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Alumni: what's one memory from Mission Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
612
Middle
DISTRICT 809 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JURUPA UNIFIED·NCES 061926002314
Mission Middle
5961 Mustang Ln., Jurupa Valley, CA 92509 · (951) 222-7842 · Riverside County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
20.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
537 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 | 324 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 288 | 47% |
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
22.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.3pp since 2014
Math
12.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.8% | 19.5% | 24.3% | 53.4% |
| Math | 4.8% | 8.0% | 18.7% | 68.5% |
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 | 22.3% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 9.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.4% | 8.4% |
| 2021-22 | 23.2% | 7.4% |
| 2018-19 | 25.7% | 10.3% |
| 2017-18 | 26.2% | 15.5% |
| 2016-17 | 26.4% | 17.5% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
16.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Mission Middle
Mission Middle's state test result (16.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Middle this school | 612 | 87.7% | 16.1% |
| Vernon Middle Montclair | 580 | 85.9% | 34.3% |
| Vina Danks Middle Ontario | 544 | 90.3% | 26.0% |
| Oaks Middle Ontario | 668 | 89.5% | 40.2% |
| Fremont Academy of Environmental Science & Innovative Design Oxnard | 617 | 86.2% | 18.0% |
| Walter F. Dexter Middle Whittier | 610 | 86.7% | 25.6% |
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 Mission Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #1,130 of 1,224 | #69 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #1,072 of 1,227 ▲ 67 | #63 of 78 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #1,133 of 1,227 ▲ 6 | #69 of 78 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #607 of 1,214 | #40 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #738 of 1,377 | #73 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #475 of 1,279 | #10 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #1,116 of 1,278 | #71 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #353 of 1,329 | #30 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #195 of 930 | #8 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
612
-76 (-11%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,148
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 612 | 30.6 | 20.0:1 | 88% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 35 | 18.1:1 | 91% (580) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 34.7 | 20.0:1 | 89% (618) |
| 2020-21 | 688 | 31 | 22.2:1 | 83% (571) |
| 2017-18 | 823 | 37.7 | 21.8:1 | 89% (732) |
| 2015-16 | 855 | 34 | 25.1:1 | 86% (736) |
| 2010-11 | 963 | N/A | N/A | 83% (799) |
| 2000-01 | 959 | 42 | 22.8:1 | 71% (680) |
| 1990-91 | 1,148 | 42 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (823 to 612); teachers down 19% (37.7 to 30.6).
About Mission Middle
As a medium-sized middle school, Mission Middle serves students in Jurupa Valley, California. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 612 students.
Mission Middle is part of Jurupa Unified, where 24 schools serve 17,739 students.
Federal enrollment data show Mission Middle is 92% Hispanic. Other groups make up 3% Black and 2% White. Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 16%, meaning two students picked at random have a 16% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Mission Middle was 20.0:1. This ratio sits 0.7 below the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 88%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Mission Middle receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Mission Middle's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 28.1%. Mission Middle scores 16.1%, 12.1 points below that line.
Across Riverside County, the median household income is $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 is home to 543 public schools and about 424,872 public school students.
The school nearest to Mission Middle is West Riverside Elementary, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Mission Middle ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment dropped 11% from its 2020-21 level of 688. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.2:1 in 2020-21, and 20.0:1 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Mission Middle schools
One other US public school is named Mission Middle. Mission Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mission MiddleEscondido, CA · 855 students
Nearby schools
- West Riverside Elementary0.5 mi · 648
- Rubidoux High0.7 mi · 1,259
- Rustic Lane Elementary0.7 mi · 519
- Ina Arbuckle Elementary0.9 mi · 407
- Pacific Avenue Academy of Music1.0 mi · 352
- Nueva Vista Continuation High1.1 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About Mission MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Mission Middle?
Mission Middle enrolls approximately 612 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Mission Middle serve?
Mission Middle serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Mission Middle have?
Mission Middle employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
How diverse is Mission Middle?
Mission Middle reports a student body of 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Mission Middle?
Mission Middle is overseen by Jurupa Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.