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If you could change one rule at Los Cerros Middle, what would it be?
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Enrollment
486
Middle
DISTRICT 832 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063513005950
Los Cerros Middle
968 Blemer Rd., Danville, CA 94526 · (925) 855-6800 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
19.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
25 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 167 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 153 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 166 | 34% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
76.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.6pp since 2014
Math
70.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 35.3% | 41.3% | 16.1% | 7.3% |
| Math | 44.3% | 26.1% | 19.1% | 10.5% |
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 | 76.6% | 70.5% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 59.6% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 58.3% |
| 2021-22 | 78.0% | 62.1% |
| 2018-19 | 78.5% | 70.0% |
| 2017-18 | 78.2% | 66.7% |
| 2016-17 | 78.4% | 70.0% |
| 2015-16 | 78.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Cerros Middle
Los Cerros Middle's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Cerros Middle this school | 486 | 5.1% | 69.7% |
| Stone Valley Middle Alamo | 586 | 8.4% | 67.2% |
| Willma Cavitt Junior High Granite Bay | 375 | 8.5% | 77.9% |
| Central Middle San Carlos | 443 | 8.6% | 81.0% |
| Ridgeview Elementary Granite Bay | 619 | 10.3% | 75.2% |
| North Star Academy Redwood City | 527 | 8.7% | 95.0% |
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 Cerros Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #125 of 1,224 | #9 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #89 of 1,227 ▲ 73 | #9 of 42 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #110 of 1,227 ▲ 31 | #9 of 42 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #474 of 1,214 | #22 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #946 of 1,377 | #36 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #465 of 1,279 | #5 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #485 of 1,278 | #31 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.1% | #1,323 of 1,329 | #38 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #213 of 930 | #4 of 35 |
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
486
-48 (-9%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 886
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 486 | 24.4 | 19.9:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 23 | 21.0:1 | 5% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 22.4 | 22.3:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 23 | 23.2:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 25.8 | 25.0:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 25 | 24.7:1 | 3% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | N/A | N/A | 3% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 912 | 39 | 23.4:1 | 1% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 886 | 34 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Cerros Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (646 to 486); teachers down 6% (25.8 to 24.4).
About Los Cerros Middle
Los Cerros Middle is a low-enrollment middle school in Danville, California, one of the schools in San Ramon Valley Unified. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 486 students. The typical figure for middle schools in California is about 659 students.
The district for Los Cerros Middle is San Ramon Valley Unified, with 36 schools and 28,554 students.
Roughly 61% of students at Los Cerros Middle are White. Other groups make up 19% Asian, 11% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. County-wide, 41% of Contra Costa County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 19.9:1 comes from the school's 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 0.8 students per teacher below the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 5% in 2024-25. That is 40 points below the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County.
The allk12 Grade for Los Cerros Middle is B+. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Los Cerros Middle's average proficiency rate on state tests of 69.7% is 6.9 points below the 76.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Los Cerros Middle is located in Contra Costa County, where the median household income is $127,229, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides Los Cerros Middle, Contra Costa County has 279 other public schools.
The school nearest to Los Cerros Middle is Monte Vista High, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 71.6%; Los Cerros Middle's is 69.7%, ranking 5th of 9.
Los Cerros Middle is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 48 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.9:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Los Cerros Middle. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Ramon Valley Unified
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
Other schools in Danville
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Charlotte Wood MiddleMiddle · 853 students
- Diablo Vista MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- Greenbrook ElementaryElementary · 732 students
- Sycamore Valley ElementaryElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Monte Vista High0.4 mi · 2,042
- Green Valley Elementary0.4 mi · 484
- Vista Grande Elementary1.0 mi · 544
- San Ramon Valley High1.6 mi · 2,036
- Montair Elementary1.8 mi · 484
- John Baldwin Elementary2.2 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Los Cerros MiddleHow large is Los Cerros Middle?
Los Cerros Middle enrolls approximately 486 students in grades 06-08.
Is Los Cerros Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Los Cerros Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Los Cerros Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Los Cerros Middle is approximately 19.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Los Cerros Middle?
At Los Cerros Middle, the student body is approximately 61% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Los Cerros Middle public or private?
Los Cerros Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Ramon Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.