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Enrollment
1,015
Middle
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS GATOS UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062283003495
Raymond J. Fisher Middle
19195 Fisher Ave., Los Gatos, CA 95032 · (408) 335-2300 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,015 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- 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.
- A-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
18.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
57 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 | 332 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 329 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 354 | 35% |
Student demographics
64%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Los Gatos Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
79.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.7pp since 2014
Math
75.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 41.8% | 37.9% | 12.8% | 7.5% |
| Math | 54.5% | 20.9% | 15.3% | 9.3% |
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 | 79.7% | 75.5% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 75.8% |
| 2022-23 | 78.3% | 70.9% |
| 2021-22 | 73.1% | 70.6% |
| 2020-21 | 76.4% | 65.6% |
| 2018-19 | 75.3% | 75.8% |
| 2017-18 | 80.3% | 79.1% |
| 2016-17 | 79.2% | 77.9% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 78.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
77.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% 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 Raymond J. Fisher Middle
Raymond J. Fisher Middle's state test result (77.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond J. Fisher Middle this school | 1,015 | 5.6% | 77.5% |
| William Mendenhall Middle Livermore | 876 | 6.7% | 60.6% |
| Medea Creek Middle Oak Park | 1,090 | 14.4% | 75.7% |
| Charlotte Wood Middle Danville | 853 | 5.2% | 69.6% |
| Palos Verdes Intermediate Palos Verdes Estates | 735 | 9.4% | 77.0% |
| Orinda Intermediate Orinda | 822 | 3.8% | 82.9% |
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 Raymond J. Fisher Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #54 of 1,224 | #13 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #55 of 1,227 ▼ 8 | #13 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #74 of 1,227 ▼ 1 | #13 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.7pp | #267 of 1,214 | #3 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,015 | #179 of 1,377 | #6 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #262 of 1,279 | #20 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #320 of 1,278 | #23 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.6% | #1,320 of 1,329 | #64 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #305 of 930 | #26 of 53 |
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
1,015
-131 (-11%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 1,015 | 55 | 18.5:1 | 6% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 998 | 56.4 | 17.7:1 | 6% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 1,012 | 57.4 | 17.6:1 | 4% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 1,146 | 57 | 20.1:1 | 5% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 1,288 | 60 | 21.5:1 | 4% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 1,263 | 57 | 22.2:1 | 3% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 1,047 | N/A | N/A | 4% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 994 | 51 | 19.5:1 | 3% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 735 | 41 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Raymond J. Fisher Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (1,288 to 1,015); teachers down 8% (60 to 55).
About Raymond J. Fisher Middle
At 19195 Fisher Ave. in Los Gatos, California, Raymond J. Fisher Middle operates as a large middle school. The school's enrollment of 1,015 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in California average about 659 students each.
Federal data list 5 schools in Los Gatos Union Elementary, with 2,775 students enrolled.
Raymond J. Fisher Middle has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 49%. The rest of enrollment is 32% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Santa Clara County's population at about 30%. Raymond J. Fisher Middle's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 55 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 18.5:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Raymond J. Fisher Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 6%. Across public schools in Santa Clara County, the average is 37%.
allk12 grades Raymond J. Fisher Middle an A. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Raymond J. Fisher Middle would score about 76.2%. It scores 77.5%, 1.2 points above that figure.
Raymond J. Fisher Middle is located in Santa Clara County, where the median household income is $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Raymond J. Fisher Middle is one of 412 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Louise Van Meter Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Raymond J. Fisher Middle is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Raymond J. Fisher Middle dropped 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,146 to 1,015 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.5:1) than in 2020-21 (20.1:1).
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Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Gatos Union Elementary
- Daves Avenue ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Blossom Hill ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Louise Van Meter ElementaryElementary · 507 students
- Lexington ElementaryElementary · 174 students
Other schools in Los Gatos
- Los Gatos HighHigh · 1,914 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryElementary · 584 students
- Daves Avenue ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Blossom Hill ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Louise Van Meter ElementaryElementary · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Louise Van Meter Elementary0.2 mi · 507
- Blossom Hill Elementary0.6 mi · 530
- Los Gatos High0.9 mi · 1,914
- Daves Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 549
- Alta Vista Elementary1.5 mi · 584
- Carlton Elementary1.5 mi · 656
Frequently asked questions
About Raymond J. Fisher MiddleHow many students attend Raymond J. Fisher Middle?
Raymond J. Fisher Middle enrolls approximately 1,015 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Raymond J. Fisher Middle serve?
Raymond J. Fisher Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Raymond J. Fisher Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Raymond J. Fisher Middle is approximately 18.5:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Raymond J. Fisher Middle?
At Raymond J. Fisher Middle, the student body is approximately 49% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 32% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Raymond J. Fisher Middle?
Raymond J. Fisher Middle is overseen by Los Gatos Union Elementary in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.