1
If you had an hour of school board time for Orinda Intermediate, what would you bring up?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
822
Middle
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORINDA UNION·NCES 062886004472
Orinda Intermediate
80 Ivy Dr., Orinda, CA 94563 · (925) 258-3090 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL822 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of California public middle schools
- A+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.
- C+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
19.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
31 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 | 260 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 288 | 35% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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 Orinda Union. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
87.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.6pp since 2014
Math
79.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 55.1% | 32.5% | 9.1% | 3.3% |
| Math | 59.9% | 19.6% | 14.5% | 6.0% |
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 | 87.6% | 79.5% |
| 2023-24 | 85.8% | 78.6% |
| 2022-23 | 85.7% | 76.7% |
| 2021-22 | 89.5% | 75.1% |
| 2018-19 | 85.5% | 81.3% |
| 2017-18 | 87.3% | 81.7% |
| 2016-17 | 83.8% | 80.7% |
| 2015-16 | 86.0% | 82.0% |
| 2014-15 | 86.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
82.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Orinda Intermediate
Orinda Intermediate's state test result (82.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orinda Intermediate this school | 822 | 3.8% | 82.9% |
| Charlotte Wood Middle Danville | 853 | 5.2% | 69.6% |
| William Mendenhall Middle Livermore | 876 | 6.7% | 60.6% |
| Rolling Hills Middle El Dorado Hills | 778 | 10.2% | 73.2% |
| Joaquin Moraga Intermediate Moraga | 658 | 6.1% | 76.9% |
| La Entrada Middle Menlo Park | 612 | 6.9% | 84.0% |
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 Orinda Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #24 of 1,224 | #2 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #34 of 1,227 ▼ 5 | #3 of 42 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.6% | #14 of 1,227 ▲ 3 | #1 of 42 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #726 of 1,214 | #29 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 822 | #406 of 1,377 | #20 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #330 of 1,279 | #4 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #327 of 1,278 | #24 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.8% | #1,327 of 1,329 | #40 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #803 of 930 | #27 of 35 |
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
822
-52 (-6%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 822 | 43.1 | 19.1:1 | 4% (31) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | 45.5 | 18.0:1 | 3% (22) |
| 2022-23 | 832 | 45.2 | 18.4:1 | 3% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 874 | 44 | 19.9:1 | 3% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 870 | 42.7 | 20.4:1 | 2% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 895 | 39 | 22.9:1 | 0% (4) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | N/A | N/A | 2% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 903 | 43 | 21.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 31 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orinda Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (870 to 822); teachers up 1% (42.7 to 43.1).
About Orinda Intermediate
Orinda Intermediate is a mid-sized middle school serving families in Orinda, California. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 822 students. Across middle schools in California, the average enrollment is about 659.
Orinda Union enrolls 2,590 students, and its 5 schools include Orinda Intermediate.
White students are 54% of those enrolled at Orinda Intermediate. The remaining shares are 21% Asian, 16% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Contra Costa County's population at about 41%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
With 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.1:1. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 1.6 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 4% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County.
Orinda Intermediate holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of California public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 77.3% for Orinda Intermediate. The school posts 82.9%, 5.6 points above the prediction.
For the population of Contra Costa County, the median household earns about $127,229 a year, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Orinda Intermediate shares Contra Costa County with 279 other public schools.
Orinda Intermediate's closest public school neighbor is Del Rey Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Orinda Intermediate holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Orinda Intermediate ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 82.9% versus a 79.2% average.
In the federal locale system, Orinda Intermediate is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 822 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 874.
On allk12, people connected to Orinda Intermediate can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orinda Union
- Wagner Ranch ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Glorietta ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Del Rey ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Sleepy Hollow ElementaryElementary · 399 students
Other schools in Orinda
- Miramonte HighHigh · 1,167 students
- Wagner Ranch ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Glorietta ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Del Rey ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Sleepy Hollow ElementaryElementary · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Del Rey Elementary0.5 mi · 435
- Los Perales Elementary0.6 mi · 366
- Miramonte High0.7 mi · 1,167
- Donald L. Rheem Elementary0.9 mi · 441
- Campolindo High1.6 mi · 1,340
- Glorietta Elementary1.7 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Orinda IntermediateWhat is the total enrollment at Orinda Intermediate?
Orinda Intermediate enrolls approximately 822 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Orinda Intermediate serve?
Orinda Intermediate serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orinda Intermediate?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orinda Intermediate is approximately 19.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orinda Intermediate?
At Orinda Intermediate, the student body is approximately 54% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 21% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Orinda Intermediate public or private?
Orinda Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Orinda Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.