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If you could change one rule at Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High, what would it be?
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Enrollment
524
Middle
DISTRICT 548 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 061062001177
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High
2121 Calaveras Ave., Davis, CA 95616 · (530) 757-5430 · Yolo County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
19.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
116 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 177 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 32% |
| Grade 9 | 178 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High→Davis Senior High
Based on grade levels within Davis Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
71.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.8pp since 2014
Math
67.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.8% | 42.4% | 18.9% | 9.9% |
| Math | 42.6% | 24.6% | 15.8% | 17.0% |
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 | 71.2% | 67.2% |
| 2023-24 | 68.8% | 70.8% |
| 2022-23 | 76.5% | 69.4% |
| 2021-22 | 73.2% | 63.9% |
| 2018-19 | 74.1% | 65.6% |
| 2017-18 | 73.3% | 67.7% |
| 2016-17 | 72.7% | 68.5% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 75.0% |
| 2014-15 | 77.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High this school | 524 | 22.1% | 69.5% |
| Diablo View Middle Clayton | 514 | 23.5% | 63.4% |
| Miller Creek Middle San Rafael | 620 | 20.3% | 59.2% |
| East Avenue Middle Livermore | 581 | 25.8% | 50.8% |
| Excelsior Elementary Roseville | 469 | 22.2% | 67.7% |
| Redwood Middle Thousand Oaks | 589 | 27.5% | 55.8% |
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 Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yolo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #129 of 1,224 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #112 of 1,227 ▼ 32 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #167 of 1,227 ▲ 11 | #2 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #777 of 1,214 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #886 of 1,377 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #371 of 1,279 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #256 of 1,278 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.1% | #1,205 of 1,329 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.9% | #74 of 257 | N/A |
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
524
+42 (+9%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 524 | 27 | 19.4:1 | 22% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 28.5 | 17.1:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 30.1 | 16.1:1 | 13% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 16% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 25.1 | 18.3:1 | 18% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 23 | 20.7:1 | 17% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | N/A | N/A | 18% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 877 | 42 | 20.9:1 | 9% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 30 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (460 to 524); teachers up 8% (25.1 to 27).
About Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High
Families in Davis, California, are served by Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High, a small middle-grades school. Classes run from 7 through 9, and the school has 524 students. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 20% lower.
Davis Joint Unified has 16 schools; together they serve 8,241 students.
The most common group at Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High is White students, at 50%. Enrollment also includes 27% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 3% Black. County-wide, about 49% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High operates with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.4:1. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 19.4:1 here. Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High reports 22% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 59% average among public schools in Yolo County.
The allk12 Grade for Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High is A-. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High are 2.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (69.5% actual, 66.6% predicted).
Among Yolo County residents, the median household income is $91,752, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High, Yolo County has 66 other public schools.
Patwin Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High has an NCES locale of Suburb: Small.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 42 more students in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 17.2:1 to 19.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Yolo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
220,564
Census ACS
Median income
$91,752
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
29,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis Joint Unified
- Davis Senior HighHigh · 1,755 students
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior HighMiddle · 588 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- Birch Lane ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Da Vinci Charter AcademyHigh · 562 students
- North Davis ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other schools in Davis
- Davis Senior HighHigh · 1,755 students
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior HighMiddle · 588 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- Birch Lane ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Da Vinci Charter AcademyHigh · 562 students
- North Davis ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Nearby schools
- Patwin Elementary0.2 mi · 379
- Robert E. Willett Elementary0.6 mi · 506
- Cesar Chavez Elementary1.0 mi · 510
- Davis Senior High1.5 mi · 1,755
- Martin Luther King High1.7 mi · 51
- Davis School for Independent Study1.8 mi · 124
Frequently asked questions
About Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High?
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High enrolls approximately 524 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High serve?
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
How many teachers does Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High have?
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
How diverse is Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High?
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High reports a student body of 50% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High?
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High is overseen by Davis Joint Unified in Yolo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.