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Enrollment
754
Middle
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORCORAN JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060969001037
John Muir Middle
707 Letts Ave., Corcoran, CA 93212 · (559) 992-8888 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
684 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 255 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 251 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 248 | 33% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Students here typically continue to
John Muir Middle→Corcoran High
Based on grade levels within Corcoran Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.7pp since 2014
Math
16.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 11 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 | 4.9% | 22.8% | 27.5% | 44.8% |
| Math | 4.9% | 11.1% | 24.6% | 59.5% |
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 | 27.7% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 12.6% |
| 2022-23 | 28.1% | 15.1% |
| 2021-22 | 31.9% | 12.8% |
| 2020-21 | 28.7% | 14.3% |
| 2018-19 | 38.7% | 24.5% |
| 2017-18 | 30.2% | 12.6% |
| 2016-17 | 29.8% | 12.4% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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 John Muir Middle
John Muir Middle's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Muir Middle this school | 754 | 90.7% | 20.4% |
| Mulcahy Middle Tulare | 745 | 92.6% | 14.9% |
| Indio Middle Indio | 768 | 92.7% | 11.9% |
| Alondra Middle Paramount | 735 | 92.5% | 33.9% |
| Joe Baca Bloomington | 705 | 91.8% | 18.8% |
| Pacoima Middle Pacoima | 823 | 91.9% | 31.2% |
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 John Muir Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #1,039 of 1,224 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #994 of 1,227 ▲ 46 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #1,047 of 1,227 no change | #7 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #330 of 1,214 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #498 of 1,377 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #362 of 1,279 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #1,124 of 1,278 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #265 of 1,329 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #192 of 257 | N/A |
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
754
-63 (-8%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 754 | 39 | 19.3:1 | 91% (684) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 39.7 | 19.3:1 | 92% (701) |
| 2022-23 | 783 | 38.7 | 20.2:1 | 88% (686) |
| 2020-21 | 817 | 36 | 22.7:1 | 94% (764) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 34.1 | 21.6:1 | 89% (655) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 30 | 24.1:1 | 78% (566) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | N/A | N/A | 85% (595) |
| 2000-01 | 750 | 35 | 21.4:1 | 71% (532) |
| 1990-91 | 629 | 28 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Muir Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (735 to 754); teachers up 15% (34.1 to 39).
About John Muir Middle
John Muir Middle is a middle-grades school in Corcoran, California, and it is part of Corcoran Joint Unified. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 754 students.
Corcoran Joint Unified is responsible for 8 schools, John Muir Middle included, with 3,175 students in all.
The share of Hispanic students at John Muir Middle is 92%. Other groups include 4% White and 3% Black. The county population is about 58% Hispanic. The diversity index for John Muir Middle is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 39 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 19.3:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1. The school reported 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Kings County averages 74%, lower than here.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, John Muir Middle would score about 26.4%. It scores 20.4%, 6.0 points below that figure.
The county, Kings County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $70,995, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 67, with about 28,742 students.
John C. Fremont Elementary is the nearest public school to John Muir Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 32.9% proficiency; John Muir Middle posts 20.4%.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school shrank from 817 students in 2020-21 to 754 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.3:1) than in 2020-21 (22.7:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at John Muir Middle. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,298
Census ACS
Median income
$70,995
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
28,742 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corcoran Joint Unified
- Corcoran HighHigh · 931 students
- Bret Harte ElementaryElementary · 546 students
- John C. Fremont ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 454 students
- Kings Lake Education CenterHigh · 16 students
- Mission Community DayHigh · 5 students
Other schools in Corcoran
- Corcoran HighHigh · 931 students
- Bret Harte ElementaryElementary · 546 students
- John C. Fremont ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 454 students
- Kings Lake Education CenterHigh · 16 students
- Mission Community DayHigh · 5 students
Other John Muir Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named John Muir Middle. John Muir Middle is the 4th largest of the 6.
- John Muir MiddleBurbank, CA · 1,353 students
- John Muir MiddleSan Leandro, CA · 969 students
- John Muir MiddleSan Jose, CA · 722 students
- John Muir MiddleLos Angeles, CA · 624 students
- John Muir MiddleWausau, WI · 967 students
Nearby schools
- John C. Fremont Elementary0.2 mi · 467
- Corcoran High0.4 mi · 931
- Mission Community Day0.4 mi · 5
- Bret Harte Elementary0.5 mi · 546
- Corcoran Academy0.5 mi · 2
- Kings Lake Education Center0.6 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About John Muir MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at John Muir Middle?
John Muir Middle enrolls approximately 754 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does John Muir Middle serve?
John Muir Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John Muir Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John Muir Middle is approximately 19.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is John Muir Middle?
John Muir Middle reports a student body of 4% White, 92% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is John Muir Middle in?
John Muir Middle is part of Corcoran Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.