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What's the biggest difference between James Irvine Intermediate and what you expected?
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Enrollment
532
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001852
James Irvine Intermediate
10552 Hazard Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92843 · (714) 663-6551 · Orange County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
470 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 | 284 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 247 | 46% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
54%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
60.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.2pp since 2014
Math
51.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.9% | 34.3% | 22.0% | 17.8% |
| Math | 33.3% | 18.1% | 22.5% | 26.0% |
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 | 60.2% | 51.5% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 51.4% |
| 2022-23 | 62.9% | 56.4% |
| 2021-22 | 63.8% | 53.5% |
| 2018-19 | 63.1% | 54.2% |
| 2017-18 | 63.4% | 55.4% |
| 2016-17 | 58.3% | 52.8% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% 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 29 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 James Irvine Intermediate
James Irvine Intermediate's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Irvine Intermediate this school | 532 | 88.3% | 56.5% |
| Dr. Walter C. Ralston Intermediate Garden Grove | 485 | 81.6% | 50.0% |
| Alamitos Intermediate Garden Grove | 581 | 86.9% | 45.9% |
| Louis Lake Intermediate Garden Grove | 453 | 81.7% | 52.1% |
| Johnson Middle Westminster | 505 | 90.3% | 39.5% |
| Alvarado Intermediate Rowland Heights | 624 | 79.8% | 43.6% |
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 James Irvine Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #261 of 1,224 | #42 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #259 of 1,227 ▼ 23 | #42 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #326 of 1,227 ▼ 77 | #46 of 85 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #156 of 1,214 | #7 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #874 of 1,377 | #69 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #904 of 1,279 | #50 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #578 of 1,278 | #51 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #332 of 1,329 | #20 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #246 of 930 | #34 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
532
-123 (-19%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 532 | 23.6 | 22.5:1 | 88% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 27.6 | 20.1:1 | 89% (494) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 29.8 | 21.5:1 | 88% (561) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | 27 | 24.3:1 | 80% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 27.9 | 25.0:1 | 76% (528) |
| 2015-16 | 846 | 31 | 27.3:1 | 75% (631) |
| 2010-11 | 851 | N/A | N/A | 78% (666) |
| 2000-01 | 812 | 31 | 26.2:1 | 72% (585) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 30 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Irvine Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (696 to 532); teachers down 15% (27.9 to 23.6).
About James Irvine Intermediate
James Irvine Intermediate is one of the public schools in Garden Grove, California. It is a small middle-grades school. In all, 532 students attend the school in grades 7 through 8.
The district, Garden Grove Unified, operates 64 schools serving 36,994 students.
The student body at James Irvine Intermediate is 55% Hispanic. It is also 39% Asian and 3% White. Orange County's residents are about 34% Hispanic, 21 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at James Irvine Intermediate are from different groups.
Its ratio of 22.5:1 is based on 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in California have an average ratio of 20.7:1. In all, 88% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 55% average for public schools in Orange County.
James Irvine Intermediate earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 82% of California public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations places James Irvine Intermediate in the top 10% of California schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 28.8 points above it (56.5% actual, 27.8% predicted).
In the surrounding county, Orange County, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting James Irvine Intermediate, Orange County has 649 public schools.
Post Elementary, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, James Irvine Intermediate is 8th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 123 students, from 655 to 532. Students per teacher dropped from 24.3 in 2020-21 to 22.5 in 2024-25.
The James Irvine Intermediate discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Post Elementary0.2 mi · 338
- Morningside Elementary0.4 mi · 416
- Rosita Elementary0.8 mi · 305
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary0.8 mi · 332
- Excelsior Elementary0.9 mi · 426
- Merton E. Hill Elementary0.9 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About James Irvine IntermediateWhat is the total enrollment at James Irvine Intermediate?
James Irvine Intermediate enrolls approximately 532 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does James Irvine Intermediate serve?
James Irvine Intermediate serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does James Irvine Intermediate have?
James Irvine Intermediate employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at James Irvine Intermediate?
At James Irvine Intermediate, the student body is approximately 3% White, 55% Hispanic, 1% Black, 39% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is James Irvine Intermediate in?
James Irvine Intermediate is part of Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.