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Enrollment
695
Middle
DISTRICT 712 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDORA UNIFIED·NCES 061527001956
Sandburg Middle
819 West Bennett Ave., Glendora, CA 91741 · (626) 852-4530 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% 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.
- DBeats 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
24.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
214 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 245 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 233 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 217 | 31% |
Student demographics
54%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
54.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.8pp since 2014
Math
43.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points 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 | 18.3% | 35.9% | 30.3% | 15.5% |
| Math | 25.6% | 18.2% | 23.8% | 32.4% |
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 | 54.3% | 43.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 36.9% |
| 2022-23 | 52.4% | 40.6% |
| 2021-22 | 53.4% | 38.0% |
| 2018-19 | 62.7% | 50.1% |
| 2017-18 | 57.6% | 47.6% |
| 2016-17 | 62.1% | 48.9% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Sandburg Middle
Sandburg Middle's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandburg Middle this school | 695 | 30.8% | 46.9% |
| Columbia Middle Sunnyvale | 697 | 30.3% | 34.0% |
| Buchser Middle Santa Clara | 711 | 32.2% | 47.5% |
| Lone Hill Middle San Dimas | 870 | 38.9% | 62.7% |
| Bonita Vista Middle Chula Vista | 972 | 39.4% | 44.5% |
| Alta Loma Junior High Alta Loma | 831 | 33.2% | 54.4% |
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 Sandburg Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #392 of 1,224 | #86 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #350 of 1,227 ▲ 73 | #77 of 248 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #410 of 1,227 ▼ 7 | #93 of 248 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #469 of 1,214 | #139 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #608 of 1,377 | #137 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #1,145 of 1,279 | #255 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #574 of 1,278 | #80 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #1,139 of 1,329 | #282 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #354 of 930 | #104 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
695
-120 (-15%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 695 | 28.2 | 24.6:1 | 31% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 682 | 29.3 | 23.3:1 | 43% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 701 | 30 | 23.3:1 | 53% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 815 | 36 | 22.6:1 | 36% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 865 | 37.8 | 22.9:1 | 41% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 900 | 37 | 24.3:1 | 41% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | N/A | N/A | 23% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 913 | 39 | 23.4:1 | 17% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 27 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandburg Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (865 to 695); teachers down 25% (37.8 to 28.2).
About Sandburg Middle
Sandburg Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Glendora, California. The school's 695 students are in grades 6 through 8.
Glendora Unified oversees Sandburg Middle and 8 other schools, with 6,362 students in total.
Sandburg Middle's enrollment is 65% Hispanic. Other groups make up 15% White, 13% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. Sandburg Middle has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Sandburg Middle total 28.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 24.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 31%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Measured against California public middle schools, Sandburg 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, Sandburg Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 46.9% actual against a predicted 61.5%.
Across Los Angeles County, median household income is 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 public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The nearest public school is La Fetra Elementary, at about 0.3 miles. Sandburg Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 42.2%, lower than Sandburg Middle's 46.9%.
Under the NCES locale system, Sandburg Middle is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Sandburg Middle went from 815 students to 695. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.6:1 in 2020-21, and 24.6:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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 Glendora Unified
- Glendora HighHigh · 2,069 students
- Goddard MiddleMiddle · 728 students
- La Fetra ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Cullen ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Stanton ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Sellers ElementaryElementary · 545 students
Other schools in Glendora
- Glendora HighHigh · 2,069 students
- Goddard MiddleMiddle · 728 students
- La Fetra ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Cullen ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Stanton ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Sellers ElementaryElementary · 545 students
Other Sandburg Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sandburg Middle. Sandburg Middle is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Sandburg MiddleAlexandria, VA · 1,401 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolLevittown, PA · 729 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolElmhurst, IL · 633 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolGOLDEN VALLEY, MN · 341 students
Nearby schools
- La Fetra Elementary0.3 mi · 613
- Stanton Elementary1.0 mi · 551
- Whitcomb Continuation High1.2 mi · 104
- Henry Dalton Elementary1.3 mi · 333
- Charles H. Lee Elementary1.3 mi · 378
- Cullen Elementary1.4 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About Sandburg MiddleHow many students attend Sandburg Middle?
Sandburg Middle enrolls approximately 695 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sandburg Middle serve?
Sandburg Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sandburg Middle have?
Sandburg Middle employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Sandburg Middle?
Student demographics at Sandburg Middle are roughly 15% White, 65% Hispanic, 2% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sandburg Middle in?
Sandburg Middle is part of Glendora Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.