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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Huntington Middle?
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Enrollment
709
Middle
DISTRICT 771 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN MARINO UNIFIED·NCES 063486005885
Huntington Middle
1700 Huntington Dr., San Marino, CA 91108 · (626) 299-7060 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL709 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
23.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
102 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 233 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 237 | 33% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Huntington Middle→San Marino High
Based on grade levels within San Marino Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
83.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.1pp since 2014
Math
85.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 54.9% | 28.3% | 9.6% | 7.3% |
| Math | 68.6% | 17.0% | 9.7% | 4.7% |
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 | 83.1% | 85.6% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 84.2% |
| 2022-23 | 89.3% | 86.1% |
| 2021-22 | 88.2% | 84.2% |
| 2020-21 | 83.9% | 85.9% |
| 2018-19 | 87.8% | 84.5% |
| 2017-18 | 83.4% | 82.4% |
| 2016-17 | 89.4% | 82.4% |
| 2015-16 | 89.0% | 86.0% |
| 2014-15 | 81.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
85.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Huntington Middle
Huntington Middle's state test result (85.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Middle this school | 709 | 14.4% | 85.0% |
| Jeffrey Trail Middle Irvine | 1,049 | 18.3% | 74.8% |
| Chaboya Middle San Jose | 815 | 16.4% | 78.2% |
| Taylor Middle Millbrae | 756 | 18.5% | 63.4% |
| Redwood Middle Saratoga | 709 | 2.5% | 88.6% |
| Thomas S. Hart Middle Pleasanton | 1,129 | 10.0% | 79.2% |
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 Huntington Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #16 of 1,224 | #1 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #11 of 1,227 ▲ 4 | #1 of 248 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #43 of 1,227 ▼ 33 | #5 of 248 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.8pp | #216 of 1,214 | #25 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 709 | #586 of 1,377 | #133 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #972 of 1,279 | #203 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #625 of 1,278 | #90 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.4% | #1,268 of 1,329 | #304 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #835 of 930 | #196 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
709
+53 (+8%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 709 | 30.8 | 23.0:1 | 14% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 690 | 30.9 | 22.4:1 | 12% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 30 | 20.9:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 32 | 20.5:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 36.2 | 20.4:1 | 7% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 37 | 21.1:1 | 5% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | N/A | N/A | 3% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 792 | 34 | 23.3:1 | 1% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 613 | 31 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Huntington Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (738 to 709); teachers down 15% (36.2 to 30.8).
About Huntington Middle
This page covers Huntington Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school in San Marino, California. The school enrolls 709 students, from grades 6 through 8.
San Marino Unified counts 3,083 students in its 4 schools, and Huntington Middle is one of them.
At 66%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at Huntington Middle combined. The school is also 17% White, 11% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 15%. The chance that two students picked at random at Huntington Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.0:1, with 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Huntington Middle is 14%. That is lower than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Huntington Middle is graded A by allk12, scoring above 92% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Huntington Middle is +13.9 points: 85.0% actual, 71.1% predicted.
Within Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The closest public school, Valentine Elementary, is about 0.1 miles from Huntington Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Huntington Middle is 4th among 8 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The number of students grew from 656 to 709 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 20.5:1 to 23.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Huntington Middle covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 San Marino Unified
- San Marino HighHigh · 886 students
- Carver ElementaryElementary · 777 students
- Valentine ElementaryElementary · 711 students
Other schools in San Marino
- San Marino HighHigh · 886 students
- Carver ElementaryElementary · 777 students
- Valentine ElementaryElementary · 711 students
Other Huntington Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Huntington Middle. Huntington Middle is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Huntington Middle SchoolWarner Robins, GA · 780 students
- Huntington Middle SchoolHuntington, WV · 601 students
- Huntington Middle SchoolKelso, WA · 559 students
- Huntington Middle SchoolHUNTINGTON, TX · 339 students
- Huntington Middle SchoolChillicothe, OH · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Valentine Elementary0.1 mi · 711
- Coolidge Elementary0.6 mi · 232
- San Marino High1.0 mi · 886
- Washington Elementary1.0 mi · 401
- Options for Youth San Gabriel1.3 mi · 244
- Granada Elementary1.4 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Huntington MiddleHow large is Huntington Middle?
Huntington Middle enrolls approximately 709 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Huntington Middle serve?
Huntington Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Huntington Middle?
Approximately 23.0:1 students per teacher at Huntington Middle.
How diverse is Huntington Middle?
Huntington Middle reports a student body of 17% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 66% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Huntington Middle public or private?
Huntington Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Marino Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.