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Enrollment
637
Middle
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORGAN HILL UNIFIED·NCES 062583003871
Lewis H. Britton Middle
80 West Central Ave., Morgan Hill, CA 95037 · (408) 201-6160 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
23.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
287 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 206 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 238 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 193 | 30% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
43.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.4pp since 2014
Math
33.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.1% | 30.3% | 24.6% | 32.0% |
| Math | 16.2% | 17.0% | 24.3% | 42.6% |
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 | 43.4% | 33.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 29.2% |
| 2022-23 | 32.4% | 25.2% |
| 2021-22 | 41.9% | 29.7% |
| 2018-19 | 40.9% | 36.8% |
| 2017-18 | 38.8% | 35.7% |
| 2016-17 | 46.1% | 36.1% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lewis H. Britton Middle
Lewis H. Britton Middle's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis H. Britton Middle this school | 637 | 45.1% | 36.5% |
| Pioneer Middle Hanford | 550 | 45.1% | 44.5% |
| Chaparral Middle Moorpark | 542 | 41.9% | 41.8% |
| Solorsano Middle Gilroy | 749 | 48.9% | 37.4% |
| Alpine Vista Middle Tulare | 617 | 48.3% | 25.7% |
| Baird Middle Fresno | 571 | 42.9% | 58.3% |
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 Lewis H. Britton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #597 of 1,224 | #42 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #533 of 1,227 ▲ 38 | #40 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #627 of 1,227 ▲ 15 | #40 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #579 of 1,214 | #12 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #696 of 1,377 | #38 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #1,033 of 1,279 | #60 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #515 of 1,278 | #30 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #992 of 1,329 | #29 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #224 of 930 | #23 of 53 |
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
637
-58 (-8%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,029
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 637 | 27 | 23.6:1 | 45% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 27.4 | 22.4:1 | 46% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 26.9 | 22.4:1 | 46% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 695 | 29 | 24.0:1 | 44% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 842 | 35 | 24.1:1 | 49% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 25 | 25.1:1 | 46% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 705 | N/A | N/A | 36% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 1,163 | 48 | 24.2:1 | 21% (240) |
| 1990-91 | 1,029 | 43 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis H. Britton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (842 to 637); teachers down 23% (35 to 27).
About Lewis H. Britton Middle
The public middle school Lewis H. Britton Middle is located in Morgan Hill, California. The school has 637 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Morgan Hill Unified has a total of 13 schools and 7,810 students, Lewis H. Britton Middle among them.
The share of Hispanic students at Lewis H. Britton Middle is 62%, a majority. It is also 22% White, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Santa Clara County is roughly 25% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
With 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.6:1. The average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Lewis H. Britton Middle, 45% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Santa Clara County report 37%.
Among California public middle schools, Lewis H. Britton Middle outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lewis H. Britton Middle scores 16.6 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.5%; the prediction is 53.1%.
In the surrounding county, Santa Clara County, the median household earns about $164,281 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Santa Clara County has 412 public schools with about 230,059 students, including Lewis H. Britton Middle.
P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy is the nearest public school to Lewis H. Britton Middle, about 0.3 miles away. Lewis H. Britton Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 39.6%, higher than Lewis H. Britton Middle's 36.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count decreased 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morgan Hill Unified
- Ann Sobrato HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Live Oak HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Jackson Academy of Music and Math (JAMM)Elementary · 690 students
- Nordstrom ElementaryElementary · 645 students
- San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science AcademyElementary · 643 students
- Martin Murphy MiddleMiddle · 466 students
Other schools in Morgan Hill
- Ann Sobrato HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Live Oak HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Jackson Academy of Music and Math (JAMM)Elementary · 690 students
- Charter School of Morgan HillElementary · 654 students
- Nordstrom ElementaryElementary · 645 students
- El Toro Health Science AcademyElementary · 456 students
Nearby schools
- P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy0.3 mi · 359
- El Toro Health Science Academy0.5 mi · 456
- Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Morgan Hill1.0 mi · 338
- Barrett Elementary1.5 mi · 374
- Live Oak High1.7 mi · 1,101
- Nordstrom Elementary1.7 mi · 645
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis H. Britton MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Lewis H. Britton Middle?
Lewis H. Britton Middle enrolls approximately 637 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lewis H. Britton Middle serve?
Lewis H. Britton Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Lewis H. Britton Middle?
Approximately 23.6:1 students per teacher at Lewis H. Britton Middle.
What is the student diversity at Lewis H. Britton Middle?
Student demographics at Lewis H. Britton Middle are roughly 22% White, 62% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lewis H. Britton Middle in?
Lewis H. Britton Middle is part of Morgan Hill Unified.
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