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Enrollment
1,067
Middle
DISTRICT 931 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUPERTINO UNION·NCES 061029001142
Joaquin Miller Middle
6151 Rainbow Dr., San Jose, CA 95129 · (408) 252-3755 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,067 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- 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
20.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
144 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 371 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 372 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 324 | 30% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
89.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.3pp since 2014
Math
92.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 62.2% | 27.5% | 6.0% | 4.3% |
| Math | 82.9% | 9.3% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
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 | 89.8% | 92.3% |
| 2023-24 | 91.9% | 92.8% |
| 2022-23 | 92.1% | 90.7% |
| 2021-22 | 90.8% | 93.0% |
| 2020-21 | 88.9% | 92.0% |
| 2018-19 | 93.5% | 94.4% |
| 2017-18 | 91.8% | 93.2% |
| 2016-17 | 92.7% | 93.4% |
| 2015-16 | 91.0% | 93.0% |
| 2014-15 | 91.0% | 91.0% |
% 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
91.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% 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 20 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 Joaquin Miller Middle
Joaquin Miller Middle's state test result (91.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquin Miller Middle this school | 1,067 | 13.5% | 91.7% |
| Windemere Ranch Middle San Ramon | 1,011 | 8.2% | 83.3% |
| Sam H. Lawson Middle Cupertino | 841 | 15.2% | 87.1% |
| John F. Kennedy Middle Cupertino | 880 | 15.7% | 90.8% |
| William Hopkins Middle Fremont | 1,424 | 18.0% | 87.1% |
| Gale Ranch Middle San Ramon | 971 | 9.8% | 79.9% |
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 Joaquin Miller Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.7% | #3 of 1,224 | #1 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.3% | #2 of 1,227 no change | #1 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.8% | #7 of 1,227 ▼ 3 | #2 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #281 of 1,214 | #14 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,067 | #144 of 1,377 | #4 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #592 of 1,279 | #37 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #981 of 1,278 | #59 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.5% | #1,273 of 1,329 | #59 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #511 of 930 | #36 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
1,067
-76 (-7%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 1,067 | 51.2 | 20.9:1 | 13% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 1,084 | 49.9 | 21.7:1 | 14% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 1,078 | 49.7 | 21.7:1 | 12% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 1,143 | 51 | 22.4:1 | 4% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 1,251 | 54.4 | 23.0:1 | 5% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 1,317 | 57 | 23.1:1 | 3% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 1,246 | N/A | N/A | 3% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 1,043 | 45 | 23.2:1 | 1% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 29 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joaquin Miller Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,251 to 1,067); teachers down 6% (54.4 to 51.2).
About Joaquin Miller Middle
Joaquin Miller Middle is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in San Jose, California, administered by Cupertino Union. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,067 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 62% higher.
A total of 23 schools make up Cupertino Union, with 13,526 students enrolled.
The large majority of students at Joaquin Miller Middle, 85%, are Asian. Next come 8% multiracial, 5% White, and 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 41% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Joaquin Miller Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 27%.
Federal data list 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Joaquin Miller Middle in 2024-25, for a ratio of 20.9:1. Middle schools in California have a similar average ratio of 20.7:1. The lunch program counts 13% of students at Joaquin Miller Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
Measured against California public middle schools, Joaquin Miller Middle receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After accounting for student poverty, Joaquin Miller Middle is in the top 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 91.7% is 20.0 points above the 71.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Santa Clara County, median household income is about $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. A total of 412 public schools operate in Santa Clara County, serving about 230,059 students.
The shortest distance from Joaquin Miller Middle to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary. The five-mile area around Joaquin Miller Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 82.2% proficiency; Joaquin Miller Middle posts 91.7%.
Joaquin Miller Middle has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,143 in 2020-21 and 1,067 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 22.4:1 to 20.9:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Joaquin Miller Middle covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Cupertino Union
- Cupertino MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Sam H. Lawson MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Louis E. Stocklmeir ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 662 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary0.4 mi · 547
- John Muir Elementary0.5 mi · 557
- Lynbrook High0.5 mi · 1,702
- Warren E. Hyde Middle0.6 mi · 800
- Christa McAuliffe0.7 mi · 358
- Murdock-Portal Elementary0.7 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About Joaquin Miller MiddleHow large is Joaquin Miller Middle?
Joaquin Miller Middle enrolls approximately 1,067 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Joaquin Miller Middle serve?
Joaquin Miller Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Joaquin Miller Middle have?
Joaquin Miller Middle employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Joaquin Miller Middle?
Student demographics at Joaquin Miller Middle are roughly 5% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 85% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Joaquin Miller Middle in?
Joaquin Miller Middle is part of Cupertino Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.