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Enrollment
768
Middle
DISTRICT 737 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOUNTAIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061422001628
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle
17415 Los Jardines West, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 · (714) 378-4250 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
- A+Beats 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
22.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
270 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 262 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 270 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 31% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
76.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.9pp since 2014
Math
73.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.9pp 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 74 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 44.5% | 32.5% | 15.0% | 8.1% |
| Math | 51.4% | 22.5% | 15.4% | 10.7% |
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 | 76.9% | 73.9% |
| 2023-24 | 79.1% | 70.8% |
| 2022-23 | 72.8% | 70.4% |
| 2021-22 | 74.3% | 70.5% |
| 2018-19 | 73.6% | 72.9% |
| 2017-18 | 71.7% | 70.7% |
| 2016-17 | 75.6% | 67.0% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 67.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Masuda (Kazuo) Middle
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masuda (Kazuo) Middle this school | 768 | 35.2% | 75.0% |
| Creekside Middle Castro Valley | 754 | 39.1% | 68.5% |
| Bert M. Lynn Middle Torrance | 612 | 33.0% | 69.1% |
| Calle Mayor Middle Torrance | 626 | 35.6% | 72.0% |
| Pioneer Middle Tustin | 971 | 39.4% | 67.1% |
| Giannini (A.P.) Middle San Francisco | 1,183 | 39.6% | 70.9% |
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 Masuda (Kazuo) Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #76 of 1,224 | #9 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #66 of 1,227 ▲ 15 | #8 of 85 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #103 of 1,227 ▼ 31 | #15 of 85 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #514 of 1,214 | #33 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #478 of 1,377 | #38 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #835 of 1,279 | #41 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #249 of 1,278 | #22 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #1,099 of 1,329 | #65 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #777 of 930 | #68 of 74 |
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
768
-21 (-3%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 768 | 34.6 | 22.2:1 | 35% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 742 | 34 | 21.8:1 | 36% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 736 | 33.2 | 22.2:1 | 33% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 789 | 30 | 26.3:1 | 33% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 822 | 30.8 | 26.7:1 | 36% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 33 | 25.9:1 | 32% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 861 | N/A | N/A | 23% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 746 | 28 | 26.6:1 | 11% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 698 | 23 | 30.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Masuda (Kazuo) Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (822 to 768); teachers up 13% (30.8 to 34.6).
About Masuda (Kazuo) Middle
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle is a middle-grades school located in Fountain Valley, California, in Orange County. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 768 students enrolled.
Besides Masuda (Kazuo) Middle, Fountain Valley Elementary runs 9 other schools. The district enrolls 6,010 students.
At Masuda (Kazuo) Middle, the largest share of students is Asian, at 49%. The remaining shares are 21% White, 21% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Orange County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school's share is higher. Masuda (Kazuo) Middle's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Masuda (Kazuo) Middle was 22.2:1. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 22.2:1 here. Masuda (Kazuo) Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 35%. It compares with 55% for public schools in Orange County.
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 96% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle ranks in the top 10% of California schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 75.0%. Predicted: 58.9%. Difference: 16.1 points.
Across Orange County, the median household income is $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Orange County has 649 public schools and roughly 430,458 students.
Cox (James H.) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Masuda (Kazuo) Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Masuda (Kazuo) Middle ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 75.0% versus a 63.0% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle's enrollment declined from 789 in 2020-21 to 768 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 26.3:1 to 22.2:1.
Community posts for Masuda (Kazuo) Middle can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fountain Valley Elementary
- Fulton (Harry C.) MiddleMiddle · 753 students
- Talbert (Samuel E.) MiddleMiddle · 690 students
- Courreges (Roch) ElementaryElementary · 631 students
- Cox (James H.) ElementaryElementary · 607 students
- Newland (William T.) ElementaryElementary · 531 students
- Plavan (Urbain H.) ElementaryElementary · 530 students
Other schools in Fountain Valley
- Fountain Valley HighHigh · 3,171 students
- Los Amigos HighHigh · 1,430 students
- Fulton (Harry C.) MiddleMiddle · 753 students
- Vista View MiddleMiddle · 724 students
- Ethan B. Allen ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Courreges (Roch) ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Cox (James H.) Elementary0.3 mi · 607
- Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary0.9 mi · 400
- Valley Vista High1.0 mi · 263
- Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary1.0 mi · 530
- Fountain Valley High1.0 mi · 3,171
- Los Amigos High1.3 mi · 1,430
Frequently asked questions
About Masuda (Kazuo) MiddleHow many students attend Masuda (Kazuo) Middle?
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle enrolls approximately 768 students in grades 06-08.
Is Masuda (Kazuo) Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Masuda (Kazuo) Middle have?
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
How diverse is Masuda (Kazuo) Middle?
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle reports a student body of 21% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 49% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Masuda (Kazuo) Middle?
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle is overseen by Fountain Valley Elementary in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.