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What's one thing Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
403
Middle
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000016
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle
11525 Del Amo Blvd., Cerritos, CA 90703 · (562) 229-7815 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of California public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- DThree-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
21.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
301 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 7 | 203 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 200 | 50% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
52.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.0pp since 2014
Math
29.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.2% | 34.9% | 27.2% | 20.8% |
| Math | 14.1% | 15.4% | 29.2% | 41.3% |
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 | 52.0% | 29.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 41.1% |
| 2022-23 | 53.7% | 38.5% |
| 2021-22 | 52.5% | 37.4% |
| 2020-21 | 100.0% | 85.7% |
| 2018-19 | 57.4% | 41.0% |
| 2017-18 | 52.9% | 42.0% |
| 2016-17 | 54.4% | 39.9% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle this school | 403 | 74.7% | 43.4% |
| Pinole Middle Pinole | 381 | 80.1% | 24.5% |
| Ross (Faye) Middle Artesia | 528 | 66.5% | 42.0% |
| Anthony W. Ochoa Middle Hayward | 405 | 76.0% | 28.7% |
| Visitacion Valley Middle San Francisco | 333 | 80.8% | 15.3% |
| Los Arboles Middle Marina | 408 | 75.5% | 26.7% |
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 Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #448 of 1,224 | #103 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #608 of 1,227 ▼ 236 | #135 of 248 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #450 of 1,227 ▼ 36 | #101 of 248 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.2pp | #90 of 1,214 | #10 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #1,080 of 1,377 | #248 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #651 of 1,279 | #148 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #403 of 1,278 | #54 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #653 of 1,329 | #212 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #188 of 930 | #61 of 213 |
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
403
-114 (-22%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 403 | 19.1 | 21.1:1 | 75% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 21 | 21.0:1 | 73% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 22.9 | 20.1:1 | 68% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 23 | 22.5:1 | 76% (393) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 22.8 | 23.8:1 | 66% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 22 | 25.0:1 | 62% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | N/A | N/A | 57% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 610 | 26 | 23.5:1 | 43% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 22 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (543 to 403); teachers down 16% (22.8 to 19.1).
About Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Cerritos, California. It serves 403 students in grades 7 through 8. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 39% smaller than that.
A total of 30 schools make up ABC Unified, with 17,570 students enrolled.
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle's enrollment is 57% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 20% Asian, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 21.1:1 comes from the school's 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is about 20.7:1. The lunch program counts 75% of students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 66% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is 7.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 43.4%. Predicted: 35.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
The school nearest to Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is Willow Elementary, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Within five miles of Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.8%; Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle's is 43.4%, ranking 5th of 9.
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 517 in 2020-21 and 403 in 2024-25, a 22% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.5:1 in 2020-21 to 21.1:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 ABC Unified
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Cerritos
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Carmenita MiddleMiddle · 639 students
Nearby schools
- Willow Elementary0.3 mi · 346
- Bragg Elementary0.6 mi · 602
- Nixon (Patricia) Elementary0.8 mi · 681
- Aloha Elementary0.8 mi · 302
- Artesia High0.9 mi · 1,384
- Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle1.0 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Haskell (Pliny Fisk) MiddleHow large is Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle?
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle enrolls approximately 403 students in grades 07-08.
Is Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle have?
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle?
At Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle, the student body is approximately 4% White, 57% Hispanic, 11% Black, 20% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle public or private?
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by ABC Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.