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Enrollment
860
Middle
DISTRICT 738 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN·NCES 062628003924
Isaac Newton Graham Middle
1175 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94040 · (650) 965-9292 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL860 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
17.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
226 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 288 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 268 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 304 | 35% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
62.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.0pp since 2014
Math
57.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 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 | 36.4% | 25.6% | 15.3% | 22.7% |
| Math | 46.5% | 10.9% | 14.0% | 28.6% |
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 | 62.0% | 57.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 56.3% |
| 2022-23 | 57.9% | 53.3% |
| 2021-22 | 63.1% | 56.5% |
| 2018-19 | 69.4% | 61.6% |
| 2017-18 | 67.7% | 65.7% |
| 2016-17 | 66.8% | 65.4% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Isaac Newton Graham Middle
Isaac Newton Graham Middle's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Newton Graham Middle this school | 860 | 26.3% | 58.6% |
| Crittenden Middle Mountain View | 616 | 23.7% | 58.6% |
| Castillero Middle San Jose | 865 | 32.0% | 53.9% |
| Juan Cabrillo Middle Santa Clara | 796 | 26.1% | 51.0% |
| Meadowbrook Middle Poway | 972 | 24.6% | 54.0% |
| Herman (Leonard) Intermediate San Jose | 723 | 31.1% | 69.0% |
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 Isaac Newton Graham Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #243 of 1,224 | #28 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #209 of 1,227 ▼ 18 | #27 of 56 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #302 of 1,227 ▲ 16 | #29 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #359 of 1,214 | #18 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 860 | #354 of 1,377 | #14 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #162 of 1,279 | #16 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #83 of 1,278 | #6 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #1,170 of 1,329 | #43 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #903 of 930 | #52 of 53 |
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
860
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 749
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 860 | 48.9 | 17.6:1 | 26% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 870 | 49 | 17.8:1 | 28% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 881 | 44.3 | 19.9:1 | 31% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 858 | 45 | 19.1:1 | 28% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 873 | 42.8 | 20.4:1 | 34% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 822 | 40 | 20.6:1 | 31% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | N/A | N/A | 39% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 865 | 39 | 22.2:1 | 33% (287) |
| 1990-91 | 749 | 38 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Isaac Newton Graham Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (873 to 860); teachers up 14% (42.8 to 48.9).
About Isaac Newton Graham Middle
Isaac Newton Graham Middle is a public middle-grades school run by Mountain View Whisman in Mountain View, California. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 860 students. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 31% higher.
Isaac Newton Graham Middle is part of Mountain View Whisman, where 11 schools serve 4,624 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Isaac Newton Graham Middle, at 39%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Asian, 24% White, and 12% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 25%. Isaac Newton Graham Middle's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Isaac Newton Graham Middle employs 48.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.6:1. This ratio sits 3.1 below the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 26% in 2024-25. The 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 11 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Isaac Newton Graham Middle is B. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Isaac Newton Graham Middle, the prediction is 64.1% and the result is 58.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Santa Clara County, the median household income is $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. There are 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, enrolling about 230,059 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Benjamin Bubb Elementary is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Isaac Newton Graham Middle ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 58.6% against a local average of 68.6%.
Isaac Newton Graham Middle has an NCES locale of City: Small.
The school's size has been steady, with 858 students in 2020-21 and 860 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.1:1 to 17.6:1 over the same years.
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Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mountain View Whisman
- Crittenden MiddleMiddle · 616 students
- Stevenson ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Edith Landels ElementaryElementary · 399 students
- Amy Imai ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- Jose Antonio Vargas ElementaryElementary · 368 students
- Gabriela Mistral ElementaryElementary · 366 students
Other schools in Mountain View
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Crittenden MiddleMiddle · 616 students
- Stevenson ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Edith Landels ElementaryElementary · 399 students
- Amy Imai ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- Jose Antonio Vargas ElementaryElementary · 368 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Bubb Elementary0.3 mi · 312
- Amy Imai Elementary0.7 mi · 388
- Edith Landels Elementary0.9 mi · 399
- Springer Elementary0.9 mi · 365
- Almond Elementary0.9 mi · 354
- Mariano Castro Elementary1.0 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Isaac Newton Graham MiddleHow many students attend Isaac Newton Graham Middle?
Isaac Newton Graham Middle enrolls approximately 860 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Isaac Newton Graham Middle serve?
Isaac Newton Graham Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Isaac Newton Graham Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Isaac Newton Graham Middle is approximately 17.6:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Isaac Newton Graham Middle?
At Isaac Newton Graham Middle, the student body is approximately 24% White, 39% Hispanic, 1% Black, 24% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Isaac Newton Graham Middle?
Isaac Newton Graham Middle is overseen by Mountain View Whisman in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.