Enrollment
384
Middle
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060231000105
Joseph George Middle
277 Mahoney Dr., San Jose, CA 95127 · (408) 928-7600 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of California public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
17.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
317 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 125 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 116 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 143 | 37% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
18.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -17.7pp since 2014
Math
7.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.1% | 15.3% | 26.9% | 54.7% |
| Math | 2.5% | 4.9% | 22.6% | 70.1% |
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 | 18.3% | 7.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 7.5% |
| 2022-23 | 21.3% | 8.7% |
| 2021-22 | 26.2% | 12.4% |
| 2018-19 | 34.8% | 17.2% |
| 2017-18 | 35.4% | 21.0% |
| 2016-17 | 37.9% | 22.1% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Joseph George Middle
Joseph George Middle's state test result (13.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph George Middle this school | 384 | 82.6% | 13.6% |
| Grandview College Preparatory Academy Valinda | 388 | 84.8% | 27.6% |
| Hilliard Comstock Middle Santa Rosa | 423 | 86.3% | 11.6% |
| Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy San Jose | 416 | 80.8% | N/A |
| Orange Grove Middle Hacienda Heights | 287 | 82.9% | 26.0% |
| Olive Middle Baldwin Park | 477 | 87.6% | 33.6% |
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 Joseph George Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #1,174 of 1,224 | #56 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #1,188 of 1,227 ▼ 19 | #56 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,187 of 1,227 ▼ 50 | #56 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #30 of 1,214 | #1 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #1,105 of 1,377 | #54 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #159 of 1,279 | #15 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.8% | #979 of 1,278 | #58 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #470 of 1,329 | #7 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #107 of 930 | #9 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
384
-102 (-21%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 751
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 384 | 21.9 | 17.6:1 | 83% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 22.3 | 16.2:1 | 80% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 23.3 | 16.8:1 | 80% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 73% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 29.5 | 18.9:1 | 85% (473) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 28 | 21.7:1 | 89% (538) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | N/A | N/A | 80% (494) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 28 | 23.2:1 | 37% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 751 | 32 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph George Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (559 to 384); teachers down 26% (29.5 to 21.9).
About Joseph George Middle
Joseph George Middle sits in San Jose, California, and is classified as a middle school. The student body numbers 384 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
Joseph George Middle reports to Alum Rock Union Elementary, which has 22 schools and 7,251 students.
At Joseph George Middle, Hispanic students make up 85% of the student body. It is also 10% Asian and 2% multiracial. Santa Clara County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 60 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Joseph George Middle comes in at 27%.
The school has about 17.6 students per teacher and 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 83%. On average, public schools in Santa Clara County report 37%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Joseph George Middle receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Joseph George Middle is -17.6 points, in the bottom 10% of California. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.6%, and the predicted rate is 31.2%.
Federal survey data for Santa Clara County show that median household income is about $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 412 public schools operate in Santa Clara County, serving about 230,059 students.
The shortest distance from Joseph George Middle to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Horace Cureton Elementary. The five-mile area around Joseph George Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 13.6% average proficiency ranks 4th among 4 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Joseph George Middle as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 486 to 384 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 20.3 to 17.6 over 4 years.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Joseph George MiddleHow large is Joseph George Middle?
Joseph George Middle enrolls approximately 384 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Joseph George Middle serve?
Joseph George Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Joseph George Middle have?
Joseph George Middle employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Joseph George Middle?
Student demographics at Joseph George Middle are roughly 2% White, 85% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Joseph George Middle public or private?
Joseph George Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alum Rock Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.