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Enrollment
729
Middle
DISTRICT 728 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER ELEMENTARY·NCES 062088002512
Piute Middle
425 East Avenue H-11, Lancaster, CA 93535 · (661) 942-9508 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of California public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
17.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
687 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 168 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 278 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 283 | 39% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
15.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.7pp since 2014
Math
4.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 1.4% | 13.9% | 25.6% | 59.1% |
| Math | 1.0% | 3.0% | 16.8% | 79.2% |
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 | 15.3% | 4.0% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 4.2% |
| 2022-23 | 9.9% | 3.6% |
| 2021-22 | 17.5% | 6.3% |
| 2018-19 | 16.8% | 4.9% |
| 2017-18 | 15.8% | 5.7% |
| 2016-17 | 18.4% | 5.9% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 5.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Piute Middle
Piute Middle's state test result (8.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Middle this school | 729 | 94.2% | 8.3% |
| Bud Carson Middle Hawthorne | 601 | 94.5% | 32.1% |
| Animo Legacy Charter Middle Los Angeles | 887 | 94.6% | N/A |
| Leona Jackson Paramount | 517 | 97.1% | 29.1% |
| Barstow Intermediate Barstow | 692 | 88.7% | 5.5% |
| Robert E. Peary Middle Gardena | 1,082 | 90.8% | 25.3% |
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 Piute Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #1,216 of 1,224 | #248 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.0% | #1,219 of 1,227 ▼ 5 | #247 of 248 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #1,206 of 1,227 ▲ 13 | #247 of 248 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #188 of 1,214 | #20 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #546 of 1,377 | #125 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #146 of 1,279 | #48 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #626 of 1,278 | #91 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #136 of 1,329 | #68 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #278 of 930 | #84 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
729
-108 (-13%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,034
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 729 | 41.7 | 17.5:1 | 94% (687) |
| 2023-24 | 767 | 39.7 | 19.3:1 | 91% (697) |
| 2022-23 | 731 | 42.4 | 17.2:1 | 96% (705) |
| 2020-21 | 837 | 46 | 18.2:1 | 96% (801) |
| 2017-18 | 938 | 48 | 19.5:1 | 93% (876) |
| 2015-16 | 981 | 47 | 20.9:1 | 92% (905) |
| 2010-11 | 1,103 | N/A | N/A | 84% (925) |
| 2000-01 | 1,182 | 49 | 24.1:1 | 17% (198) |
| 1990-91 | 1,034 | 42 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Piute Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (938 to 729); teachers down 13% (48 to 41.7).
About Piute Middle
Located in Lancaster, California, Piute Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school. The latest federal count shows 729 students in grades 6 through 8.
The district, Lancaster Elementary, has 13,765 students enrolled across 23 schools.
Piute Middle's enrollment is 64% Hispanic. Other groups make up 27% Black, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. Piute Middle has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.5:1, with 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 94%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Measured against California public middle schools, Piute Middle receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Piute Middle is 24.3%. It actually posts 8.3%, which is 16.0 points lower and in the bottom 10% of California schools.
Los Angeles County census figures show that median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Piute Middle is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
Of nearby public schools, Phoenix High Community Day is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Piute Middle ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 837 in 2020-21 and 729 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Piute Middle. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Lancaster Elementary
- Amargosa Creek MiddleMiddle · 859 students
- New Vista MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- Endeavour MiddleMiddle · 805 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 788 students
- El Dorado ElementaryElementary · 766 students
- West Wind ElementaryElementary · 757 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- Assurance Learning AcademyHigh · 3,014 students
- Lancaster HighHigh · 2,688 students
- Eastside HighHigh · 2,631 students
- Antelope Valley HighHigh · 1,498 students
- Sundown ElementaryElementary · 941 students
- Amargosa Creek MiddleMiddle · 859 students
Nearby schools
- Phoenix High Community Day0.4 mi · 19
- Desert Winds Continuation High0.6 mi · 605
- Linda Verde Elementary0.7 mi · 680
- Antelope Valley High0.8 mi · 1,498
- El Dorado Elementary1.3 mi · 766
- Mariposa Elementary1.3 mi · 732
Frequently asked questions
About Piute MiddleHow many students attend Piute Middle?
Piute Middle enrolls approximately 729 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Piute Middle serve?
Piute Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Piute Middle?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Piute Middle.
How diverse is Piute Middle?
Piute Middle reports a student body of 5% White, 64% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Piute Middle?
Piute Middle is overseen by Lancaster Elementary in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.