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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the La Entrada Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
612
Middle
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS LOMITAS ELEMENTARY·NCES 062238002674
La Entrada Middle
2200 Sharon Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025 · (650) 854-3962 · San Mateo County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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
15.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
42 students
DISTRICT 6% · 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 4 | 139 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 120 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 19% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Las Lomitas Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
84.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.1pp since 2014
Math
82.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 59.0% | 25.2% | 10.2% | 5.7% |
| Math | 64.8% | 17.7% | 9.7% | 7.8% |
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 | 84.1% | 82.5% |
| 2023-24 | 85.9% | 83.3% |
| 2022-23 | 84.4% | 82.3% |
| 2021-22 | 86.5% | 83.3% |
| 2020-21 | 90.0% | 84.5% |
| 2018-19 | 85.8% | 81.9% |
| 2017-18 | 85.9% | 81.1% |
| 2016-17 | 83.9% | 79.9% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 77.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
84.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 La Entrada Middle
La Entrada Middle's state test result (84.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Entrada Middle this school | 612 | 6.9% | 84.0% |
| Joaquin Moraga Intermediate Moraga | 658 | 6.1% | 76.9% |
| North Star Academy Redwood City | 527 | 8.7% | 95.0% |
| Piedmont Middle Piedmont | 575 | 5.7% | 81.7% |
| Palos Verdes Intermediate Palos Verdes Estates | 735 | 9.4% | 77.0% |
| William Mendenhall Middle Livermore | 876 | 6.7% | 60.6% |
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 La Entrada Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #18 of 1,224 | #4 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #21 of 1,227 ▼ 5 | #4 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #33 of 1,227 ▼ 18 | #6 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #231 of 1,214 | #8 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #739 of 1,377 | #10 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #52 of 1,279 | #6 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #184 of 1,278 | #5 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.9% | #1,310 of 1,329 | #23 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #243 of 930 | #7 of 20 |
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
612
-44 (-7%) vs 2020
+76% since 1990-91, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 612 | 38.5 | 15.9:1 | 7% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 39.1 | 15.1:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 40.7 | 14.6:1 | 6% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 47 | 14.0:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 802 | 43 | 18.6:1 | 6% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 803 | 39 | 20.6:1 | 4% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | N/A | N/A | 4% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 33 | 15.7:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 347 | 19 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Entrada Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (802 to 612); teachers down 11% (43 to 38.5).
About La Entrada Middle
Among the schools in Menlo Park, California, is La Entrada Middle, a mid-sized middle school. Enrollment totals 612 students across grades 4 through 8.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in Las Lomitas Elementary totals 1,134 students.
White students make up 47% of enrollment at La Entrada Middle, the largest share of any group. Next come 21% Asian, 17% Hispanic, and 14% multiracial. That compares with about 38% White among all San Mateo County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Its staff includes 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.9 students per teacher. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. La Entrada Middle has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 7%. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in San Mateo County, the school's rate is lower.
Among California public middle schools, La Entrada Middle outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, La Entrada Middle is 8.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 84.0%. Predicted: 75.5%.
San Mateo County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $158,855, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Mateo County's 176 public schools enroll about 82,403 students and include La Entrada Middle.
Of the public schools around it, La Entrada Middle is closest to Oak Knoll Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 69.1%; La Entrada Middle's is 84.0%, ranking 1st of 8.
La Entrada Middle is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school shrank from 656 students in 2020-21 to 612 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.0:1 to 15.9:1.
On allk12, people connected to La Entrada Middle can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
San Mateo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,340
Census ACS
Median income
$158,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
82,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Las Lomitas Elementary
- Las Lomitas ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Menlo Park
- Hillview MiddleMiddle · 846 students
- KIPP Valiant Community PrepElementary · 587 students
- Oak Knoll ElementaryElementary · 574 students
- Belle Haven ElementaryElementary · 312 students
- Garfield ElementaryElementary · 280 students
- Tide AcademyHigh · 212 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Knoll Elementary0.6 mi · 574
- Hillview Middle0.9 mi · 846
- Las Lomitas Elementary0.9 mi · 522
- Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford1.6 mi · 15
- Woodside High2.0 mi · 1,660
- Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion2.4 mi · 582
Frequently asked questions
About La Entrada MiddleHow many students attend La Entrada Middle?
La Entrada Middle enrolls approximately 612 students in grades 04-08.
Is La Entrada Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
La Entrada Middle is a middle school covering grades 04-08.
How many students per teacher at La Entrada Middle?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at La Entrada Middle.
How diverse is La Entrada Middle?
La Entrada Middle reports a student body of 47% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 21% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees La Entrada Middle?
La Entrada Middle is overseen by Las Lomitas Elementary in San Mateo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.