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Enrollment
711
Middle
DISTRICT 809 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JURUPA UNIFIED·NCES 061926004980
Mira Loma Middle
5051 Steve St., Jurupa Valley, CA 92509 · (951) 360-2883 · Riverside County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL711 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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.
- 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
21.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
599 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 7 | 341 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 370 | 52% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
29.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.9pp since 2014
Math
18.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.5pp 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 19 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.0% | 23.9% | 27.1% | 43.0% |
| Math | 7.9% | 10.6% | 17.5% | 64.0% |
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 | 29.9% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 17.8% |
| 2022-23 | 30.5% | 15.4% |
| 2021-22 | 26.9% | 14.3% |
| 2018-19 | 32.4% | 19.8% |
| 2017-18 | 27.8% | 18.4% |
| 2016-17 | 31.1% | 21.7% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Mira Loma Middle
Mira Loma Middle's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mira Loma Middle this school | 711 | 84.2% | 23.0% |
| Isbell Middle Santa Paula | 634 | 83.8% | 24.1% |
| Fremont Academy of Environmental Science & Innovative Design Oxnard | 617 | 86.2% | 18.0% |
| Walter F. Dexter Middle Whittier | 610 | 86.7% | 25.6% |
| North Monterey County Middle Castroville | 624 | 87.8% | 17.5% |
| Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High Coachella | 668 | 83.8% | 26.6% |
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 Mira Loma Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #965 of 1,224 | #55 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #907 of 1,227 ▼ 58 | #48 of 78 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #988 of 1,227 ▲ 47 | #59 of 78 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #435 of 1,214 | #24 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 711 | #580 of 1,377 | #66 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #689 of 1,279 | #22 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #1,114 of 1,278 | #70 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #433 of 1,329 | #38 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #369 of 930 | #17 of 61 |
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
711
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 1,166
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 711 | 33.2 | 21.4:1 | 84% (599) |
| 2023-24 | 721 | 36 | 20.0:1 | 81% (586) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 35.3 | 19.7:1 | 87% (603) |
| 2020-21 | 727 | 30 | 24.2:1 | 78% (565) |
| 2017-18 | 879 | 38.7 | 22.7:1 | 80% (699) |
| 2015-16 | 892 | 39 | 22.9:1 | 82% (729) |
| 2010-11 | 923 | N/A | N/A | 75% (696) |
| 2000-01 | 1,166 | 47 | 24.8:1 | 48% (557) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mira Loma Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (879 to 711); teachers down 14% (38.7 to 33.2).
About Mira Loma Middle
Mira Loma Middle is a middle-grades school with a street address in Jurupa Valley, California. The school teaches grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 711 students.
Jurupa Unified is made up of 24 schools with 17,739 students in all.
Roughly 92% of students at Mira Loma Middle are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 5% White. County-wide, 51% of Riverside County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Mira Loma Middle is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Mira Loma Middle comes to 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.4:1. That is in line with the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Mira Loma Middle counts 84% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Riverside County averages 74%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Mira Loma Middle lands at C-, ahead of 24% of California public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Mira Loma Middle is 7.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Riverside County show that median household income comes to about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riverside County counts 543 public schools with about 424,872 students.
Mira Loma Middle's closest public school neighbor is Van Buren Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Mira Loma Middle ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Mira Loma Middle was 727 in 2020-21 and 711 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 24.2 to 21.4 over 4 years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jurupa Unified
- Patriot HighHigh · 2,399 students
- Jurupa Valley HighHigh · 1,693 students
- Rubidoux HighHigh · 1,259 students
- Del Sol AcademyElementary · 1,213 students
- Jurupa MiddleMiddle · 1,105 students
- Sunnyslope ElementaryElementary · 819 students
Other schools in Jurupa Valley
- Patriot HighHigh · 2,399 students
- Jurupa Valley HighHigh · 1,693 students
- Rubidoux HighHigh · 1,259 students
- Del Sol AcademyElementary · 1,213 students
- Jurupa MiddleMiddle · 1,105 students
- Louis VanderMolen Fundamental ElementaryElementary · 959 students
Nearby schools
- Van Buren Elementary0.7 mi · 455
- Troth Street Elementary1.1 mi · 583
- Jurupa Valley High1.2 mi · 1,693
- Mission Bell Elementary1.4 mi · 370
- Sky Country Elementary1.6 mi · 525
- Pedley Elementary1.6 mi · 736
Frequently asked questions
About Mira Loma MiddleHow large is Mira Loma Middle?
Mira Loma Middle enrolls approximately 711 students in grades 07-08.
Is Mira Loma Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mira Loma Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mira Loma Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mira Loma Middle is approximately 21.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mira Loma Middle?
Student demographics at Mira Loma Middle are roughly 5% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Mira Loma Middle in?
Mira Loma Middle is part of Jurupa Unified.
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