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What's one thing La Loma Junior High gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
705
Middle
DISTRICT 708 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MODESTO CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062513003740
La Loma Junior High
1800 Encina Ave., Modesto, CA 95354 · (209) 574-1906 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
20.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
538 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 354 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 351 | 50% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
38.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.3pp since 2014
Math
25.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.0% | 26.3% | 21.3% | 40.4% |
| Math | 11.0% | 14.8% | 26.7% | 47.5% |
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 | 38.3% | 25.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 19.3% |
| 2022-23 | 29.2% | 16.6% |
| 2021-22 | 33.7% | 18.1% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 21.8% |
| 2018-19 | 37.7% | 26.5% |
| 2017-18 | 40.8% | 24.0% |
| 2016-17 | 35.5% | 24.0% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Loma Junior High
La Loma Junior High's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Loma Junior High this school | 705 | 76.3% | 29.0% |
| Pinon Mesa Middle Phelan | 835 | 77.2% | 22.4% |
| Lincoln Middle Oceanside | 621 | 72.3% | 29.4% |
| Roosevelt Junior High Modesto | 818 | 74.7% | 33.0% |
| Ronald W. Reagan Elementary Kingsburg | 619 | 73.2% | 40.1% |
| John Knight Middle Dixon | 634 | 69.4% | 25.5% |
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 Loma Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #767 of 1,224 | #16 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #698 of 1,227 ▲ 118 | #13 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #762 of 1,227 ▲ 97 | #17 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #236 of 1,214 | #9 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #597 of 1,377 | #11 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #510 of 1,279 | #7 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #568 of 1,278 | #9 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #618 of 1,329 | #13 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #799 of 930 | #10 of 15 |
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
-27 (-4%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,112
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 34.6 | 20.4:1 | 76% (538) |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 33.3 | 21.3:1 | 76% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 31.1 | 21.9:1 | 76% (518) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 32 | 22.9:1 | 75% (548) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 29.6 | 25.3:1 | 75% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 32 | 22.4:1 | 72% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | N/A | N/A | 69% (497) |
| 2000-01 | 969 | 39 | 24.9:1 | 25% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 1,112 | 47 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Loma Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (748 to 705); teachers up 17% (29.6 to 34.6).
About La Loma Junior High
La Loma Junior High is a medium-sized middle-grades school with its address in Modesto, California. The school had 705 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25.
Modesto City Elementary counts 26 schools and 14,444 students, including La Loma Junior High.
A majority of students at La Loma Junior High, 62%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 25% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 12 points above the 50% share among Stanislaus County residents. By the diversity index, La Loma Junior High comes in at 54%.
The teaching staff at La Loma Junior High is 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.4:1. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is about 20.7:1. About 76% of students, or 538, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades La Loma Junior High a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, La Loma Junior High falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 29.0% actual against 34.8% predicted.
Within Stanislaus County, median household income is about $81,468, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 190 public schools in Stanislaus County, with a combined enrollment of about 106,477.
The school nearest to La Loma Junior High is El Vista Elementary, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, La Loma Junior High ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place La Loma Junior High in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 732 in 2020-21 and 705 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 22.9:1 to 20.4:1.
The La Loma Junior High community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Modesto City Elementary
- Bret Harte ElementaryElementary · 867 students
- Roosevelt Junior HighMiddle · 818 students
- Fairview ElementaryElementary · 786 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 777 students
- Mark Twain Junior HighMiddle · 658 students
- Evelyn Hanshaw MiddleMiddle · 650 students
Other schools in Modesto
- Joseph A. Gregori HighHigh · 2,346 students
- James C. Enochs HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Modesto HighHigh · 2,292 students
- Thomas Downey HighHigh · 2,192 students
- Grace M. Davis HighHigh · 2,083 students
- Peter Johansen HighHigh · 2,029 students
Nearby schools
- El Vista Elementary0.6 mi · 447
- Wilson Elementary0.6 mi · 283
- John Muir Elementary0.8 mi · 567
- Thomas Downey High1.0 mi · 2,192
- Rose Avenue Elementary1.0 mi · 561
- Orville Wright Elementary1.2 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About La Loma Junior HighHow many students attend La Loma Junior High?
La Loma Junior High enrolls approximately 705 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does La Loma Junior High serve?
La Loma Junior High serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does La Loma Junior High have?
La Loma Junior High employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
How diverse is La Loma Junior High?
La Loma Junior High reports a student body of 25% White, 62% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is La Loma Junior High public or private?
La Loma Junior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Modesto City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.