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What advice would you give to incoming students at Scotts Valley Middle?
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Enrollment
463
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTTS VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060004306173
Scotts Valley Middle
8 Bean Creek Rd., Scotts Valley, CA 95066 · (831) 438-0610 · Santa Cruz County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% 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.
- C-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
19.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
52 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 153 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 148 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 35% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Scotts Valley Middle→Scotts Valley High
Based on grade levels within Scotts Valley Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
69.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.5pp since 2014
Math
52.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.7% | 40.8% | 19.9% | 10.6% |
| Math | 34.5% | 18.0% | 29.8% | 17.6% |
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 | 69.5% | 52.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.4% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.5% | 57.8% |
| 2021-22 | 61.8% | 55.2% |
| 2020-21 | 65.7% | 57.3% |
| 2018-19 | 77.6% | 67.5% |
| 2017-18 | 72.0% | 66.7% |
| 2016-17 | 76.5% | 65.7% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Scotts Valley Middle
Scotts Valley Middle's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotts Valley Middle this school | 463 | 11.2% | 60.6% |
| Adaline E. Kent Middle Kentfield | 488 | 10.7% | 77.1% |
| Hall Middle Larkspur | 440 | 10.7% | 75.0% |
| Carmel Middle Carmel | 468 | 17.3% | 65.0% |
| Hermosa Valley Elementary Hermosa Beach | 589 | 8.8% | 74.5% |
| Earl Warren Middle Solana Beach | 476 | 18.1% | 75.0% |
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 Scotts Valley Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Cruz County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #212 of 1,224 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #252 of 1,227 ▼ 46 | #2 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #188 of 1,227 ▲ 25 | #2 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #553 of 1,214 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #984 of 1,377 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #420 of 1,279 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #610 of 1,278 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.2% | #1,281 of 1,329 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #419 of 930 | #5 of 12 |
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
463
-51 (-10%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 463 | 23.6 | 19.7:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 23.9 | 18.9:1 | 10% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 22.6 | 21.3:1 | 12% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 24 | 21.4:1 | 12% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 28.3 | 19.8:1 | 10% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 27 | 22.6:1 | 11% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | N/A | N/A | 15% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 693 | 27 | 25.7:1 | 5% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scotts Valley Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (562 to 463); teachers down 17% (28.3 to 23.6).
About Scotts Valley Middle
Scotts Valley Middle is a small middle school in Scotts Valley, California, administered by Scotts Valley Unified. The school enrolls 463 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in California enroll around 659, and this school is 30% below that mark.
Scotts Valley Middle is a school in Scotts Valley Unified. The district has 4 schools and 2,121 students.
The student body at Scotts Valley Middle is 65% White. The school is also 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.7:1. The school has 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. Federal data show 11% of students (52) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Santa Cruz County is 41 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Scotts Valley Middle lands at B, ahead of 56% of California public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Scotts Valley Middle is 73.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.6%.
For the population of Santa Cruz County, median household income comes to about $111,093, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Santa Cruz County's 83 public schools enroll about 36,316 students and include Scotts Valley Middle.
California Online Public Schools Monterey Bay sits about 0.3 miles from Scotts Valley Middle. Scotts Valley Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Scotts Valley Middle ranks 5th on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 463, down from 514 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 21.4 to 19.7 over 4 years.
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Santa Cruz County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,926
Census ACS
Median income
$111,093
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scotts Valley Unified
- Scotts Valley HighHigh · 611 students
- Vine Hill ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Brook Knoll ElementaryElementary · 498 students
Other schools in Scotts Valley
- Scotts Valley HighHigh · 611 students
- Vine Hill ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- California Online Public Schools Monterey BayCombined · 440 students
Nearby schools
- California Online Public Schools Monterey Bay0.3 mi · 440
- Brook Knoll Elementary2.0 mi · 498
- Vine Hill Elementary2.1 mi · 549
- Scotts Valley High2.1 mi · 611
- Happy Valley Elementary2.3 mi · 106
- San Lorenzo Valley High3.4 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Scotts Valley MiddleHow many students attend Scotts Valley Middle?
Scotts Valley Middle enrolls approximately 463 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Scotts Valley Middle serve?
Scotts Valley Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Scotts Valley Middle?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Scotts Valley Middle.
What is the student diversity at Scotts Valley Middle?
Student demographics at Scotts Valley Middle are roughly 65% White, 18% Hispanic, 0% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Scotts Valley Middle public or private?
Scotts Valley Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Scotts Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.