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What's the biggest difference between Joe Baca and what you expected?
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Enrollment
705
Middle
DISTRICT 747 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLTON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060939000945
Joe Baca
1640 South Lilac Ave., Bloomington, CA 92316 · (909) 580-5014 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
647 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 336 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 369 | 52% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
24.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.9pp since 2014
Math
14.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 7 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 | 4.1% | 20.0% | 25.6% | 50.3% |
| Math | 4.4% | 10.1% | 21.5% | 64.0% |
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 | 24.1% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 12.3% |
| 2022-23 | 21.2% | 13.3% |
| 2021-22 | 21.3% | 10.9% |
| 2020-21 | 33.6% | 16.9% |
| 2018-19 | 31.6% | 18.6% |
| 2017-18 | 35.9% | 19.5% |
| 2016-17 | 33.5% | 18.3% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
18.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 Joe Baca
Joe Baca's state test result (18.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Baca this school | 705 | 91.8% | 18.8% |
| Alondra Middle Paramount | 735 | 92.5% | 33.9% |
| Emerson Middle Pomona | 664 | 93.7% | 19.4% |
| Serrano Middle Montclair | 657 | 91.5% | 49.3% |
| John Muir Middle Corcoran | 754 | 90.7% | 20.4% |
| Mulcahy Middle Tulare | 745 | 92.6% | 14.9% |
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 Joe Baca ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #1,082 of 1,224 | #63 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #1,034 of 1,227 ▲ 12 | #57 of 76 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #1,109 of 1,227 ▼ 40 | #68 of 76 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #488 of 1,214 | #38 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #596 of 1,377 | #46 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #228 of 1,279 | #9 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.0% | #1,096 of 1,278 | #67 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #217 of 1,329 | #13 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #377 of 930 | #18 of 56 |
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
705
-46 (-6%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 871
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 705 | 38.8 | 18.2:1 | 92% (647) |
| 2023-24 | 745 | 39 | 19.1:1 | 90% (670) |
| 2022-23 | 753 | 39.3 | 19.1:1 | 91% (684) |
| 2020-21 | 751 | 39 | 19.3:1 | 93% (701) |
| 2017-18 | 867 | 39.2 | 22.1:1 | 91% (792) |
| 2015-16 | 894 | 37 | 24.2:1 | 90% (801) |
| 2010-11 | 795 | N/A | N/A | 84% (666) |
| 2000-01 | 631 | 30 | 21.0:1 | 55% (347) |
| 1990-91 | 871 | 40 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joe Baca.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (867 to 705); teachers down 1% (39.2 to 38.8).
About Joe Baca
Joe Baca is a middle school with a street address in Bloomington, California. Total enrollment is 705 students, and the grades served are 7 through 8.
District-wide, Colton Joint Unified has 27 schools and 18,397 students.
Hispanic students are 91% of those enrolled at Joe Baca. Next come 5% Black and 3% White. That compares with about 55% Hispanic among all San Bernardino County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
Its staff includes 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.2 students per teacher. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. Joe Baca has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 92%. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County, the school's rate is higher.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Joe Baca is 25.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.8%.
For San Bernardino County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $85,478 a year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Joe Baca, San Bernardino County has 583 public schools.
Joe Baca's closest public school neighbor is Ruth Grimes Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Joe Baca, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Joe Baca ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Joe Baca is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 751 students in 2020-21 to 705 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.3:1 to 18.2:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colton Joint Unified
- Bloomington HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal ComplexHigh · 1,647 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Terrace Hills MiddleMiddle · 852 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Bloomington
- Bloomington HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Ruth Grimes ElementaryElementary · 606 students
- Crestmore ElementaryElementary · 586 students
- Gerald A. Smith ElementaryElementary · 565 students
- Ruth O. Harris MiddleMiddle · 562 students
- Mary B. Lewis ElementaryElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- Ruth Grimes Elementary0.4 mi · 606
- Samuel W. Simpson Elementary0.8 mi · 638
- Slover Mountain High (Continuation)0.9 mi · 231
- Dr. John H. Milor High Continuation1.1 mi · 190
- Zupanic Virtual Academy1.1 mi · 90
- Gerald A. Smith Elementary1.3 mi · 565
Frequently asked questions
About Joe BacaHow large is Joe Baca?
Joe Baca enrolls approximately 705 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Joe Baca serve?
Joe Baca serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Joe Baca?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Joe Baca.
How diverse is Joe Baca?
Joe Baca reports a student body of 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Joe Baca in?
Joe Baca is part of Colton Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.