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Enrollment
377
Middle
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060231000116
Ocala Middle
2800 Ocala Ave., San Jose, CA 95148 · (408) 928-8350 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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.
- 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
15.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
299 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 94 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 141 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 142 | 38% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
34.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.9pp since 2014
Math
17.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.1% | 24.8% | 28.6% | 36.5% |
| Math | 9.0% | 8.5% | 21.2% | 61.3% |
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 | 34.9% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 31.1% | 15.5% |
| 2021-22 | 32.9% | 15.4% |
| 2018-19 | 38.8% | 26.2% |
| 2017-18 | 41.2% | 26.6% |
| 2016-17 | 35.9% | 26.8% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Ocala Middle
Ocala Middle's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocala Middle this school | 377 | 79.3% | 25.6% |
| August Boeger Middle San Jose | 397 | 81.9% | 27.0% |
| Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy San Jose | 416 | 80.8% | N/A |
| Santa Fe Computer Science Magnet Monrovia | 424 | 80.2% | 37.3% |
| Cesar Chavez Middle Hayward | 453 | 84.1% | 12.7% |
| La Vina Middle Delano | 521 | 78.9% | 51.1% |
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 Ocala Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #886 of 1,224 | #49 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #946 of 1,227 ▼ 32 | #51 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #857 of 1,227 ▼ 33 | #46 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #611 of 1,214 | #16 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #1,112 of 1,377 | #55 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #46 of 1,279 | #5 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.7% | #853 of 1,278 | #50 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #565 of 1,329 | #13 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #309 of 930 | #27 of 53 |
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
377
-51 (-12%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 805
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 377 | 23.9 | 15.8:1 | 79% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 23.5 | 17.0:1 | 80% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 23.1 | 16.5:1 | 80% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 79% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 24.5 | 19.5:1 | 79% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 25 | 19.1:1 | 87% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | N/A | N/A | 69% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 908 | 38 | 23.9:1 | 53% (478) |
| 1990-91 | 805 | 37 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ocala Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (477 to 377); teachers down 2% (24.5 to 23.9).
About Ocala Middle
Ocala Middle is a public small middle school in San Jose, California. It has an enrollment of 377 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Alum Rock Union Elementary is responsible for 22 schools, Ocala Middle included, with 7,251 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Ocala Middle is 77% Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Asian. The county population is about 25% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 23.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.8:1. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. Roughly 79% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County, the school's rate is higher.
Among California public middle schools, Ocala Middle outscored 26%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ocala Middle is 7.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 25.6%. Predicted: 33.1%.
The school is in Santa Clara County, where the median household earns about $164,281 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Ocala Middle shares Santa Clara County with 411 other public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Adelante Dual Language Academy, is the closest to Ocala Middle. Ocala Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 24.1% proficiency; Ocala Middle posts 25.6%.
For locale, NCES codes Ocala Middle as City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 12%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.6 to 15.8 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Ocala Middle. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alum Rock Union Elementary
- Adelante Dual Language AcademyElementary · 505 students
- William Sheppard MiddleMiddle · 451 students
- Linda Vista ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- O. S. Hubbard ElementaryElementary · 427 students
- Aptitud Community Academy at GossElementary · 386 students
- Joseph George MiddleMiddle · 384 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Adelante Dual Language Academy0.3 mi · 505
- Mt. Pleasant High0.5 mi · 998
- KIPP Navigate College Prep0.6 mi · 297
- Thomas P. Ryan Elementary0.7 mi · 247
- Donald J. Meyer Elementary0.8 mi · 246
- Sylvia Cassell Elementary0.8 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Ocala MiddleHow many students attend Ocala Middle?
Ocala Middle enrolls approximately 377 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ocala Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ocala Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Ocala Middle have?
Ocala Middle employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
How diverse is Ocala Middle?
Ocala Middle reports a student body of 1% White, 77% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Ocala Middle in?
Ocala Middle is part of Alum Rock Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.