1
Enrollment
771
Middle
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLAND UNIFIED·NCES 060001609092
Pioneer Junior High
245 West 18th St., Upland, CA 91784 · (909) 949-7770 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL771 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
389 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 7 | 402 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 369 | 48% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Pioneer Junior High→Upland High
Based on grade levels within Upland Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.4pp since 2014
Math
51.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.8% | 36.8% | 22.4% | 14.0% |
| Math | 29.2% | 22.6% | 25.3% | 22.9% |
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 | 63.6% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.6% | 53.6% |
| 2022-23 | 59.8% | 48.6% |
| 2021-22 | 61.6% | 46.7% |
| 2018-19 | 67.4% | 54.4% |
| 2017-18 | 71.5% | 54.8% |
| 2016-17 | 76.3% | 57.3% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Pioneer Junior High
Pioneer Junior High's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Junior High this school | 771 | 50.5% | 57.2% |
| Serrano Intermediate Lake Forest | 868 | 48.7% | 52.9% |
| Daniel J. Savage Middle Modesto | 906 | 52.6% | 42.6% |
| Margarita Middle Temecula | 731 | 54.7% | 40.1% |
| Valley View Middle Pleasant Hill | 819 | 49.7% | 46.1% |
| Frank Augustus Miller Middle Riverside | 844 | 56.9% | 55.4% |
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 Pioneer Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #256 of 1,224 | #8 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #257 of 1,227 ▼ 43 | #7 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #275 of 1,227 ▲ 22 | #11 of 76 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #430 of 1,214 | #33 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 771 | #470 of 1,377 | #37 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #779 of 1,279 | #42 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #264 of 1,278 | #11 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #937 of 1,329 | #69 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #708 of 930 | #46 of 56 |
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
771
+39 (+5%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 901
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 771 | 35.3 | 21.9:1 | 50% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 740 | 35.6 | 20.8:1 | 50% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 32.8 | 21.8:1 | 49% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 35 | 20.9:1 | 36% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 843 | 34.7 | 24.3:1 | 38% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 870 | 38 | 22.9:1 | 31% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 1,002 | N/A | N/A | 26% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 959 | 37 | 25.9:1 | 9% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 901 | 37 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (843 to 771); teachers up 2% (34.7 to 35.3).
About Pioneer Junior High
Pioneer Junior High is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Upland, California. It enrolled 771 students in grades 7 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
Upland Unified counts 14 schools and 9,461 students, including Pioneer Junior High.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Pioneer Junior High. The largest is Hispanic students, at 46%. Smaller groups are 33% White, 13% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of San Bernardino County is roughly 55% Hispanic. Pioneer Junior High's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pioneer Junior High and a ratio of 21.9:1. This ratio sits 1.2 above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 50% of students. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 24 points.
Pioneer Junior High posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.2%, compared with a predicted 50.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for San Bernardino County show that the median household income is $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. San Bernardino County is home to 583 public schools and about 393,648 public school students.
Pepper Tree Elementary is the public school closest to Pioneer Junior High, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Pioneer Junior High holds at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Pioneer Junior High is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 39 more students in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Upland Unified
- Upland HighHigh · 2,797 students
- Pepper Tree ElementaryElementary · 719 students
- Baldy View ElementaryElementary · 624 students
- Upland Junior HighMiddle · 599 students
- Valencia ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Cabrillo ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Upland
- Upland HighHigh · 2,797 students
- Pepper Tree ElementaryElementary · 719 students
- Baldy View ElementaryElementary · 624 students
- Upland Junior HighMiddle · 599 students
- Valencia ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Cabrillo ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Nearby schools
- Pepper Tree Elementary0.7 mi · 719
- Magnolia Elementary0.7 mi · 506
- Valencia Elementary1.0 mi · 571
- Sierra Vista Elementary1.1 mi · 409
- Sycamore Elementary1.4 mi · 412
- Upland High1.7 mi · 2,797
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer Junior HighHow large is Pioneer Junior High?
Pioneer Junior High enrolls approximately 771 students in grades 07-08.
Is Pioneer Junior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pioneer Junior High is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Pioneer Junior High?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Pioneer Junior High.
What is the student diversity at Pioneer Junior High?
Student demographics at Pioneer Junior High are roughly 33% White, 46% Hispanic, 3% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Pioneer Junior High in?
Pioneer Junior High is part of Upland Unified.
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