1
What's the state of after-school transportation at Olive Middle?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
477
Middle
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN PARK UNIFIED·NCES 060369000336
Olive Middle
13701 Olive St., Baldwin Park, CA 91706 · (626) 962-8416 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
17.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
418 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 150 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 162 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 165 | 35% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
38.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.9pp since 2014
Math
27.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.5% | 27.4% | 26.1% | 35.0% |
| Math | 14.3% | 12.8% | 24.5% | 48.5% |
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 | 38.9% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.8% | 21.3% |
| 2021-22 | 42.5% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 42.7% | 24.5% |
| 2018-19 | 41.8% | 20.6% |
| 2017-18 | 46.6% | 20.2% |
| 2016-17 | 40.6% | 20.3% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Olive Middle
Olive Middle's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Middle this school | 477 | 87.6% | 33.6% |
| Twin Lakes Elementary El Monte | 502 | 88.8% | 22.8% |
| Portola Middle Orange | 422 | 91.5% | 26.9% |
| Gavilan View Middle Salinas | 556 | 87.6% | 21.6% |
| Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate Santa Ana | 534 | 88.4% | 37.6% |
| BP STEM Academy Baldwin Park | 565 | 88.3% | 48.6% |
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 Olive Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #662 of 1,224 | #141 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #665 of 1,227 ▼ 26 | #145 of 248 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #747 of 1,227 ▼ 153 | #163 of 248 ▼ 35 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #352 of 1,214 | #48 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #962 of 1,377 | #212 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #120 of 1,279 | #40 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.6% | #1,067 of 1,278 | #211 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #359 of 1,329 | #141 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #904 of 930 | #207 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
477
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 477 | 27.7 | 17.2:1 | 88% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 28.6 | 17.1:1 | 88% (432) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 26.8 | 18.7:1 | 89% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 84% (390) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 27.3 | 17.7:1 | 85% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 24 | 20.8:1 | 85% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | N/A | N/A | 88% (525) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 26 | 24.0:1 | 69% (430) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 22 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olive Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (484 to 477); teachers up 2% (27.3 to 27.7).
About Olive Middle
Located in Baldwin Park, California, Olive Middle is a small middle school. It enrolled 477 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in California average about 659 students each.
Olive Middle falls under Baldwin Park Unified, which has 17 schools enrolling 9,856 students.
Olive Middle enrolls a student body that is 90% Hispanic. The school is also 7% Asian and 2% White. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Olive Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
Its teaching staff equals 27.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.2:1. That ratio is under the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Around 88% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Olive Middle is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Olive Middle's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (33.6%) and its predicted rate (28.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Census estimates describe Los Angeles County this way: median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
Walnut Elementary is the public school closest to Olive Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Olive Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Olive Middle ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 33.6% versus a 32.7% average.
Olive Middle falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Olive Middle saw enrollment rise 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 19.3:1 to 17.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Baldwin Park Unified
- Sierra Vista HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Baldwin Park HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Ernest R. Geddes ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Vineland ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- BP STEM AcademyMiddle · 565 students
Other schools in Baldwin Park
- Sierra Vista HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Baldwin Park HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Ernest R. Geddes ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Vineland ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- BP STEM AcademyMiddle · 565 students
Nearby schools
- Walnut Elementary0.2 mi · 541
- BP STEM Academy0.7 mi · 565
- Charles Bursch Elementary0.7 mi · 409
- Margaret Heath Elementary0.8 mi · 320
- Ernest R. Geddes Elementary1.1 mi · 662
- North Park Continuation High1.1 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About Olive MiddleHow many students attend Olive Middle?
Olive Middle enrolls approximately 477 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Olive Middle serve?
Olive Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Olive Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Olive Middle is approximately 17.2:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Olive Middle?
At Olive Middle, the student body is approximately 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 0% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Olive Middle public or private?
Olive Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baldwin Park Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.