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Which teacher or staff member at Shoreline Middle deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
478
Middle
DISTRICT 278 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVE OAK ELEMENTARY·NCES 062199007434
Shoreline Middle
855 17th Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062 · (831) 475-6565 · Santa Cruz County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
18.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
310 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 165 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 161 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 152 | 32% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Based on grade levels within Live Oak Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.0pp since 2014
Math
36.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 5 points 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 | 17.3% | 32.7% | 26.8% | 23.2% |
| Math | 18.1% | 17.9% | 24.4% | 39.5% |
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 | 50.0% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 32.3% |
| 2022-23 | 46.4% | 29.7% |
| 2021-22 | 42.9% | 23.2% |
| 2018-19 | 48.7% | 38.5% |
| 2017-18 | 51.8% | 33.6% |
| 2016-17 | 44.4% | 22.9% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Shoreline Middle
Shoreline Middle's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreline Middle this school | 478 | 64.9% | 40.2% |
| Emilie J. Ross Middle Hughson | 458 | 61.1% | 37.9% |
| Rafer Johnson Junior High Kingsburg | 447 | 69.1% | 44.3% |
| Technology Middle Rohnert Park | 409 | 65.0% | 14.9% |
| Waterloo Elementary Stockton | 339 | 65.2% | 37.8% |
| Sycamore Middle Gridley | 423 | 73.0% | 38.0% |
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 Shoreline Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Cruz County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #512 of 1,224 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #480 of 1,227 ▲ 28 | #7 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #492 of 1,227 ▲ 108 | #6 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #73 of 1,214 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #959 of 1,377 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #252 of 1,279 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #607 of 1,278 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #782 of 1,329 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #563 of 930 | #10 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
478
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 772
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 478 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 65% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 26.8 | 17.3:1 | 67% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 25.7 | 17.2:1 | 61% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 27 | 17.1:1 | 58% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 26.6 | 20.7:1 | 61% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 21 | 25.9:1 | 57% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | N/A | N/A | 64% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 772 | 35 | 22.1:1 | 25% (193) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shoreline Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (550 to 478); teachers down 2% (26.6 to 26).
About Shoreline Middle
Shoreline Middle is a low-enrollment middle school based in Santa Cruz, California. In all, 478 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. It has 27% fewer students than the average for middle schools in California (about 659).
Shoreline Middle falls under Live Oak Elementary, which has 6 schools enrolling 1,666 students.
At Shoreline Middle, 60% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 33% White and 3% Asian. Census figures show Santa Cruz County is about 35% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
Staffing at Shoreline Middle comes to 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.4:1. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 2.3 more students per teacher than here. Shoreline Middle counts 65% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 52% average for public schools in Santa Cruz County.
On the allk12 Grade, Shoreline Middle lands at B+, ahead of 67% of California public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Shoreline Middle would be expected to post about 41.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.2%.
Looking at the county, Santa Cruz County, median household income comes to about $111,093, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 83, with about 36,316 students.
Del Mar Elementary is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Shoreline Middle is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 461 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 478 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 18.4:1, from 17.1:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Live Oak Elementary
- Live Oak ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Del Mar ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Green Acres ElementaryElementary · 262 students
- Tierra Pacifica CharterElementary · 166 students
- Ocean Alternative Education CenterElementary · 76 students
- Special Education PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz HighHigh · 1,093 students
- Harbor HighHigh · 1,013 students
- Santa Cruz County CommunityHigh · 730 students
- Pacific Collegiate CharterHigh · 536 students
- Mission Hill MiddleMiddle · 510 students
- Brook Knoll ElementaryElementary · 498 students
Other Shoreline Middle schools
One other US public school is named Shoreline Middle. Shoreline Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Shoreline Middle SchoolPROVO, UT · 877 students
Nearby schools
- Del Mar Elementary0.2 mi · 322
- Live Oak Elementary0.6 mi · 362
- Tierra Pacifica Charter1.1 mi · 166
- Green Acres Elementary1.1 mi · 262
- Ocean Alternative Education Center1.1 mi · 76
- Harbor High1.3 mi · 1,013
Frequently asked questions
About Shoreline MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Shoreline Middle?
Shoreline Middle enrolls approximately 478 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Shoreline Middle serve?
Shoreline Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Shoreline Middle?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Shoreline Middle.
What is the student diversity at Shoreline Middle?
Student demographics at Shoreline Middle are roughly 33% White, 60% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Shoreline Middle in?
Shoreline Middle is part of Live Oak Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.