Enrollment
302
Middle
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCKINLEYVILLE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062430003651
McKinleyville Middle
2285 Central Ave., McKinleyville, CA 95519 · (707) 839-1508 · Humboldt County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
18.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
161 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 97 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 36% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within McKinleyville Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -15.0pp since 2014
Math
25.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.3% | 21.8% | 30.4% | 39.6% |
| Math | 9.3% | 16.6% | 31.1% | 43.0% |
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 | 30.0% | 25.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.8% | 27.4% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.9% | 26.1% |
| 2018-19 | 40.0% | 26.9% |
| 2017-18 | 37.5% | 26.8% |
| 2016-17 | 44.2% | 35.6% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 McKinleyville Middle
McKinleyville Middle's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinleyville Middle this school | 302 | 53.3% | 27.7% |
| Jackson Junior High Jackson | 270 | 47.8% | 28.6% |
| Ready Springs Elementary Penn Valley | 255 | 56.9% | 40.8% |
| Sunny Brae Middle Arcata | 232 | 54.3% | 37.4% |
| Middletown Middle Middletown | 320 | 53.4% | 35.7% |
| West Cottonwood Junior High Cottonwood | 419 | 50.6% | 42.8% |
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 McKinleyville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Humboldt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #807 of 1,224 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #697 of 1,227 ▼ 88 | #3 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #985 of 1,227 ▲ 1 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #80 of 1,214 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #1,188 of 1,377 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #203 of 1,279 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #494 of 1,278 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #911 of 1,329 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #339 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
302
-42 (-12%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 302 | 16.8 | 18.0:1 | 53% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 15.9 | 21.3:1 | 54% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 21.4 | 16.8:1 | 54% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 14 | 24.6:1 | 62% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 16.4 | 23.1:1 | 55% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 43% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | N/A | N/A | 48% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 46% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 19 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinleyville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (378 to 302); teachers up 3% (16.4 to 16.8).
About McKinleyville Middle
McKinleyville Middle is one of the public schools in McKinleyville, California. It is a low-enrollment middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 302 students. Middle schools in California average about 659 students, which makes this school 54% below average.
Within McKinleyville Union Elementary, McKinleyville Middle is one of 3 schools. The district enrolls 840 students.
At McKinleyville Middle, 61% of students are White. The school is also 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 8% Native American. That is lower than the 72% White share among all Humboldt County residents. The diversity index for McKinleyville Middle is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 18.0:1 is based on 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 53%.
On the allk12 Grade, McKinleyville Middle lands at D, ahead of 13% of California public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. McKinleyville Middle posts 27.7% against a 48.3% prediction, a bottom-10% result in California.
In the surrounding county, Humboldt County, median household income comes to about $61,160, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 92, with about 17,319 students.
The closest school to McKinleyville Middle is Morris Elementary, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. McKinleyville Middle ranks 5th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 27.7% against a local average of 38.9%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, McKinleyville Middle had a net loss of 42 students, or 12%. By 2024-25, the school had 18.0 students per teacher, compared with 24.6 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Humboldt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
134,541
Census ACS
Median income
$61,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
17,319 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McKinleyville Union Elementary
- Dow's Prairie ElementaryElementary · 283 students
- Morris ElementaryElementary · 255 students
Other schools in McKinleyville
- McKinleyville HighHigh · 566 students
- Dow's Prairie ElementaryElementary · 283 students
- Morris ElementaryElementary · 255 students
- Fieldbrook ElementaryElementary · 90 students
- Mad River High (Continuation)High · 28 students
Nearby schools
- Morris Elementary0.6 mi · 255
- McKinleyville High0.8 mi · 566
- Mad River High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 28
- Dow's Prairie Elementary2.1 mi · 283
- Arcata Educational Resource Center3.3 mi · 27
- Laurel Tree Charter3.4 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About McKinleyville MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at McKinleyville Middle?
McKinleyville Middle enrolls approximately 302 students in grades 06-08.
Is McKinleyville Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
McKinleyville Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does McKinleyville Middle have?
McKinleyville Middle employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at McKinleyville Middle?
At McKinleyville Middle, the student body is approximately 61% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is McKinleyville Middle public or private?
McKinleyville Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by McKinleyville Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.