Enrollment
294
Middle
DISTRICT 297 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OROVILLE CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062910010742
Ishi Hills Middle
1 Ishi Hills Way, Oroville, CA 95966 · (530) 532-3078 · Butte County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of California public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
200 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 96 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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 Oroville City Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.9pp since 2014
Math
13.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.4% | 26.5% | 27.3% | 40.8% |
| Math | 5.0% | 8.4% | 23.8% | 62.8% |
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 | 31.9% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.9% | 15.2% |
| 2022-23 | 24.9% | 15.5% |
| 2021-22 | 27.6% | 17.4% |
| 2018-19 | 30.6% | 23.5% |
| 2017-18 | 29.2% | 18.3% |
| 2016-17 | 26.7% | 24.5% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Ishi Hills Middle
Ishi Hills Middle's state test result (20.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ishi Hills Middle this school | 294 | 68.0% | 20.5% |
| Anderson Middle Anderson | 341 | 73.6% | 26.0% |
| Diamond View Middle Susanville | 288 | 72.6% | 31.4% |
| Foothill Intermediate Marysville | 237 | 65.0% | 34.8% |
| Happy Valley Elementary Anderson | 242 | 75.2% | 31.5% |
| Jackson Street Elementary Yreka | 438 | 72.6% | 23.8% |
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 Ishi Hills Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Butte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #1,035 of 1,224 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #1,054 of 1,227 ▼ 102 | #9 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #942 of 1,227 ▲ 177 | #9 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #836 of 1,214 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #1,202 of 1,377 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #110 of 1,279 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #268 of 1,278 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #748 of 1,329 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #661 of 930 | #5 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
294
-45 (-13%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 294 | 17.2 | 17.1:1 | 68% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 17.2 | 19.5:1 | 74% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 15.3 | 19.7:1 | 65% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 16 | 21.2:1 | 75% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 15.9 | 20.5:1 | 78% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 14 | 20.4:1 | 77% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | N/A | N/A | 68% (255) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ishi Hills Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (326 to 294); teachers up 8% (15.9 to 17.2).
About Ishi Hills Middle
Ishi Hills Middle is a public middle school run by Oroville City Elementary in Oroville, California. It has an enrollment of 294 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in California, the average enrollment is about 659.
Oroville City Elementary has 6 schools; together they serve 1,950 students.
More than half of enrollment at Ishi Hills Middle is White: 52%. The next largest groups are 20% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 17 points below the 70% share among Butte County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ishi Hills Middle is 17.1:1, based on 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Lunch program data show 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Ishi Hills Middle holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of California public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Ishi Hills Middle ranks in the bottom 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.5%, against a prediction of 39.7%.
The county, Butte County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $67,928, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 96 public schools and about 29,730 students.
Stanford Avenue Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Ishi Hills Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Ishi Hills Middle is 4th among 6 schools close by.
Ishi Hills Middle has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 339 (2020-21) to 294 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 21.2 in 2020-21 to 17.1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Ishi Hills Middle can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Butte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,929
Census ACS
Median income
$67,928
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
29,730 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Oroville City Elementary
- Ophir ElementaryElementary · 452 students
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- Wyandotte AcademyElementary · 249 students
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Other schools in Oroville
- Las Plumas HighHigh · 1,265 students
- Oroville HighHigh · 872 students
- Helen M. Wilcox ElementaryElementary · 592 students
- STREAM CharterElementary · 515 students
- Nelson Avenue MiddleMiddle · 456 students
- Ophir ElementaryElementary · 452 students
Nearby schools
- Stanford Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 403
- Wyandotte Academy0.8 mi · 249
- The Studios @ Central0.8 mi · 300
- Oroville High1.1 mi · 872
- BASES Learning Center1.1 mi · 11
- Come Back Butte Charter1.4 mi · 93
Frequently asked questions
About Ishi Hills MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Ishi Hills Middle?
Ishi Hills Middle enrolls approximately 294 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Ishi Hills Middle serve?
Ishi Hills Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Ishi Hills Middle?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Ishi Hills Middle.
How diverse is Ishi Hills Middle?
Ishi Hills Middle reports a student body of 52% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Ishi Hills Middle in?
Ishi Hills Middle is part of Oroville City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.