Enrollment
187
Middle
DISTRICT 95 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BASS LAKE JOINT UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060408009307
Oak Creek Intermediate
40094 Indian Springs Rd., Oakhurst, CA 93644 · (559) 642-1555 · Madera County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL187 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of California public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.2:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
139 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 6 | 63 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 34% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.9pp since 2014
Math
21.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -16.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.3% | 31.6% | 26.2% | 33.9% |
| Math | 7.7% | 13.7% | 27.4% | 51.2% |
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 | 39.9% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 18.1% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 16.8% |
| 2021-22 | 33.7% | 18.9% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 25.9% |
| 2018-19 | 40.4% | 35.6% |
| 2017-18 | 37.0% | 33.9% |
| 2016-17 | 36.0% | 35.8% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Creek Intermediate
Oak Creek Intermediate's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Creek Intermediate this school | 187 | 74.3% | 27.6% |
| Paradise Junior High Paradise | 197 | 70.6% | 25.1% |
| Modoc Middle Alturas | 172 | 65.7% | 25.3% |
| Foothill Intermediate Marysville | 237 | 65.0% | 34.8% |
| Diamond View Middle Susanville | 288 | 72.6% | 31.4% |
| Woodrow Wallace Middle Lake Isabella | 269 | 81.4% | 21.2% |
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 Creek Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Madera County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #811 of 1,224 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #816 of 1,227 ▲ 24 | #5 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #722 of 1,227 ▲ 174 | #3 of 8 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #365 of 1,214 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 187 | #1,288 of 1,377 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.3% | #659 of 1,329 | #6 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
187
+6 (+3%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 187 | 10.3 | 18.2:1 | 74% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 191 | 8.7 | 21.9:1 | 71% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 10.1 | 20.2:1 | 68% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 9 | 20.1:1 | 66% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 180 | 8.2 | 21.9:1 | 58% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 177 | 8 | 22.1:1 | 58% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 189 | N/A | N/A | 54% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 236 | 12 | 19.7:1 | 32% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 21 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Creek Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (180 to 187); teachers up 25% (8.2 to 10.3).
About Oak Creek Intermediate
Oak Creek Intermediate is a public middle-grades school in Oakhurst, California. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 187 students on the rolls. Middle schools in California average about 659 students, which makes this school 72% below average.
In Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary, 4 schools enroll a combined 793 students.
More than half of enrollment at Oak Creek Intermediate is White: 63%. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 38% White. The diversity index for Oak Creek Intermediate is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Oak Creek Intermediate has a ratio of 18.2:1. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Oak Creek Intermediate earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of California public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 36.0% at Oak Creek Intermediate; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.6%.
The school is in Madera County, where the median household earns about $76,627 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Across Madera County, 81 public schools serve about 32,251 students.
Oak Creek Intermediate is about 0.3 miles from Oakhurst Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Oak Creek Intermediate is behind the 30.5% nearby average, ranking 4th of 4.
For locale, NCES codes Oak Creek Intermediate as Rural: Remote.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 181 (2020-21) to 187 (2024-25). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.2:1) than in 2020-21 (20.1:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Oak Creek Intermediate. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Madera County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,940
Census ACS
Median income
$76,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
32,251 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary
- Oakhurst ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- Wasuma ElementaryElementary · 270 students
- Fresno Flats Community DayMiddle · 3 students
Other schools in Oakhurst
- Yosemite HighHigh · 542 students
- Oakhurst ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- Mountain Home Charter (Alternative)Elementary · 213 students
- Glacier High School CharterHigh · 82 students
- Evergreen HighHigh · 46 students
- Ahwahnee HighHigh · 35 students
Nearby schools
- Oakhurst Elementary0.3 mi · 333
- Evergreen High0.5 mi · 46
- Yosemite Falls Education Center0.5 mi · 25
- Yosemite High0.5 mi · 542
- Ahwahnee High0.7 mi · 35
- Mountain Home Charter (Alternative)1.2 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Creek IntermediateHow large is Oak Creek Intermediate?
Oak Creek Intermediate enrolls approximately 187 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Oak Creek Intermediate serve?
Oak Creek Intermediate serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Oak Creek Intermediate have?
Oak Creek Intermediate employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Oak Creek Intermediate?
Student demographics at Oak Creek Intermediate are roughly 63% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Oak Creek Intermediate in?
Oak Creek Intermediate is part of Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.