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Enrollment
602
Middle
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMPIRE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061269011171
Norman N. Glick Middle
400 Frazine Rd., Modesto, CA 95357 · (209) 577-3945 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% 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.
- B-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
20.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
485 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 307 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 293 | 49% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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 Empire Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
48.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.7pp since 2014
Math
19.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.2% | 34.5% | 27.7% | 23.6% |
| Math | 8.3% | 11.2% | 24.9% | 55.5% |
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 | 48.7% | 19.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 13.3% |
| 2022-23 | 38.4% | 17.4% |
| 2021-22 | 40.9% | 19.3% |
| 2018-19 | 39.5% | 22.5% |
| 2017-18 | 40.3% | 23.6% |
| 2016-17 | 41.3% | 20.6% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Norman N. Glick Middle
Norman N. Glick Middle's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norman N. Glick Middle this school | 602 | 80.6% | 29.6% |
| Salida Middle School - Vella Campus Salida | 673 | 79.8% | 34.6% |
| Liberty Middle Lemoore | 636 | 81.3% | 48.1% |
| Cesar Chavez Middle Oceanside | 557 | 80.4% | 31.8% |
| Silverado Middle Napa | 673 | 79.9% | 23.3% |
| George T. Egling Middle Colusa | 553 | 77.4% | 28.0% |
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 Norman N. Glick Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #752 of 1,224 | #15 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #874 of 1,227 ▲ 142 | #19 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #521 of 1,227 ▲ 209 | #4 of 26 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #388 of 1,214 | #11 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #755 of 1,377 | #18 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #559 of 1,279 | #11 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #682 of 1,278 | #11 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #532 of 1,329 | #10 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #193 of 257 | #7 of 8 |
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
602
-21 (-3%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 602 | 29.1 | 20.7:1 | 81% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 31.6 | 19.1:1 | 82% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 30.9 | 20.2:1 | 79% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 28 | 22.3:1 | 80% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 26 | 22.6:1 | 84% (493) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 26 | 22.9:1 | 80% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | N/A | N/A | 72% (387) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norman N. Glick Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (587 to 602); teachers up 12% (26 to 29.1).
About Norman N. Glick Middle
Modesto, California, is home to Norman N. Glick Middle, a mid-sized middle school. It reported 602 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25.
Empire Union Elementary includes 6 schools. Together they enroll 2,794 students.
About 69% of the student body at Norman N. Glick Middle is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 17% White, 6% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Stanislaus County, the Hispanic share is about 50%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.7:1. The school has 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. In all, 81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 71% average for public schools in Stanislaus County is 10 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Norman N. Glick Middle lands at B-, ahead of 45% of California public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.3% at Norman N. Glick Middle; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.6%.
Looking at the county, Stanislaus County, the median household earns about $81,468 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 190, with about 106,477 students.
Norman N. Glick Middle's nearest public school is Empire Elementary (about 0.6 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Norman N. Glick Middle places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Norman N. Glick Middle as Suburb: Large.
From 623 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 602 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 22.3:1 to 20.7:1.
Norman N. Glick Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Empire Union Elementary
- Christine Sipherd ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Capistrano ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Bernard L. Hughes ElementaryElementary · 455 students
- Empire ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- Alice N. Stroud ElementaryElementary · 379 students
Other schools in Modesto
- Joseph A. Gregori HighHigh · 2,346 students
- James C. Enochs HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Modesto HighHigh · 2,292 students
- Thomas Downey HighHigh · 2,192 students
- Grace M. Davis HighHigh · 2,083 students
- Peter Johansen HighHigh · 2,029 students
Nearby schools
- Empire Elementary0.6 mi · 384
- Peter Johansen High0.6 mi · 2,029
- Teel School in Empire0.7 mi · 125
- Alice N. Stroud Elementary0.8 mi · 379
- Bernard L. Hughes Elementary1.1 mi · 455
- Capistrano Elementary1.7 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Norman N. Glick MiddleHow large is Norman N. Glick Middle?
Norman N. Glick Middle enrolls approximately 602 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Norman N. Glick Middle serve?
Norman N. Glick Middle serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Norman N. Glick Middle have?
Norman N. Glick Middle employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
How diverse is Norman N. Glick Middle?
Norman N. Glick Middle reports a student body of 17% White, 69% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Norman N. Glick Middle public or private?
Norman N. Glick Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Empire Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.