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Enrollment
841
Middle
DISTRICT 931 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUPERTINO UNION·NCES 061029011448
Sam H. Lawson Middle
10401 Vista Dr., Cupertino, CA 95014 · (408) 255-7500 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL841 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% 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.
- A+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
19.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
128 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 291 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 33% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
87.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.0pp since 2014
Math
88.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.8% | 33.2% | 6.6% | 6.5% |
| Math | 74.8% | 13.6% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
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 | 87.0% | 88.4% |
| 2023-24 | 86.4% | 86.7% |
| 2022-23 | 87.9% | 88.8% |
| 2021-22 | 89.3% | 89.4% |
| 2020-21 | 87.8% | 89.3% |
| 2018-19 | 86.3% | 88.4% |
| 2017-18 | 88.7% | 91.9% |
| 2016-17 | 88.1% | 91.7% |
| 2015-16 | 90.0% | 92.0% |
| 2014-15 | 87.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
87.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 71% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 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 Sam H. Lawson Middle
Sam H. Lawson Middle's state test result (87.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam H. Lawson Middle this school | 841 | 15.2% | 87.1% |
| John F. Kennedy Middle Cupertino | 880 | 15.7% | 90.8% |
| Joaquin Miller Middle San Jose | 1,067 | 13.5% | 91.7% |
| Windemere Ranch Middle San Ramon | 1,011 | 8.2% | 83.3% |
| Chaboya Middle San Jose | 815 | 16.4% | 78.2% |
| Gale Ranch Middle San Ramon | 971 | 9.8% | 79.9% |
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 Sam H. Lawson Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.1% | #11 of 1,224 | #5 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.4% | #8 of 1,227 ▲ 2 | #5 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #17 of 1,227 ▼ 4 | #7 of 56 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #221 of 1,214 | #10 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 841 | #382 of 1,377 | #16 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #355 of 1,279 | #25 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #951 of 1,278 | #57 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.2% | #1,261 of 1,329 | #57 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.5% | #102 of 930 | #8 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
841
-259 (-24%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 1,022
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 841 | 43.6 | 19.3:1 | 15% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 834 | 41.7 | 20.0:1 | 16% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 816 | 43.8 | 18.6:1 | 13% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 1,100 | 52 | 21.1:1 | 3% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 1,228 | 57.6 | 21.3:1 | 4% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 1,249 | 56 | 22.3:1 | 2% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 1,022 | N/A | N/A | 3% (30) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sam H. Lawson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (1,228 to 841); teachers down 24% (57.6 to 43.6).
About Sam H. Lawson Middle
Sam H. Lawson Middle is a mid-sized middle school in California, located in Cupertino. The school enrolls 841 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Sam H. Lawson Middle is a school in Cupertino Union. The district has 23 schools and 13,526 students.
At Sam H. Lawson Middle, 84% of students are Asian. Other students are 6% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That is higher than the 41% Asian share among all Santa Clara County residents. The diversity index for Sam H. Lawson Middle is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Sam H. Lawson Middle reported 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 19.3:1. Middle schools in California have an average ratio of 20.7:1. Roughly 15% of students at Sam H. Lawson Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
Among California public middle schools, Sam H. Lawson Middle outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Sam H. Lawson Middle is among the top 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 70.6%. Actual: 87.1%.
The county, Santa Clara County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $164,281 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Santa Clara County has 412 public schools with about 230,059 students, including Sam H. Lawson Middle.
Among nearby public schools, L. P. Collins Elementary is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 87.1% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Sam H. Lawson Middle inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 841, down from 1,100 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 19.3:1, from 21.1:1.
Sam H. Lawson Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Cupertino Union
- Cupertino MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- Joaquin Miller MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Louis E. Stocklmeir ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 662 students
Other schools in Cupertino
- Homestead HighHigh · 2,224 students
- Cupertino HighHigh · 1,800 students
- Monta Vista HighHigh · 1,630 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 662 students
Nearby schools
- L. P. Collins Elementary0.3 mi · 498
- William Faria Elementary0.9 mi · 614
- C. B. Eaton Elementary1.0 mi · 489
- Garden Gate Elementary1.0 mi · 471
- Louis E. Stocklmeir Elementary1.1 mi · 840
- Cupertino High1.1 mi · 1,800
Frequently asked questions
About Sam H. Lawson MiddleHow many students attend Sam H. Lawson Middle?
Sam H. Lawson Middle enrolls approximately 841 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Sam H. Lawson Middle serve?
Sam H. Lawson Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sam H. Lawson Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sam H. Lawson Middle is approximately 19.3:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sam H. Lawson Middle?
At Sam H. Lawson Middle, the student body is approximately 6% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 84% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sam H. Lawson Middle in?
Sam H. Lawson Middle is part of Cupertino Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.