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Enrollment
464
Middle
DISTRICT 403 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRASS VALLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061578001997
Lyman Gilmore Middle
10837 Rough and Ready Hwy., Grass Valley, CA 95945 · (530) 273-8479 · Nevada County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
19.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
340 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 5 | 115 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 119 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 24% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Based on grade levels within Grass Valley Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.1pp since 2014
Math
23.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.8% | 25.1% | 27.9% | 35.2% |
| Math | 9.1% | 14.9% | 30.9% | 45.1% |
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 | 36.9% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 22.4% |
| 2022-23 | 40.3% | 25.8% |
| 2021-22 | 37.6% | 24.9% |
| 2020-21 | 35.5% | 15.6% |
| 2018-19 | 40.7% | 31.5% |
| 2017-18 | 41.7% | 34.4% |
| 2016-17 | 37.7% | 35.2% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Lyman Gilmore Middle
Lyman Gilmore Middle's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Gilmore Middle this school | 464 | 73.3% | 29.9% |
| Sequoia Middle Redding | 461 | 74.8% | 34.5% |
| Jackson Street Elementary Yreka | 438 | 72.6% | 23.8% |
| Los Coches Creek Middle El Cajon | 518 | 71.8% | 36.4% |
| Anderson Middle Anderson | 341 | 73.6% | 26.0% |
| Edwin Markham Middle Placerville | 431 | 63.3% | 36.5% |
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 Lyman Gilmore Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Nevada County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #741 of 1,224 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #746 of 1,227 ▼ 11 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #800 of 1,227 ▼ 52 | #6 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #299 of 1,214 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #981 of 1,377 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #348 of 1,279 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #664 of 1,278 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.3% | #680 of 1,329 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #711 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
464
-75 (-14%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 750
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 464 | 24.1 | 19.2:1 | 73% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 24.8 | 18.2:1 | 78% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 27.7 | 16.6:1 | 71% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 28 | 19.3:1 | 73% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 71% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 65% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | N/A | N/A | 50% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 33 | 20.3:1 | 35% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 750 | 35 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyman Gilmore Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (506 to 464); teachers down 11% (27 to 24.1).
About Lyman Gilmore Middle
Lyman Gilmore Middle is a low-enrollment middle school in Grass Valley, California. Grades offered run from 5 through 8, with 464 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 30% smaller than that.
Grass Valley Elementary has 4 schools and 1,613 students, and Lyman Gilmore Middle is one of those schools.
At Lyman Gilmore Middle, White students make up 67% of the student body. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian, and 2% Native American. The school's White share is 17 points below the 84% share among Nevada County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1 at Lyman Gilmore Middle, with 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 19.2:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 73% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Nevada County is 43%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Lyman Gilmore Middle receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.6% for Lyman Gilmore Middle. The school posts 29.9%, 6.7 points below the prediction.
Nevada County has these Census figures: the median household income is $89,882, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Nevada County has 46 public schools and roughly 13,561 students.
Nearest public school: Margaret G. Scotten Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Lyman Gilmore Middle is 5th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Lyman Gilmore Middle's enrollment declined from 539 in 2020-21 to 464 in 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Nevada County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
102,481
Census ACS
Median income
$89,882
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
13,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grass Valley Elementary
- Grass Valley CharterElementary · 546 students
- Margaret G. Scotten ElementaryElementary · 357 students
- Bell Hill AcademyElementary · 246 students
- Grass Valley PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Grass Valley
- Nevada Union HighHigh · 1,561 students
- Bear River HighHigh · 664 students
- John Muir CharterHigh · 629 students
- Grass Valley CharterElementary · 546 students
- Union Hill ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Cottage Hill ElementaryElementary · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Margaret G. Scotten Elementary0.2 mi · 357
- Bell Hill Academy0.5 mi · 246
- Yuba River Charter0.6 mi · 323
- Grass Valley Charter0.8 mi · 546
- John Muir Charter0.8 mi · 629
- Silver Springs High (Continuation)0.9 mi · 80
Frequently asked questions
About Lyman Gilmore MiddleHow many students attend Lyman Gilmore Middle?
Lyman Gilmore Middle enrolls approximately 464 students in grades 05-08.
Is Lyman Gilmore Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lyman Gilmore Middle is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lyman Gilmore Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lyman Gilmore Middle is approximately 19.2:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lyman Gilmore Middle?
At Lyman Gilmore Middle, the student body is approximately 67% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lyman Gilmore Middle public or private?
Lyman Gilmore Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grass Valley Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.