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Enrollment
462
Middle
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY UNIFIED·NCES 060474000446
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle
1701 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley, CA 94702 · (510) 644-6360 · Alameda County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
206 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 171 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 132 | 29% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle→Berkeley High
Based on grade levels within Berkeley Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
61.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.3pp since 2014
Math
61.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.9% | 32.3% | 21.8% | 16.9% |
| Math | 40.3% | 20.7% | 21.8% | 17.1% |
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 | 61.3% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 50.2% |
| 2022-23 | 47.1% | 39.8% |
| 2021-22 | 45.4% | 32.1% |
| 2018-19 | 38.1% | 35.5% |
| 2017-18 | 45.9% | 39.6% |
| 2016-17 | 47.0% | 44.5% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle this school | 462 | 44.6% | 56.4% |
| Brown Jr. (Willie L) Middle San Francisco | 363 | 53.4% | 38.8% |
| Golden West Middle Fairfield | 746 | 46.6% | 42.3% |
| Emerson Community Charter Los Angeles | 454 | 57.9% | 48.2% |
| Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach Long Beach | 244 | 45.1% | N/A |
| Fred T. Korematsu Middle El Cerrito | 708 | 38.6% | 43.3% |
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 Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #262 of 1,224 | #17 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #170 of 1,227 ▲ 78 | #14 of 46 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #313 of 1,227 ▲ 70 | #21 of 46 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.4pp | #3 of 1,214 | #1 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #987 of 1,377 | #38 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #22 of 1,279 | #3 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #17 of 1,278 | #5 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #998 of 1,329 | #30 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #746 of 930 | #23 of 29 |
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
462
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 462 | 31.8 | 14.6:1 | 45% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 32.7 | 13.5:1 | 44% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 36.5 | 12.3:1 | 48% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 53% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 28.4 | 17.6:1 | 56% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 50% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | N/A | N/A | 62% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 36% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 22 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (498 to 462); teachers up 12% (28.4 to 31.8).
About Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle is a middle school in Berkeley, California, and it is part of Berkeley Unified. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 462 students. The average for middle schools in California is about 659 students, so this school is 30% smaller than average.
Berkeley Unified has 9,116 students in 17 schools, and Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle is one of those schools.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle, 32% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 29% White, 17% Black, 12% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Alameda County's population at about 23%. By the diversity index, Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle comes in at 76%.
Staffing totals 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. That ratio is under the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle is 45%.
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle is 3.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (56.4% versus 53.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
In the county around the school, Alameda County, median household income is about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle is among the 394 public schools in Alameda County.
Oxford Elementary at West Campus is the public school closest to Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle, about 0.3 miles away. Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle at 9th of 9.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts put enrollment at 475 in 2020-21 and 462 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 14.6:1.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
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- Oxford Elementary at West Campus0.3 mi · 254
- Ruth Acty Elementary0.5 mi · 410
- Rosa Parks Environmental Science0.6 mi · 393
- Martin Luther King Middle1.0 mi · 851
- Marin Elementary1.0 mi · 524
- Ocean View Elementary1.1 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow Arts and Technology MiddleHow many students attend Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle?
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle enrolls approximately 462 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle serve?
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle have?
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle?
Student demographics at Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle are roughly 29% White, 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 8% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle in?
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle is part of Berkeley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.