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Enrollment
882
Middle
DISTRICT 747 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT. DIABLO UNIFIED·NCES 062637008916
Sequoia Middle
265 Boyd Rd., Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 · (925) 934-8174 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL882 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
442 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 313 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 284 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 285 | 32% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
55.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.7pp since 2014
Math
46.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.6% | 32.7% | 26.1% | 18.6% |
| Math | 27.5% | 18.8% | 25.4% | 28.4% |
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 | 55.3% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 49.4% |
| 2022-23 | 56.3% | 45.6% |
| 2021-22 | 53.4% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 54.4% | 50.9% |
| 2018-19 | 64.6% | 47.9% |
| 2017-18 | 66.2% | 49.7% |
| 2016-17 | 60.4% | 45.7% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Sequoia Middle
Sequoia Middle's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Middle this school | 882 | 50.1% | 52.4% |
| Valley View Middle Pleasant Hill | 819 | 49.7% | 46.1% |
| Serrano Intermediate Lake Forest | 868 | 48.7% | 52.9% |
| Pioneer Junior High Upland | 771 | 50.5% | 57.2% |
| Daniel J. Savage Middle Modesto | 906 | 52.6% | 42.6% |
| Mesa View Middle Huntington Beach | 817 | 45.4% | 68.2% |
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 Sequoia Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #316 of 1,224 | #15 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #322 of 1,227 ▼ 63 | #18 of 42 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #391 of 1,227 ▼ 68 | #19 of 42 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #390 of 1,214 | #20 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 882 | #324 of 1,377 | #13 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.7:1 | #1,209 of 1,279 | #42 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #42 of 1,278 | #6 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #940 of 1,329 | #18 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #753 of 930 | #24 of 35 |
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
882
-28 (-3%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 874
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
was 27.6:1
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 | 882 | 34.3 | 25.7:1 | 50% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 33.2 | 25.1:1 | 29% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 856 | 32.9 | 26.0:1 | 26% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 910 | 33 | 27.6:1 | 35% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 949 | 35.7 | 26.6:1 | 37% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 932 | 33 | 28.2:1 | 34% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | N/A | N/A | 29% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 738 | 32 | 23.1:1 | 16% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 874 | 35 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sequoia Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (949 to 882); teachers down 4% (35.7 to 34.3).
About Sequoia Middle
In Pleasant Hill, California, part of Contra Costa County, Sequoia Middle is a middle school. There are 882 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in California enroll around 659, and this school is 34% larger than that mark.
Sequoia Middle is among 50 schools run by Mt. Diablo Unified, which serves 29,210 students.
No group is above 50% at Sequoia Middle; the largest is Hispanic, at 38%. The rest of enrollment is 24% White, 19% Asian, 15% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Contra Costa County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. The diversity index for Sequoia Middle is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 25.7:1. The gap from the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is 5.0 students per teacher. On the income side, 50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On BeatsExpectations, Sequoia Middle is 2.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
The school is in Contra Costa County, where median household income comes to about $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Contra Costa County's 280 public schools enroll about 167,423 students and include Sequoia Middle.
Sequoia Elementary is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Sequoia Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Sequoia Middle's average proficiency of 52.4% compares with 48.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 28 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 27.6:1 in 2020-21 and 25.7:1 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback at Sequoia Middle. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mt. Diablo Unified
- College Park HighHigh · 1,948 students
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- Mt. Diablo HighHigh · 1,397 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,137 students
- Ygnacio Valley HighHigh · 1,059 students
- Foothill MiddleMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in Pleasant Hill
- College Park HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Valley View MiddleMiddle · 819 students
- Pleasant Hill MiddleMiddle · 738 students
- Valhalla ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryElementary · 652 students
- Strandwood ElementaryElementary · 596 students
Other Sequoia Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 1 state are named Sequoia Middle. Sequoia Middle is the largest of the 6.
- Sequoia MiddleFresno, CA · 829 students
- Sequoia MiddleNewbury Park, CA · 798 students
- Sequoia MiddleFontana, CA · 791 students
- Sequoia MiddlePorterville, CA · 532 students
- Sequoia MiddleRedding, CA · 461 students
Nearby schools
- Sequoia Elementary0.1 mi · 594
- Pleasant Hill Middle0.5 mi · 738
- Horizons School: Independent Study0.5 mi · 182
- Prospect High (Continuation)0.5 mi · 60
- Strandwood Elementary0.7 mi · 596
- Fair Oaks Elementary0.9 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About Sequoia MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Sequoia Middle?
Sequoia Middle enrolls approximately 882 students in grades 06-08.
Is Sequoia Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sequoia Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sequoia Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sequoia Middle is approximately 25.7:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sequoia Middle?
Student demographics at Sequoia Middle are roughly 24% White, 38% Hispanic, 3% Black, 19% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Sequoia Middle?
Sequoia Middle is overseen by Mt. Diablo Unified in Contra Costa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.