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Enrollment
575
Middle
DISTRICT 672 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAND JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 064308007005
Lee Middle
520 West St., Woodland, CA 95695 · (530) 662-0251 · Yolo County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% 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
17.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
432 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 265 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 310 | 54% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
38.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
22.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.2pp 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 23 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 down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.4% | 28.9% | 26.3% | 35.3% |
| Math | 10.4% | 12.4% | 23.4% | 53.9% |
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 | 38.4% | 22.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.9% | 17.6% |
| 2022-23 | 28.6% | 17.8% |
| 2021-22 | 30.6% | 17.7% |
| 2018-19 | 32.4% | 22.6% |
| 2017-18 | 33.8% | 26.5% |
| 2016-17 | 31.2% | 25.1% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Lee Middle
Lee Middle's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Middle this school | 575 | 75.1% | 28.9% |
| De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts Ventura | 577 | 73.7% | 37.4% |
| George T. Egling Middle Colusa | 553 | 77.4% | 28.0% |
| Los Alisos Intermediate Mission Viejo | 595 | 74.5% | 39.6% |
| Ronald W. Reagan Elementary Kingsburg | 619 | 73.2% | 40.1% |
| Lakeview Junior High Santa Maria | 463 | 72.4% | 38.2% |
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 Lee Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yolo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #769 of 1,224 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #772 of 1,227 ▲ 86 | #5 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #760 of 1,227 ▼ 31 | #6 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.4pp | #220 of 1,214 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #815 of 1,377 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #192 of 1,279 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #734 of 1,278 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #644 of 1,329 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #548 of 930 | N/A |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
575
-91 (-14%) vs 2017
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 967
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 19.0:1
% White
18%
was 20%
% Hispanic
71%
was 71%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
3%
was 4%
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 | 575 | 32.2 | 17.8:1 | 75% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 33.2 | 19.7:1 | 80% (520) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 32.2 | 18.8:1 | 80% (487) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 35 | 19.0:1 | 68% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 34 | 19.2:1 | 68% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | N/A | N/A | 58% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 1,114 | 52 | 21.4:1 | 36% (396) |
| 1990-91 | 967 | 45 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lee Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (666 to 575); teachers down 8% (35 to 32.2).
About Lee Middle
Lee Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Woodland, California, one of the schools in Woodland Joint Unified. Students in grades 7 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 575 students.
Lee Middle belongs to Woodland Joint Unified, a district of 17 schools and 9,304 students.
More than half of enrollment at Lee Middle is Hispanic: 71%. The next largest groups are 18% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 37 points above the 33% share among Yolo County residents. The diversity index for Lee Middle is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Lee Middle, there are about 17.8 students; the school has 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 75%. For comparison, public schools in Yolo County average 59%.
Among California public middle schools, Lee Middle outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.5% for Lee Middle. The school posts 28.9%, 6.6 points below the prediction.
In Yolo County, median household income comes to about $91,752, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 67, with about 29,820 students.
Lee Middle's nearest public school is Dingle Elementary (about 0.5 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Lee Middle places 3rd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Small. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
In 2017-18, Lee Middle enrolled 666 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 575. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 19.0:1 in 2017-18 to 17.8:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Yolo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
220,564
Census ACS
Median income
$91,752
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
29,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodland Joint Unified
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Woodland Senior HighHigh · 1,155 students
- Ramon S. Tafoya ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Douglass MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Woodland Prairie ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Beamer ElementaryElementary · 496 students
Other schools in Woodland
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Woodland Senior HighHigh · 1,155 students
- Ramon S. Tafoya ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Douglass MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Woodland Prairie ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Beamer ElementaryElementary · 496 students
Other Lee Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lee Middle. Lee Middle is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Lee Middle SchoolSharpsburg, GA · 730 students
- Lee Middle SchoolWYOMING, MI · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Dingle Elementary0.5 mi · 338
- T. L. Whitehead Elementary0.6 mi · 331
- Woodland Senior High0.8 mi · 1,155
- Douglass Middle0.9 mi · 768
- Cesar Chavez Community0.9 mi · 47
- Freeman Elementary0.9 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Lee MiddleHow many students attend Lee Middle?
Lee Middle enrolls approximately 575 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Lee Middle serve?
Lee Middle serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lee Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lee Middle is approximately 17.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lee Middle?
At Lee Middle, the student body is approximately 18% White, 71% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Lee Middle?
Lee Middle is overseen by Woodland Joint Unified in Yolo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.