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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Rolling Hills Middle?
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Enrollment
778
Middle
DISTRICT 728 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMPBELL UNION·NCES 060720000674
Rolling Hills Middle
1585 More Ave., Los Gatos, CA 95030 · (408) 364-4235 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL778 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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.
- 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
19.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
147 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 235 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 266 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 277 | 36% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
76.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.3pp since 2014
Math
67.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.8% | 36.6% | 13.3% | 10.4% |
| Math | 47.4% | 20.5% | 16.4% | 15.7% |
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 | 76.3% | 67.9% |
| 2023-24 | 75.7% | 62.7% |
| 2022-23 | 70.6% | 60.6% |
| 2021-22 | 74.1% | 58.8% |
| 2018-19 | 75.0% | 66.2% |
| 2017-18 | 71.8% | 65.9% |
| 2016-17 | 72.5% | 66.4% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 71.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Rolling Hills Middle
Rolling Hills Middle's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills Middle this school | 778 | 18.9% | 70.7% |
| Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle Palo Alto | 732 | 16.9% | 76.4% |
| Rancho Pico Junior High Stevenson Ranch | 842 | 13.4% | 72.3% |
| Edward J. Richardson Middle Torrance | 651 | 18.6% | 73.9% |
| Dartmouth Middle San Jose | 903 | 17.4% | 64.4% |
| Black Mountain Middle San Diego | 1,077 | 20.7% | 63.2% |
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 Rolling Hills Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #114 of 1,224 | #17 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #105 of 1,227 ▲ 35 | #17 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #113 of 1,227 ▼ 7 | #17 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.7pp | #263 of 1,214 | #2 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 778 | #462 of 1,377 | #21 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #365 of 1,279 | #26 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #30 of 1,278 | #2 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #1,229 of 1,329 | #50 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #236 of 930 | #24 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
778
-158 (-17%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 850
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 778 | 40.2 | 19.4:1 | 19% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 40.7 | 20.2:1 | 20% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 861 | 41.6 | 20.7:1 | 18% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 936 | 43 | 21.8:1 | 24% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 1,024 | 50.2 | 20.4:1 | 18% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 964 | 38 | 25.4:1 | 15% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 885 | N/A | N/A | 15% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 1,049 | 49 | 21.4:1 | 8% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 850 | 40 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rolling Hills Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,024 to 778); teachers down 20% (50.2 to 40.2).
About Rolling Hills Middle
Los Gatos, California, is home to Rolling Hills Middle, a medium-sized middle school. The latest federal count shows 778 students in grades 6 through 8.
The 12 schools of Campbell Union, including Rolling Hills Middle, enroll 6,108 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Rolling Hills Middle is White (32%). The remaining students are 30% Asian, 24% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, Santa Clara County is about 30% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Rolling Hills Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.
Rolling Hills Middle employs 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 19.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in California is 20.7:1, higher than at this school. Rolling Hills Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 19%. That is lower than the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
allk12 grades Rolling Hills Middle an A. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Rolling Hills Middle's average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.7% is 2.2 points above the 68.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Santa Clara County (population about 1,902,047), median household income is about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 412 public schools operate in Santa Clara County, serving about 230,059 students.
Westmont High is located about 0.4 miles from Rolling Hills Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 70.2% proficiency; Rolling Hills Middle posts 70.7%.
The NCES locale for Rolling Hills Middle is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Rolling Hills Middle is a public charter school.
Rolling Hills Middle saw enrollment fall 17% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.8:1 to 19.4:1 over the same years.
Discussions about Rolling Hills Middle may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Campbell Union
- Campbell School of InnovationElementary · 815 students
- Monroe MiddleMiddle · 677 students
- Sherman Oaks ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Forest Hill ElementaryElementary · 506 students
- Lynhaven ElementaryElementary · 463 students
- Capri ElementaryElementary · 457 students
Other schools in Los Gatos
- Los Gatos HighHigh · 1,914 students
- Raymond J. Fisher MiddleMiddle · 1,015 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryElementary · 584 students
- Daves Avenue ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Blossom Hill ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Louise Van Meter ElementaryElementary · 507 students
Other Rolling Hills Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Rolling Hills Middle. Rolling Hills Middle is the largest of the 3.
- Rolling Hills MiddleEl Dorado Hills, CA · 778 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleWatsonville, CA · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Westmont High0.4 mi · 1,682
- Marshall Lane Elementary0.6 mi · 427
- Forest Hill Elementary0.8 mi · 506
- Village1.2 mi · 198
- Capri Elementary1.2 mi · 457
- Gussie M. Baker Elementary1.3 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Rolling Hills MiddleHow large is Rolling Hills Middle?
Rolling Hills Middle enrolls approximately 778 students in grades 06-08.
Is Rolling Hills Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rolling Hills Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Rolling Hills Middle have?
Rolling Hills Middle employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
How diverse is Rolling Hills Middle?
Rolling Hills Middle reports a student body of 32% White, 24% Hispanic, 3% Black, 30% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Rolling Hills Middle in?
Rolling Hills Middle is part of Campbell Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.