Maze Middle

Maze Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Hollister, California, run under Hollister. The school serves 580 students in grades 6 through 8.

Hollister runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,908 students. Maze Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Maze Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%); the rest reads as 10% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at school resources, Maze Middle shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.3:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Maze Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 40.5%; this one comes in at 19.9%, -20.5 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Benito County) reports that median household income runs about $114,394, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Maze Middle is one of 28 public schools in San Benito County (combined enrollment of about 11,633 students).

The closest other public school is Hollister Dual Language Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maze Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Maze Middle's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 722 (now 580). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.

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