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Enrollment
528
Middle
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000012
Ross (Faye) Middle
17707 Elaine Ave., Artesia, CA 90701 · (562) 229-7785 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of California public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- BThree-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
22.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
351 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 269 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 259 | 49% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
51.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.5pp since 2014
Math
33.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.9% | 39.6% | 27.1% | 21.4% |
| Math | 15.7% | 17.4% | 26.8% | 40.1% |
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 | 51.5% | 33.1% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 35.3% |
| 2022-23 | 53.5% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 28.9% |
| 2018-19 | 49.8% | 47.9% |
| 2017-18 | 57.9% | 49.0% |
| 2016-17 | 62.9% | 51.5% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Ross (Faye) Middle
Ross (Faye) Middle's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross (Faye) Middle this school | 528 | 66.5% | 42.0% |
| Grace Yokley Junior High Ontario | 606 | 66.0% | 45.8% |
| Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle Cerritos | 403 | 74.7% | 43.4% |
| Aspire Benjamin Holt Middle Stockton | 573 | 68.6% | N/A |
| Bohannon Middle San Lorenzo | 606 | 73.6% | 26.7% |
| Davis (Caroline) Intermediate San Jose | 537 | 61.8% | 22.2% |
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 Ross (Faye) Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #474 of 1,224 | #110 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #535 of 1,227 ▼ 88 | #119 of 248 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #455 of 1,227 ▲ 24 | #103 of 248 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #522 of 1,214 | #149 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #879 of 1,377 | #196 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #877 of 1,279 | #181 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #472 of 1,278 | #63 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #763 of 1,329 | #230 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #617 of 930 | #155 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
528
-71 (-12%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 581
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 528 | 23.6 | 22.4:1 | 66% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 23.1 | 22.5:1 | 75% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 24.5 | 21.3:1 | 70% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 25 | 24.0:1 | 75% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 25.6 | 23.2:1 | 66% (392) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 26 | 22.7:1 | 63% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 675 | N/A | N/A | 67% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 26 | 23.0:1 | 47% (280) |
| 1990-91 | 581 | 24 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ross (Faye) Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (594 to 528); teachers down 8% (25.6 to 23.6).
About Ross (Faye) Middle
Ross (Faye) Middle is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in Artesia, California. The school runs grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 528 students.
Ross (Faye) Middle is in ABC Unified, a district with 17,570 students across 30 schools.
At Ross (Faye) Middle, 60% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 20% Asian, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% White. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ross (Faye) Middle scores 58%.
Ross (Faye) Middle has a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1, with 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. The school has 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public middle schools, Ross (Faye) Middle outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Ross (Faye) Middle is 40.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income comes to about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Of the public schools around it, Ross (Faye) Middle is closest to Juarez (Benito) Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.1%; Ross (Faye) Middle's is 42.0%, ranking 6th of 7.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Ross (Faye) Middle enrolled 599 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 528. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.0:1 to 22.4:1.
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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 ABC Unified
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Artesia
- Niemes (John H.) ElementaryElementary · 631 students
- Elliott (William F) ElementaryElementary · 425 students
- Burbank (Luther) ElementaryElementary · 421 students
- Kennedy (John F.) ElementaryElementary · 398 students
Nearby schools
- Juarez (Benito) Elementary0.3 mi · 295
- Kennedy (John F.) Elementary0.4 mi · 398
- Elliott (William F) Elementary0.6 mi · 425
- Burbank (Luther) Elementary0.6 mi · 421
- ABC Secondary (Alternative)0.7 mi · 17
- Tracy (Wilbur) High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About Ross (Faye) MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Ross (Faye) Middle?
Ross (Faye) Middle enrolls approximately 528 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Ross (Faye) Middle serve?
Ross (Faye) Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Ross (Faye) Middle have?
Ross (Faye) Middle employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Ross (Faye) Middle?
Student demographics at Ross (Faye) Middle are roughly 5% White, 60% Hispanic, 9% Black, 20% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Ross (Faye) Middle public or private?
Ross (Faye) Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by ABC Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.