Enrollment
257
Middle
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLTVILLE UNIFIED·NCES 061743002186
Holtville Middle
800 Beale Ave., Holtville, CA 92250 · (760) 356-2811 · Imperial County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% 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.
- ABeats 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
14.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
209 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 87 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 33% |
Student demographics
8%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Holtville Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
63.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.2pp since 2014
Math
40.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.5% | 37.6% | 19.0% | 17.8% |
| Math | 19.8% | 21.0% | 24.2% | 34.9% |
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 | 63.2% | 40.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 36.8% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 30.1% |
| 2021-22 | 49.8% | 35.5% |
| 2018-19 | 51.7% | 40.2% |
| 2017-18 | 50.6% | 40.3% |
| 2016-17 | 46.0% | 38.8% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% 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 16 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 Holtville Middle
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holtville Middle this school | 257 | 81.3% | 48.1% |
| Sierra Vista Middle La Puente | 270 | 80.0% | 29.5% |
| Downtown College Preparatory Middle San Jose | 231 | 81.4% | N/A |
| Orange Grove Middle Hacienda Heights | 287 | 82.9% | 26.0% |
| Sunrise Middle San Jose | 301 | 85.7% | N/A |
| Valley Charter Middle Van Nuys | 264 | 83.3% | N/A |
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 Holtville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Imperial County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #372 of 1,224 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #393 of 1,227 ▲ 31 | #1 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #285 of 1,227 ▲ 123 | #1 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.4pp | #95 of 1,214 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #1,234 of 1,377 | #10 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #16 of 1,279 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #1,187 of 1,278 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #515 of 1,329 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #724 of 930 | #4 of 7 |
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
257
-18 (-7%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 257 | 18.1 | 14.2:1 | 81% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 17.2 | 14.3:1 | 89% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 16.5 | 15.0:1 | 89% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 82% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 15.6 | 17.9:1 | 76% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 12 | 23.8:1 | 78% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | N/A | N/A | 99% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 18 | 20.4:1 | 75% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 21 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holtville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (279 to 257); teachers up 17% (15.6 to 18.1).
About Holtville Middle
Holtville Middle is a small middle-grades school in Holtville, California, administered by Holtville Unified. The school serves 257 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 61% smaller than that.
Holtville Unified is made up of 6 schools with 1,574 students in all.
The student body at Holtville Middle is 95% Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White. By comparison, Imperial County residents are about 86% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Holtville Middle's 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.2:1. That is lower than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 81%.
allk12 grades Holtville Middle an A. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Holtville Middle are 16.3 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.1%, compared with a predicted 31.9%, which ranks in the top 10% in California.
In Imperial County (population about 180,202), the median household income is $57,681, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. There are 76 public schools in Imperial County, enrolling about 36,513 students in all.
Emmett S. Finley Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Holtville Middle ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment at Holtville Middle declined 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 275 to 257 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.2:1 to 14.2:1 over the same years.
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Imperial County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,202
Census ACS
Median income
$57,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,513 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Holtville Unified
- Emmett S. Finley ElementaryElementary · 559 students
- Holtville HighHigh · 516 students
- Pine ElementaryElementary · 210 students
- Freedom Academy of Imperial ValleyCombined · 22 students
- Sam Webb ContinuationHigh · 10 students
Other schools in Holtville
- Emmett S. Finley ElementaryElementary · 559 students
- Holtville HighHigh · 516 students
- Pine ElementaryElementary · 210 students
- Freedom Academy of Imperial ValleyCombined · 22 students
- Sam Webb ContinuationHigh · 10 students
Other Holtville Middle schools
One other US public school is named Holtville Middle. Holtville Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Holtville Middle SchoolDeatsville, AL · 632 students
Nearby schools
- Emmett S. Finley Elementary0.3 mi · 559
- Holtville High0.9 mi · 516
- Sam Webb Continuation1.0 mi · 10
- Freedom Academy of Imperial Valley1.0 mi · 22
- Pine Elementary5.4 mi · 210
- Meadows Elementary6.2 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Holtville MiddleHow large is Holtville Middle?
Holtville Middle enrolls approximately 257 students in grades 06-08.
Is Holtville Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holtville Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Holtville Middle have?
Holtville Middle employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Holtville Middle?
Student demographics at Holtville Middle are roughly 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Holtville Middle in?
Holtville Middle is part of Holtville Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.