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Enrollment
458
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488000753
Izaak Walton Intermediate
12181 Buaro St., Garden Grove, CA 92840 · (714) 663-6040 · Orange County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% 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.
- ABeats 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
21.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
417 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 197 | 43% |
| Grade 8 | 259 | 57% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
46.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.8pp since 2014
Math
32.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.1% | 29.7% | 23.5% | 29.7% |
| Math | 17.3% | 15.5% | 24.8% | 42.3% |
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 | 46.8% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.4% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.6% | 31.4% |
| 2018-19 | 54.2% | 37.5% |
| 2017-18 | 53.0% | 39.2% |
| 2016-17 | 48.6% | 34.0% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Izaak Walton Intermediate
Izaak Walton Intermediate's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Izaak Walton Intermediate this school | 458 | 91.0% | 39.5% |
| Leroy L. Doig Intermediate Garden Grove | 557 | 93.7% | 40.9% |
| Cesar Chavez Middle Hayward | 453 | 84.1% | 12.7% |
| Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate Santa Ana | 534 | 88.4% | 37.6% |
| Letha Raney Intermediate Corona | 537 | 90.1% | 44.5% |
| August Boeger Middle San Jose | 397 | 81.9% | 27.0% |
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 Izaak Walton Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #527 of 1,224 | #62 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #542 of 1,227 ▼ 27 | #64 of 85 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #559 of 1,227 ▼ 37 | #63 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #321 of 1,214 | #19 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #995 of 1,377 | #79 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #760 of 1,279 | #32 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.3% | #830 of 1,278 | #64 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #256 of 1,329 | #13 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #182 of 930 | #26 of 74 |
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
458
-97 (-17%) vs 2020
-47% since 2000-01, when it was 860
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 458 | 21.1 | 21.7:1 | 91% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 22.1 | 23.1:1 | 91% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 22.7 | 22.3:1 | 89% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 24 | 23.1:1 | 84% (466) |
| 2017-18 | 618 | 22.9 | 27.0:1 | 80% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 20 | 28.7:1 | 80% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | N/A | N/A | 86% (609) |
| 2000-01 | 860 | 29 | 29.7:1 | 58% (498) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Izaak Walton Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (618 to 458); teachers down 8% (22.9 to 21.1).
About Izaak Walton Intermediate
The public middle school Izaak Walton Intermediate is located in Garden Grove, California. It enrolls 458 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. That is 31% below the average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Garden Grove Unified counts 36,994 students in its 64 schools, and Izaak Walton Intermediate is one of them.
At Izaak Walton Intermediate, 76% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 19% Asian and 3% White. That is higher than the 34% Hispanic share among all Orange County residents. The diversity index for Izaak Walton Intermediate is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Izaak Walton Intermediate totals 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.7:1. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Federal data show 91% of students (417) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 55%.
Izaak Walton Intermediate holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 70% of California public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Izaak Walton Intermediate would be expected to post about 26.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.5%.
In Orange County, median household income comes to about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 649, with about 430,458 students.
Izaak Walton Intermediate's nearest public school is Genevieve M. Crosby Elementary (about 0.2 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Izaak Walton Intermediate is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 17% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 23.1 in 2020-21 to 21.7 in 2024-25.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garden Grove Unified
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
Other schools in Garden Grove
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
- Patton ElementaryElementary · 904 students
Nearby schools
- Genevieve M. Crosby Elementary0.2 mi · 325
- C. C. Violette Elementary0.2 mi · 271
- Parkview Elementary0.6 mi · 433
- Earl Warren Elementary0.6 mi · 474
- Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary1.0 mi · 354
- Mark Twain Special Center1.0 mi · 101
Frequently asked questions
About Izaak Walton IntermediateHow large is Izaak Walton Intermediate?
Izaak Walton Intermediate enrolls approximately 458 students in grades 07-08.
Is Izaak Walton Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Izaak Walton Intermediate is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Izaak Walton Intermediate?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Izaak Walton Intermediate is approximately 21.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Izaak Walton Intermediate?
At Izaak Walton Intermediate, the student body is approximately 3% White, 76% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Izaak Walton Intermediate public or private?
Izaak Walton Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.