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Enrollment
849
Middle
DISTRICT 1,104 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062580010277
Landmark Middle
15261 Legendary Dr., Moreno Valley, CA 92555 · (951) 571-4220 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL849 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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.
- 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
19.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
746 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 259 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 316 | 37% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
28.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.4pp since 2014
Math
15.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.7% | 21.9% | 28.0% | 43.4% |
| Math | 5.8% | 9.7% | 22.3% | 62.3% |
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 | 28.6% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.1% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 29.3% | 16.5% |
| 2021-22 | 25.9% | 13.1% |
| 2018-19 | 27.4% | 16.2% |
| 2017-18 | 24.8% | 16.4% |
| 2016-17 | 28.2% | 17.7% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Landmark Middle
Landmark Middle's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landmark Middle this school | 849 | 87.9% | 22.0% |
| Space Aeronautics Gateway to Exploration Magnet Academy Palmdale | 747 | 90.2% | 15.7% |
| Cactus Medical Health and Technology Magnet Academy Palmdale | 822 | 89.3% | 17.8% |
| Rancho Cucamonga Middle Rancho Cucamonga | 770 | 82.2% | 25.6% |
| Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet Academy Palmdale | 813 | 83.0% | 21.9% |
| Grange Middle Fairfield | 944 | 86.5% | 17.1% |
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 Landmark Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #997 of 1,224 | #59 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #1,013 of 1,227 ▼ 96 | #57 of 78 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #1,022 of 1,227 ▼ 46 | #61 of 78 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #570 of 1,214 | #33 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 849 | #368 of 1,377 | #49 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #432 of 1,279 | #7 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #669 of 1,278 | #31 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #349 of 1,329 | #29 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #123 of 930 | #6 of 61 |
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
849
-135 (-14%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 1,384
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 849 | 43 | 19.7:1 | 88% (746) |
| 2023-24 | 844 | 47.1 | 17.9:1 | 84% (711) |
| 2022-23 | 813 | 44.6 | 18.2:1 | 62% (508) |
| 2020-21 | 984 | 49 | 20.1:1 | 83% (816) |
| 2017-18 | 1,217 | 49.6 | 24.6:1 | 80% (969) |
| 2015-16 | 1,201 | 48 | 25.0:1 | 82% (984) |
| 2010-11 | 1,327 | N/A | N/A | 73% (967) |
| 2000-01 | 1,384 | 60 | 23.1:1 | 50% (687) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Landmark Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (1,217 to 849); teachers down 13% (49.6 to 43).
About Landmark Middle
Landmark Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Moreno Valley, California, one of the schools in Moreno Valley Unified. The school serves 849 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 29% above that.
Moreno Valley Unified counts 38 schools and 31,001 students, including Landmark Middle.
At 69%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Landmark Middle combined. After that, the student body is 17% Black, 6% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Riverside County, the Hispanic share is about 51%. By the diversity index, Landmark Middle comes in at 49%.
A ratio of 19.7:1 comes from the school's 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 88% of students at Landmark Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Riverside County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
allk12 grades Landmark Middle a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Landmark Middle is 6.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Riverside County census figures show that median household income is about $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. A total of 543 public schools operate in Riverside County, serving about 424,872 students.
The closest other public school is La Jolla Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Landmark Middle ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 22.0% versus a 31.7% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Landmark Middle had 984 students in 2020-21 and 849 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moreno Valley Unified
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Vista Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,419 students
- Sunnymead MiddleMiddle · 1,185 students
Other schools in Moreno Valley
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Rancho Verde HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Vista Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,419 students
Other Landmark Middle schools
One other US public school is named Landmark Middle. Landmark Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 876 students
Nearby schools
- La Jolla Elementary0.4 mi · 671
- Ridge Crest Elementary0.9 mi · 575
- Vista del Lago High1.5 mi · 1,924
- Moreno Elementary1.6 mi · 809
- Lasselle Elementary1.8 mi · 812
- Victoriano Elementary2.1 mi · 608
Frequently asked questions
About Landmark MiddleHow many students attend Landmark Middle?
Landmark Middle enrolls approximately 849 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Landmark Middle serve?
Landmark Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Landmark Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Landmark Middle is approximately 19.7:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Landmark Middle?
Student demographics at Landmark Middle are roughly 6% White, 69% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Landmark Middle public or private?
Landmark Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Moreno Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.