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Enrollment
889
Middle
DISTRICT 711 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED·NCES 063066004765
Kraemer Middle
645 North Angelina Dr., Placentia, CA 92870 · (714) 996-1551 · Orange County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL889 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
24.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
470 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 465 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 424 | 48% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
66.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.9pp since 2014
Math
59.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 9 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 | 40.0% | 26.9% | 16.8% | 16.3% |
| Math | 46.3% | 12.8% | 17.6% | 23.3% |
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 | 66.9% | 59.1% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 57.5% |
| 2022-23 | 68.6% | 55.1% |
| 2021-22 | 67.5% | 54.0% |
| 2018-19 | 73.6% | 62.0% |
| 2017-18 | 70.3% | 58.4% |
| 2016-17 | 71.8% | 60.2% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 15 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 Kraemer Middle
Kraemer Middle's state test result (63.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraemer Middle this school | 889 | 52.9% | 63.2% |
| Robert O. Townsend Junior High Chino Hills | 905 | 54.8% | 63.9% |
| D. Russell Parks Junior High Fullerton | 854 | 47.7% | 66.8% |
| Lexington Junior High Cypress | 1,188 | 56.2% | 56.6% |
| Walker Junior High La Palma | 890 | 64.0% | 40.9% |
| Helen Stacey Middle Huntington Beach | 947 | 64.9% | 57.0% |
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 Kraemer Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #190 of 1,224 | #34 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #182 of 1,227 ▼ 6 | #32 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #227 of 1,227 ▼ 59 | #36 of 85 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #593 of 1,214 | #39 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 889 | #314 of 1,377 | #24 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #1,139 of 1,279 | #73 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #307 of 1,278 | #28 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #915 of 1,329 | #46 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #481 of 930 | #55 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
889
-193 (-18%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 910
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 28.5:1
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 | 889 | 36.2 | 24.5:1 | 53% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 915 | 37.4 | 24.4:1 | 53% (482) |
| 2022-23 | 954 | 37.4 | 25.5:1 | 52% (497) |
| 2020-21 | 1,082 | 38 | 28.5:1 | 50% (540) |
| 2017-18 | 1,055 | 37.7 | 28.0:1 | 43% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 957 | 35 | 27.3:1 | 44% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 864 | N/A | N/A | 41% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 1,536 | 67 | 22.9:1 | 47% (722) |
| 1990-91 | 910 | 38 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kraemer Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,055 to 889); teachers down 4% (37.7 to 36.2).
About Kraemer Middle
Kraemer Middle is a medium-sized middle school. Its address is in Placentia, California. School enrollment was 889 students in 2024-25, in grades 7 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in California average about 659 students.
The district, Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified, has 22,665 students enrolled across 34 schools.
Kraemer Middle has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 46%. Other reported shares: 35% Asian, 13% White, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 34% Hispanic among all Orange County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Kraemer Middle employs 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 24.5:1. This ratio sits 3.8 above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 53% in 2024-25. That tracks the 55% average for public schools in Orange County.
allk12 grades Kraemer Middle an A. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Kraemer Middle is among the top 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 48.6%. Actual: 63.2%.
Among Orange County residents, the median household income is $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kraemer Middle is one of 649 public schools in the county.
Valencia High is the public school closest to Kraemer Middle, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Kraemer Middle is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies Kraemer Middle's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Kraemer Middle declined 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,082 to 889 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 28.5:1 in 2020-21, and 24.5:1 in 2024-25.
The Kraemer Middle community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified
- Valencia HighHigh · 2,411 students
- El Dorado HighHigh · 1,998 students
- Yorba Linda HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Esperanza HighHigh · 1,393 students
- Travis RanchElementary · 1,197 students
- Golden ElementaryElementary · 834 students
Other schools in Placentia
- Valencia HighHigh · 2,411 students
- El Dorado HighHigh · 1,998 students
- Golden ElementaryElementary · 834 students
- John O. Tynes ElementaryElementary · 591 students
- Col. J. K. Tuffree MiddleMiddle · 566 students
- Van Buren ElementaryElementary · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Valencia High0.2 mi · 2,411
- Ruby Drive Elementary0.5 mi · 373
- John O. Tynes Elementary0.6 mi · 591
- Topaz Elementary0.7 mi · 404
- Morse Elementary0.7 mi · 382
- Valadez Middle School Academy1.2 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About Kraemer MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Kraemer Middle?
Kraemer Middle enrolls approximately 889 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Kraemer Middle serve?
Kraemer Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Kraemer Middle?
Approximately 24.5:1 students per teacher at Kraemer Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kraemer Middle?
At Kraemer Middle, the student body is approximately 13% White, 46% Hispanic, 2% Black, 35% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Kraemer Middle public or private?
Kraemer Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.