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Enrollment
966
Middle
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BANNING UNIFIED·NCES 060384003574
Nicolet Middle
101 East Nicolet St., Banning, CA 92220 · (951) 922-0280 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL966 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of California public middle schools
- FTest 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.
- 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
21.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
880 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 322 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 318 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 324 | 34% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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 Banning Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
18.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.6pp since 2014
Math
8.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.4% | 15.2% | 26.5% | 55.0% |
| Math | 2.0% | 6.4% | 19.7% | 71.8% |
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 | 18.6% | 8.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 6.8% |
| 2022-23 | 18.6% | 6.7% |
| 2021-22 | 17.1% | 3.8% |
| 2018-19 | 21.1% | 8.4% |
| 2017-18 | 23.9% | 10.3% |
| 2016-17 | 24.2% | 15.2% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Nicolet Middle
Nicolet Middle's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolet Middle this school | 966 | 91.1% | 13.7% |
| University Heights Middle Riverside | 870 | 91.4% | 28.4% |
| Arizona Middle Riverside | 804 | 88.3% | 31.4% |
| Rancho Viejo Middle Hemet | 1,040 | 89.3% | 22.4% |
| Chemawa Middle Riverside | 885 | 89.0% | 26.1% |
| North Mountain Middle San Jacinto | 953 | 91.4% | 18.5% |
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 Nicolet Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,169 of 1,224 | #75 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #1,175 of 1,227 ▲ 8 | #76 of 78 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #1,184 of 1,227 ▼ 56 | #76 of 78 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #510 of 1,214 | #29 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 966 | #230 of 1,377 | #33 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #780 of 1,279 | #34 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #781 of 1,278 | #41 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #252 of 1,329 | #18 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #925 of 930 | #60 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
966
+13 (+1%) vs 2020
+76% since 2000-01, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 966 | 44.2 | 21.9:1 | 91% (880) |
| 2023-24 | 985 | 46.3 | 21.3:1 | 86% (843) |
| 2022-23 | 975 | 45.5 | 21.4:1 | 90% (874) |
| 2020-21 | 953 | 40 | 23.8:1 | 92% (878) |
| 2017-18 | 970 | N/A | N/A | 86% (831) |
| 2015-16 | 913 | 32 | 28.5:1 | 92% (838) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | N/A | N/A | 94% (660) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 24 | 22.8:1 | 80% (436) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nicolet Middle.
About Nicolet Middle
Nicolet Middle is a medium-sized middle school with an address in Banning, California. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 966 students. For comparison, middle schools in California average about 659 students.
The 9 schools of Banning Unified, including Nicolet Middle, enroll 4,234 students.
At Nicolet Middle, Hispanic students make up 74% of the student body. After that, the student body is 10% White, 7% Black, 5% Asian, and 2% Native American. Census figures show Riverside County is about 51% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Nicolet Middle was 21.9:1. This ratio sits 1.2 above 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 91%. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Nicolet Middle a D. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Nicolet Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.7%; the prediction is 26.2%.
Federal survey data for Riverside County show that 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. There are 543 public schools in Riverside County, enrolling about 424,872 students in all.
The nearest public school is Banning Independent Study, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 13.7% average proficiency ranks 6th among 6 nearby schools.
Federal data place Nicolet Middle in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 953 students in 2020-21 and 966 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.8:1 in 2020-21 to 21.9:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Banning Unified
- Banning HighHigh · 1,145 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 782 students
- Hemmerling ElementaryElementary · 468 students
- Hoffer ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Cabazon ElementaryElementary · 268 students
- Florida Street Discovery CenterElementary · 86 students
Other schools in Banning
- Banning HighHigh · 1,145 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 782 students
- Hemmerling ElementaryElementary · 468 students
- Hoffer ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Florida Street Discovery CenterElementary · 86 students
- Banning Independent StudyCombined · 84 students
Nearby schools
- Banning Independent Study0.1 mi · 84
- Central Elementary0.1 mi · 782
- Florida Street Discovery Center0.4 mi · 86
- Hoffer Elementary0.7 mi · 367
- New Horizon High0.8 mi · 68
- Banning High0.9 mi · 1,145
Frequently asked questions
About Nicolet MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Nicolet Middle?
Nicolet Middle enrolls approximately 966 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Nicolet Middle serve?
Nicolet Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Nicolet Middle?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Nicolet Middle.
How diverse is Nicolet Middle?
Nicolet Middle reports a student body of 10% White, 74% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Nicolet Middle?
Nicolet Middle is overseen by Banning Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.