1
Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Melva Davis Academy of Excellence?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
833
Middle
DISTRICT 774 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADELANTO ELEMENTARY·NCES 060171013994
Melva Davis Academy of Excellence
15831 Diamond Rd., Victorville, CA 92394 · (760) 246-8691 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL833 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
19.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
479 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 291 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 293 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 249 | 30% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
41.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.5pp since 2016
Math
25.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 2016, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.6% | 30.4% | 26.1% | 32.8% |
| Math | 12.8% | 12.7% | 27.8% | 46.7% |
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 | 41.0% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 22.3% |
| 2022-23 | 38.4% | 18.3% |
| 2021-22 | 34.7% | 17.2% |
| 2018-19 | 38.1% | 20.9% |
| 2017-18 | 34.9% | 21.5% |
| 2016-17 | 28.5% | 15.5% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% 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 Melva Davis Academy of Excellence
Melva Davis Academy of Excellence's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melva Davis Academy of Excellence this school | 833 | 57.5% | 31.3% |
| Cedar Middle Hesperia | 1,061 | 56.9% | 23.0% |
| Monroe Middle San Jose | 677 | 59.1% | 21.8% |
| Chipman Junior High Bakersfield | 708 | 66.2% | 31.8% |
| Grace Yokley Junior High Ontario | 606 | 66.0% | 45.8% |
| Herbert Hoover Middle San Jose | 910 | 63.0% | 28.3% |
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 Melva Davis Academy of Excellence ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #710 of 1,224 | #30 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #709 of 1,227 ▲ 30 | #29 of 76 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #685 of 1,227 ▲ 52 | #29 of 76 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #171 of 1,214 | #10 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 833 | #393 of 1,377 | #33 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #393 of 1,279 | #20 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #804 of 1,278 | #37 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #861 of 1,329 | #64 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #247 of 257 | #15 of 16 |
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
833
-46 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 833 | 42.7 | 19.5:1 | 58% (479) |
| 2023-24 | 798 | 43.7 | 18.3:1 | 79% (631) |
| 2022-23 | 827 | 43.4 | 19.1:1 | 77% (635) |
| 2020-21 | 879 | 42 | 20.9:1 | 66% (578) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 37 | 22.4:1 | 83% (689) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Melva Davis Academy of Excellence.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (830 to 833); teachers up 15% (37 to 42.7).
About Melva Davis Academy of Excellence
Melva Davis Academy of Excellence is one of the public schools in Victorville, California. It is a medium-sized middle school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 833 students. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 26% higher.
Besides Melva Davis Academy of Excellence, Adelanto Elementary runs 14 other schools. The district enrolls 7,660 students.
Roughly 76% of students at Melva Davis Academy of Excellence are Hispanic. Other groups include 10% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% White. By comparison, San Bernardino County residents are about 55% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 19.5:1. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 16 points.
The allk12 Grade for Melva Davis Academy of Excellence is C. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 32% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After accounting for student poverty, Melva Davis Academy of Excellence is in the bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.3% is 14.6 points below the 45.9% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for San Bernardino County show that the median household income is $85,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Melva Davis Academy of Excellence, San Bernardino County has 582 other public schools.
West Creek Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Melva Davis Academy of Excellence. Melva Davis Academy of Excellence places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Melva Davis Academy of Excellence has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment is down 5% from 2020-21, when Melva Davis Academy of Excellence had 879 students, to 2024-25, when it had 833. The ratio was 20.9:1 in 2020-21 and 19.5:1 in 2024-25.
The Melva Davis Academy of Excellence community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adelanto Elementary
- Columbia MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Mesa Linda MiddleMiddle · 735 students
- Morgan Kincaid PreparatoryElementary · 690 students
- George Visual and Performing Arts Magnet and MiddleElementary · 685 students
- Victoria Magathan ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Eagle Ranch ElementaryElementary · 535 students
Other schools in Victorville
- Victor Valley HighHigh · 2,255 students
- Excelsior CharterHigh · 2,170 students
- Silverado HighHigh · 2,165 students
- University PreparatoryHigh · 1,136 students
- Cobalt Institute of Math and ScienceHigh · 1,058 students
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 1,014 students
Nearby schools
- West Creek Elementary0.2 mi · 505
- Gus Franklin Jr.0.4 mi · 509
- Brentwood Elementary1.4 mi · 790
- Dr. Ralph H. Baker 21st Century Learning Center1.6 mi · 686
- University Preparatory1.9 mi · 1,136
- Challenger School of Sports and Fitness2.0 mi · 843
Frequently asked questions
About Melva Davis Academy of ExcellenceHow large is Melva Davis Academy of Excellence?
Melva Davis Academy of Excellence enrolls approximately 833 students in grades 06-08.
Is Melva Davis Academy of Excellence an elementary, middle, or high school?
Melva Davis Academy of Excellence is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Melva Davis Academy of Excellence?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Melva Davis Academy of Excellence is approximately 19.5:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Melva Davis Academy of Excellence?
At Melva Davis Academy of Excellence, the student body is approximately 5% White, 76% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Melva Davis Academy of Excellence?
Melva Davis Academy of Excellence is overseen by Adelanto Elementary in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.