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Enrollment
938
Middle
DISTRICT 875 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS BANOS UNIFIED·NCES 062274003482
Los Banos Junior High
1750 San Luis St., Los Banos, CA 93635 · (209) 826-0867 · Merced County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL938 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of California public middle schools
- CTest 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
21.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
791 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 437 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 501 | 53% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
33.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.1pp since 2014
Math
21.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 | 7.8% | 25.3% | 27.1% | 39.8% |
| Math | 8.0% | 13.4% | 23.9% | 54.7% |
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 | 33.1% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 16.1% |
| 2021-22 | 31.2% | 14.7% |
| 2018-19 | 38.9% | 21.4% |
| 2017-18 | 31.0% | 17.9% |
| 2016-17 | 29.3% | 16.7% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Los Banos Junior High
Los Banos Junior High's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Banos Junior High this school | 938 | 84.3% | 25.2% |
| E. O. Green Junior High Oxnard | 949 | 81.5% | 20.8% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Madera | 948 | 87.7% | 24.3% |
| Desert Ridge Academy Indio | 962 | 81.5% | 22.7% |
| Washington Middle Salinas | 1,082 | 81.7% | 33.6% |
| Barbara Worth Junior High Brawley | 881 | 86.6% | 27.9% |
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 Los Banos Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #904 of 1,224 | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #819 of 1,227 ▲ 63 | #6 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #909 of 1,227 ▲ 36 | #9 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #372 of 1,214 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 938 | #267 of 1,377 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #701 of 1,279 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #1,058 of 1,278 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #431 of 1,329 | #11 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #126 of 257 | #6 of 7 |
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
938
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 938 | 43.8 | 21.4:1 | 84% (791) |
| 2023-24 | 926 | 43 | 21.6:1 | 78% (723) |
| 2022-23 | 862 | 42.9 | 20.1:1 | 79% (681) |
| 2020-21 | 935 | 41 | 22.8:1 | 73% (678) |
| 2017-18 | 878 | 41.9 | 20.9:1 | 50% (436) |
| 2015-16 | 1,580 | 65 | 24.3:1 | 84% (1,320) |
| 2010-11 | 1,427 | N/A | N/A | 61% (871) |
| 2000-01 | 1,081 | 48 | 22.5:1 | 68% (734) |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 26 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Banos Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (878 to 938); teachers up 5% (41.9 to 43.8).
About Los Banos Junior High
Los Banos Junior High is a mid-sized middle school. Its address is in Los Banos, California. It offers grades 7 through 8 and has 938 students enrolled. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 42% higher.
Los Banos Unified enrolls 11,020 students, and its 16 schools include Los Banos Junior High.
Hispanic students are 89% of those enrolled at Los Banos Junior High. The remaining shares are 7% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Merced County's population at about 63%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.4 students per teacher. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 0.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Los Banos Junior High, 84% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public middle schools, Los Banos Junior High outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Los Banos Junior High's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 30.1%. Los Banos Junior High scores 25.2%, 4.9 points below that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Merced County show that median household income comes to about $65,510, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The county's public schools total 117, with about 59,456 students.
Measured in a straight line, Grasslands Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Los Banos Junior High. The five-mile area around Los Banos Junior High holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 25.2% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Los Banos Junior High as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment at Los Banos Junior High was 935 in 2020-21 and 938 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 22.8:1 to 21.4:1.
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Merced County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
290,201
Census ACS
Median income
$65,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
59,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Banos Unified
- Pacheco HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Los Banos HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Grasslands ElementaryElementary · 884 students
- Creekside Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- R. M. Miano ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Henry Miller ElementaryElementary · 676 students
Other schools in Los Banos
- Pacheco HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Los Banos HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Grasslands ElementaryElementary · 884 students
- Creekside Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- R. M. Miano ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Henry Miller ElementaryElementary · 676 students
Nearby schools
- Grasslands Elementary0.5 mi · 884
- Transitional Kindergarten Center0.6 mi · 166
- R. M. Miano Elementary0.6 mi · 778
- Pacheco High0.8 mi · 1,725
- San Luis High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 82
- Mercey Springs Elementary1.0 mi · 608
Frequently asked questions
About Los Banos Junior HighHow large is Los Banos Junior High?
Los Banos Junior High enrolls approximately 938 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Los Banos Junior High serve?
Los Banos Junior High serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Los Banos Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Los Banos Junior High is approximately 21.4:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Los Banos Junior High?
At Los Banos Junior High, the student body is approximately 7% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Los Banos Junior High in?
Los Banos Junior High is part of Los Banos Unified.
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