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Enrollment
610
Middle
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARTER OAK UNIFIED·NCES 060819000804
Royal Oak Middle
303 South Glendora Ave., Covina, CA 91724 · (626) 967-6354 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of California public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
21.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
452 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 317 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 293 | 48% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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% . +11.5pp since 2014
Math
41.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.5pp 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 42 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.1% | 33.5% | 24.2% | 24.3% |
| Math | 23.2% | 18.3% | 26.6% | 31.9% |
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% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 41.4% |
| 2022-23 | 53.3% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.8% | 43.0% |
| 2018-19 | 53.0% | 46.6% |
| 2017-18 | 48.5% | 45.7% |
| 2016-17 | 47.3% | 42.6% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Royal Oak Middle
Royal Oak Middle's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Oak Middle this school | 610 | 74.1% | 45.8% |
| Los Alisos Intermediate Mission Viejo | 595 | 74.5% | 39.6% |
| Mitchell Intermediate Atwater | 744 | 75.9% | 35.8% |
| Lee Middle Woodland | 575 | 75.1% | 28.9% |
| Douglass Middle Woodland | 768 | 73.7% | 37.4% |
| De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts Ventura | 577 | 73.7% | 37.4% |
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 Royal Oak Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #413 of 1,224 | #93 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #383 of 1,227 ▼ 16 | #86 of 248 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #456 of 1,227 ▲ 9 | #104 of 248 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #280 of 1,214 | #39 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #742 of 1,377 | #174 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #626 of 1,279 | #145 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #791 of 1,278 | #132 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.1% | #665 of 1,329 | #217 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #441 of 930 | #122 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
610
-60 (-9%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 1,394
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 610 | 29 | 21.0:1 | 74% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 28.5 | 21.3:1 | 74% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 31.4 | 19.8:1 | 66% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 30 | 22.3:1 | 58% (391) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 29.4 | 25.0:1 | 59% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 29 | 24.6:1 | 60% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 910 | N/A | N/A | 39% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 1,558 | 59 | 26.4:1 | 26% (412) |
| 1990-91 | 1,394 | 57 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Royal Oak Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (735 to 610); teachers down 1% (29.4 to 29).
About Royal Oak Middle
Royal Oak Middle is a public middle school run by Charter Oak Unified in Covina, California. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 610 students.
Royal Oak Middle is in Charter Oak Unified, a district with 4,296 students across 10 schools.
At Royal Oak Middle, Hispanic students make up 75% of the student body. Next come 12% White, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 21.0:1, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That matches the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Royal Oak Middle is 74%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Royal Oak Middle receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In California, Royal Oak Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 45.8% actual against a predicted 36.1%.
Royal Oak Middle is located in Los Angeles County, where the median household income is $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Royal Oak Middle, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
Sierra Vista Middle is the public school closest to Royal Oak Middle, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Royal Oak Middle ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 60 students since 2020-21, to 610. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 21.0:1, from 22.3:1.
Discussions about Royal Oak Middle may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Charter Oak Unified
- Charter Oak HighHigh · 1,259 students
- Cedargrove ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Badillo ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Glen Oak ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 421 students
- Willow ElementaryElementary · 388 students
Other schools in Covina
- Gladstone MiddleMiddle · 1,326 students
- Charter Oak HighHigh · 1,259 students
- Northview HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Covina HighHigh · 1,056 students
- Las Palmas MiddleMiddle · 887 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 778 students
Other Royal Oak Middle schools
One other US public school is named Royal Oak Middle. Royal Oak Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Royal Oak Middle SchoolROYAL OAK, MI · 1,058 students
Nearby schools
- Sierra Vista Middle0.6 mi · 778
- Badillo Elementary0.6 mi · 442
- Charter Oak High1.0 mi · 1,259
- Barranca Elementary1.1 mi · 529
- Cedargrove Elementary1.2 mi · 569
- Ben Lomond Elementary1.4 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Royal Oak MiddleHow large is Royal Oak Middle?
Royal Oak Middle enrolls approximately 610 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Royal Oak Middle serve?
Royal Oak Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Royal Oak Middle have?
Royal Oak Middle employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Royal Oak Middle?
Student demographics at Royal Oak Middle are roughly 12% White, 75% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Royal Oak Middle in?
Royal Oak Middle is part of Charter Oak Unified.
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