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How has Piedmont Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
575
Middle
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIEDMONT CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063033004732
Piedmont Middle
740 Magnolia Ave., Piedmont, CA 94611 · (510) 594-2668 · Alameda County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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.
- 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
17.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
33 students
DISTRICT 6% · 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 | 193 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 188 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 194 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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 Piedmont City Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
84.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.6pp since 2014
Math
81.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 48.3% | 36.1% | 14.0% | 1.6% |
| Math | 61.5% | 19.9% | 12.8% | 5.8% |
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 | 84.4% | 81.4% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.8% | 77.6% |
| 2021-22 | 88.0% | 78.3% |
| 2020-21 | 86.5% | 77.5% |
| 2018-19 | 88.4% | 86.2% |
| 2017-18 | 88.1% | 83.6% |
| 2016-17 | 84.3% | 82.9% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 86.0% |
| 2014-15 | 86.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
81.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Piedmont Middle
Piedmont Middle's state test result (81.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Middle this school | 575 | 5.7% | 81.7% |
| Joaquin Moraga Intermediate Moraga | 658 | 6.1% | 76.9% |
| La Entrada Middle Menlo Park | 612 | 6.9% | 84.0% |
| North Star Academy Redwood City | 527 | 8.7% | 95.0% |
| Central Middle San Carlos | 443 | 8.6% | 81.0% |
| Los Cerros Middle Danville | 486 | 5.1% | 69.7% |
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 Piedmont Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #28 of 1,224 | #3 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #24 of 1,227 ▲ 14 | #3 of 46 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #32 of 1,227 ▼ 6 | #3 of 46 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #347 of 1,214 | #17 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #814 of 1,377 | #32 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #139 of 1,279 | #11 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #217 of 1,278 | #21 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.7% | #1,319 of 1,329 | #50 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #552 of 930 | #16 of 29 |
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
575
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 575 | 33.1 | 17.4:1 | 6% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 33.5 | 15.9:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 30.7 | 16.7:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 33 | 17.8:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 40.6 | 16.4:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 39 | 17.5:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | N/A | N/A | 0% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 38 | 17.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 26 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Piedmont Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (665 to 575); teachers down 18% (40.6 to 33.1).
About Piedmont Middle
Piedmont Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Piedmont, California, one of the schools in Piedmont City Unified. The school had 575 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Piedmont City Unified enrolls 2,447 students, and its 6 schools include Piedmont Middle.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Piedmont Middle. The largest is White students, at 49%. The next largest groups are 21% multiracial, 17% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 2% Black. In Alameda County overall, about 30% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.4 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 6%. The average for public schools in Alameda County is 49%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Piedmont Middle receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Piedmont Middle's results are 5.5 points above predicted: 81.7% against 76.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Alameda County show that the median household income is $129,367, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 394 public schools in Alameda County, enrolling about 210,511 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Millennium High Alternative, less than a tenth of a mile away. Piedmont Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Piedmont Middle ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 81.7% against a local average of 74.3%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 586 in 2020-21 and 575 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Piedmont City Unified
- Piedmont HighHigh · 733 students
- Havens ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Beach ElementaryElementary · 323 students
- Wildwood ElementaryElementary · 291 students
- Millennium High AlternativeHigh · 61 students
- Piedmont PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Piedmont
- Piedmont HighHigh · 733 students
- Havens ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Beach ElementaryElementary · 323 students
- Wildwood ElementaryElementary · 291 students
- Millennium High AlternativeHigh · 61 students
- Piedmont PreschoolElementary
Other Piedmont Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Piedmont Middle. Piedmont Middle is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Piedmont MiddleSan Jose, CA · 591 students
- Piedmont Middle SchoolCharlotte, NC · 1,108 students
- Piedmont MiddleMonroe, NC · 980 students
- Piedmont Middle SchoolPiedmont, OK · 796 students
- Piedmont Middle SchoolPiedmont, AL · 223 students
Nearby schools
- Millennium High Alternative0.0 mi · 61
- Piedmont High0.1 mi · 733
- Wildwood Elementary0.2 mi · 291
- Havens Elementary0.2 mi · 464
- Beach Elementary0.6 mi · 323
- Piedmont Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Piedmont MiddleHow many students attend Piedmont Middle?
Piedmont Middle enrolls approximately 575 students in grades 06-08.
Is Piedmont Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Piedmont Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Piedmont Middle have?
Piedmont Middle employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is Piedmont Middle?
Piedmont Middle reports a student body of 49% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 17% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Who oversees Piedmont Middle?
Piedmont Middle is overseen by Piedmont City Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.