Enrollment
339
Middle
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NUVIEW UNION·NCES 062778009962
Mountain Shadows Middle
30401 Reservoir Ave., Nuevo, CA 92567 · (951) 928-3836 · Riverside County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
303 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 7 | 160 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 179 | 53% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Mountain Shadows Middle→Nuview Bridge Early College High
Based on grade levels within Nuview Union. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.1pp since 2014
Math
21.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 14 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 | 12.6% | 34.5% | 24.0% | 28.9% |
| Math | 7.1% | 14.6% | 25.4% | 52.9% |
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 | 47.1% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.9% | 21.9% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 18.3% |
| 2021-22 | 35.6% | 18.6% |
| 2018-19 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2017-18 | 42.7% | 28.2% |
| 2016-17 | 42.8% | 28.4% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Mountain Shadows Middle
Mountain Shadows Middle's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Shadows Middle this school | 339 | 89.4% | 35.0% |
| Navelencia Middle Reedley | 313 | 89.1% | 50.8% |
| Ramona Junior High Chino | 417 | 90.4% | 26.4% |
| Gustine Middle Gustine | 370 | 84.6% | 13.7% |
| Delhi Middle Delhi | 367 | 86.6% | 21.3% |
| Yorba Middle Orange | 418 | 88.5% | 34.0% |
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 Mountain Shadows Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #631 of 1,224 | #28 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #807 of 1,227 ▼ 61 | #39 of 78 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #552 of 1,227 ▼ 105 | #24 of 78 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #174 of 1,214 | #5 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #1,153 of 1,377 | #78 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #724 of 1,279 | #26 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #991 of 1,278 | #65 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #298 of 1,329 | #22 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #890 of 930 | #58 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
339
-26 (-7%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 339 | 15.7 | 21.6:1 | 89% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 16.1 | 20.1:1 | 90% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 16.1 | 21.1:1 | 85% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 15 | 24.3:1 | 77% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 14 | 24.7:1 | 77% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 332 | 11 | 30.2:1 | 78% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | N/A | N/A | 72% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 18 | 27.2:1 | 41% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 322 | 13 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Shadows Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (346 to 339); teachers up 12% (14 to 15.7).
About Mountain Shadows Middle
A small middle school in Nuevo, California, Mountain Shadows Middle is part of Nuview Union. It teaches 339 students in grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 49% lower.
Nuview Union counts 4 schools and 2,223 students, including Mountain Shadows Middle.
The share of Hispanic students at Mountain Shadows Middle is 85%. The next largest groups are 11% White. The school's Hispanic share is 34 points above the 51% share among Riverside County residents. The diversity index for Mountain Shadows Middle is 26%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is lower. A total of 303 students, or 89%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Riverside County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Mountain Shadows Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.0% is 7.8 points above the 27.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Riverside County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Riverside County number 543, with about 424,872 students.
Nuview Bridge Early College High is the nearest public school to Mountain Shadows Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mountain Shadows Middle is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 339 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 365. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 24.3:1 in 2020-21 to 21.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Nuview Union
- Nuview Bridge Early College HighHigh · 667 students
- Nuview ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 554 students
Other schools in Nuevo
- Nuview Bridge Early College HighHigh · 667 students
- Nuview ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 554 students
Nearby schools
- Nuview Bridge Early College High0.0 mi · 667
- Nuview Elementary0.6 mi · 663
- Valley View Elementary1.7 mi · 554
- Lakeside Middle2.9 mi · 1,076
- Sierra Vista Elementary3.0 mi · 867
- Avalon Elementary3.3 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Shadows MiddleHow large is Mountain Shadows Middle?
Mountain Shadows Middle enrolls approximately 339 students in grades 07-08.
Is Mountain Shadows Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mountain Shadows Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Mountain Shadows Middle have?
Mountain Shadows Middle employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Mountain Shadows Middle?
Student demographics at Mountain Shadows Middle are roughly 11% White, 85% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Mountain Shadows Middle public or private?
Mountain Shadows Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nuview Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.