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,015 | #178 of 1,377 | #11 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #890 of 1,279 | #32 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #557 of 1,278 | #33 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.1% | #1,317 of 1,329 | #49 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #515 of 930 | #15 of 29 |
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
1,015
-156 (-13%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 882
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 1,015 | 45.2 | 22.5:1 | 6% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 1,051 | 45.5 | 23.1:1 | 6% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 1,086 | 44 | 24.7:1 | 5% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 1,171 | 51 | 23.0:1 | 5% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 1,189 | 49.8 | 23.9:1 | 7% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 1,192 | 50 | 23.8:1 | 5% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 1,179 | N/A | N/A | 5% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 1,076 | 47 | 22.9:1 | 4% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 882 | 38 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harvest Park Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,189 to 1,015); teachers down 9% (49.8 to 45.2).
About Harvest Park Middle
Harvest Park Middle is a large middle school with its address in Pleasanton, California. Total enrollment is 1,015 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 54% higher.
Pleasanton Unified (16 schools, 13,302 students) runs Harvest Park Middle.
More than half of enrollment at Harvest Park Middle is Asian: 62%. Next come 26% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 33% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Harvest Park Middle scores 55%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harvest Park Middle is 22.5:1, based on 45.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is lower. Harvest Park Middle counts 6% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Alameda County is 49%.
Among California public middle schools, Harvest Park Middle outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Harvest Park Middle is 76.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 83.5%.
The school's county is Alameda County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $129,367 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Alameda County number 394, with about 210,511 students.
Measured in a straight line, Walnut Grove Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Harvest Park Middle. The five-mile area around Harvest Park Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Harvest Park Middle comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 1,015 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,171.
On allk12, people connected to Harvest Park Middle can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pleasanton Unified
- Amador Valley HighHigh · 2,583 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,169 students
- Thomas S. Hart MiddleMiddle · 1,129 students
- Pleasanton MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Donlon ElementaryElementary · 700 students
- Fairlands ElementaryElementary · 670 students
Other schools in Pleasanton
- Amador Valley HighHigh · 2,583 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,169 students
- Thomas S. Hart MiddleMiddle · 1,129 students
- Pleasanton MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Donlon ElementaryElementary · 700 students
- Fairlands ElementaryElementary · 670 students
Nearby schools
- Walnut Grove Elementary0.2 mi · 629
- Amador Valley High0.6 mi · 2,583
- Alisal Elementary0.7 mi · 544
- Thomas S. Hart Middle1.1 mi · 1,129
- Fairlands Elementary1.3 mi · 670
- The Pleasanton Virtual Academy1.3 mi · 138
Frequently asked questions
About Harvest Park MiddleHow large is Harvest Park Middle?
Harvest Park Middle enrolls approximately 1,015 students in grades 06-08.
Is Harvest Park Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harvest Park Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Harvest Park Middle have?
Harvest Park Middle employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
How diverse is Harvest Park Middle?
Harvest Park Middle reports a student body of 26% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 62% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Harvest Park Middle in?
Harvest Park Middle is part of Pleasanton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.