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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Sarah McGarvin Intermediate administration to hear?
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Enrollment
717
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001861
Sarah McGarvin Intermediate
9802 Bishop Pl., Westminster, CA 92683 · (714) 663-6218 · Orange County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL717 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% 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.
- 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.
- B-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
26.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
521 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 352 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 365 | 51% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
75.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.9pp since 2014
Math
73.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.3pp 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 73 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 are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 47.4% | 28.5% | 11.8% | 12.3% |
| Math | 56.2% | 17.2% | 11.7% | 15.0% |
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 | 75.9% | 73.3% |
| 2023-24 | 78.8% | 71.4% |
| 2022-23 | 79.3% | 71.9% |
| 2021-22 | 77.0% | 67.9% |
| 2018-19 | 79.8% | 70.8% |
| 2017-18 | 80.3% | 72.7% |
| 2016-17 | 80.8% | 75.4% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 71.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+37.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 38 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 Sarah McGarvin Intermediate
Sarah McGarvin Intermediate's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah McGarvin Intermediate this school | 717 | 72.7% | 74.9% |
| Garvey (Richard) Intermediate Rosemead | 661 | 78.1% | 59.0% |
| Marina Middle San Francisco | 646 | 75.9% | 46.1% |
| Muscatel Middle Rosemead | 511 | 76.7% | 59.7% |
| Hoover (Herbert) Middle San Francisco | 963 | 63.2% | 53.6% |
| KIPP Summit Academy San Lorenzo | 427 | 75.6% | N/A |
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 Sarah McGarvin Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #80 of 1,224 | #10 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #73 of 1,227 ▼ 2 | #10 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #118 of 1,227 ▼ 40 | #19 of 85 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #606 of 1,214 | #42 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 717 | #568 of 1,377 | #46 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.4:1 | #1,232 of 1,279 | #84 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #761 of 1,278 | #61 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #688 of 1,329 | #38 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #682 of 930 | #66 of 74 |
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
717
-56 (-7%) vs 2020
+73% since 1990-91, when it was 415
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 28.6:1
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 | 717 | 27.2 | 26.4:1 | 73% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 26.3 | 26.6:1 | 77% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 26.3 | 26.4:1 | 74% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 27 | 28.6:1 | 64% (492) |
| 2017-18 | 790 | 28 | 28.2:1 | 63% (501) |
| 2015-16 | 818 | 27 | 30.3:1 | 59% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 716 | N/A | N/A | 67% (479) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 21 | 29.5:1 | 57% (354) |
| 1990-91 | 415 | 16 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sarah McGarvin Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (790 to 717); teachers down 3% (28 to 27.2).
About Sarah McGarvin Intermediate
A mid-sized middle school in Westminster, California, Sarah McGarvin Intermediate is part of Garden Grove Unified. It has an enrollment of 717 students in grades 7 through 8.
Garden Grove Unified counts 64 schools and 36,994 students, including Sarah McGarvin Intermediate.
About 71% of the student body at Sarah McGarvin Intermediate is Asian. Smaller groups are 21% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 22% of Orange County residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
Its ratio of 26.4:1 is based on 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
Among California public middle schools, Sarah McGarvin Intermediate outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Sarah McGarvin Intermediate ranks in the top 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.9%, against a prediction of 37.0%.
The county, Orange County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 649 public schools and about 430,458 students.
Of the public schools around it, Sarah McGarvin Intermediate is closest to Leo Carrillo Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Sarah McGarvin Intermediate ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
Sarah McGarvin Intermediate has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 773 (2020-21) to 717 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 28.6 in 2020-21 to 26.4 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Sarah McGarvin Intermediate can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
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- Leo Carrillo ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Johnson MiddleMiddle · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Leo Carrillo Elementary0.3 mi · 508
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary0.4 mi · 332
- John Murdy Elementary0.5 mi · 689
- John Marshall Elementary0.6 mi · 323
- La Quinta High0.6 mi · 2,041
- Thomas Paine Elementary0.9 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Sarah McGarvin IntermediateHow large is Sarah McGarvin Intermediate?
Sarah McGarvin Intermediate enrolls approximately 717 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Sarah McGarvin Intermediate serve?
Sarah McGarvin Intermediate serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sarah McGarvin Intermediate have?
Sarah McGarvin Intermediate employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Sarah McGarvin Intermediate?
Student demographics at Sarah McGarvin Intermediate are roughly 4% White, 21% Hispanic, 0% Black, 71% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Sarah McGarvin Intermediate in?
Sarah McGarvin Intermediate is part of Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.