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What advice would you give to incoming students at Oak Avenue Intermediate?
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Enrollment
839
Middle
DISTRICT 650 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEMPLE CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063898006538
Oak Avenue Intermediate
6623 Oak Ave., Temple City, CA 91780 · (626) 548-5060 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL839 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
24.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
325 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 415 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 424 | 51% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Based on grade levels within Temple City Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
69.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.7% | 32.0% | 12.4% | 18.9% |
| Math | 52.3% | 17.4% | 13.5% | 16.9% |
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 | 68.7% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 66.3% |
| 2022-23 | 68.4% | 65.6% |
| 2021-22 | 68.5% | 59.1% |
| 2018-19 | 73.7% | 67.8% |
| 2017-18 | 69.7% | 67.6% |
| 2016-17 | 70.8% | 68.3% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Oak Avenue Intermediate
Oak Avenue Intermediate's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Avenue Intermediate this school | 839 | 38.7% | 68.0% |
| Thomas Russell Middle Milpitas | 761 | 38.8% | 72.9% |
| First Avenue Middle Arcadia | 771 | 32.7% | 70.1% |
| Quimby Oak Middle San Jose | 857 | 30.5% | 65.5% |
| Fernando Rivera Intermediate Daly City | 588 | 36.9% | 46.7% |
| Rancho Milpitas Middle Milpitas | 693 | 43.7% | 65.2% |
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 Oak Avenue Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #145 of 1,224 | #28 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #91 of 1,227 ▲ 16 | #12 of 248 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #202 of 1,227 no change | #39 of 248 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.4pp | #282 of 1,214 | #91 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 839 | #384 of 1,377 | #90 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #1,088 of 1,279 | #236 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #690 of 1,278 | #108 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #1,063 of 1,329 | #272 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #606 of 930 | #153 of 213 |
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
839
-35 (-4%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 718
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 26.5:1
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 | 839 | 34.8 | 24.1:1 | 39% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 840 | 35.8 | 23.5:1 | 43% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 823 | 33.8 | 24.4:1 | 40% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 874 | 33 | 26.5:1 | 44% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 950 | 38.6 | 24.6:1 | 43% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 895 | 40 | 22.4:1 | 39% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 909 | N/A | N/A | 44% (396) |
| 2000-01 | 869 | 39 | 22.3:1 | 26% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 718 | 32 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Avenue Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (950 to 839); teachers down 10% (38.6 to 34.8).
About Oak Avenue Intermediate
Families in Temple City, California, are served by Oak Avenue Intermediate, a medium-sized middle-grades school. Enrollment is 839 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 8. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 27% higher.
Oak Avenue Intermediate is among 8 schools run by Temple City Unified, which serves 5,269 students.
Asian students make up a majority at Oak Avenue Intermediate, at 68%. The remaining shares are 20% Hispanic, 5% White, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of Los Angeles County's population at about 15%. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 34.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 24.1:1. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 24.1:1 here. Around 39% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 31 points.
Oak Avenue Intermediate is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 95% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Oak Avenue Intermediate is 11.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 68.0% actual, 56.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Oak Avenue Intermediate is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
Temple City High is the public school closest to Oak Avenue Intermediate, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 68.8% on proficiency, and Oak Avenue Intermediate is below that at 68.0%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment declined 4% from its 2020-21 level of 874. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 26.5:1 to 24.1:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Oak Avenue Intermediate. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Temple City Unified
- Temple City HighHigh · 1,779 students
- Longden ElementaryElementary · 936 students
- Emperor ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- La Rosa ElementaryElementary · 543 students
- Cloverly ElementaryMiddle · 460 students
- Dr. Doug Sears Learning CenterHigh · 34 students
Other schools in Temple City
- Temple City HighHigh · 1,779 students
- Longden ElementaryElementary · 936 students
- La Rosa ElementaryElementary · 543 students
- Cloverly ElementaryMiddle · 460 students
- Cleminson ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Dr. Doug Sears Learning CenterHigh · 34 students
Nearby schools
- Temple City High0.3 mi · 1,779
- Longden Elementary0.5 mi · 936
- Emperor Elementary0.6 mi · 650
- Wilson Elementary1.1 mi · 379
- Baldwin Stocker Elementary1.3 mi · 664
- Jefferson Middle1.3 mi · 1,013
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Avenue IntermediateWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Avenue Intermediate?
Oak Avenue Intermediate enrolls approximately 839 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Oak Avenue Intermediate serve?
Oak Avenue Intermediate serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Oak Avenue Intermediate?
Approximately 24.1:1 students per teacher at Oak Avenue Intermediate.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Avenue Intermediate?
At Oak Avenue Intermediate, the student body is approximately 5% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 68% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Avenue Intermediate?
Oak Avenue Intermediate is overseen by Temple City Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.