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Enrollment
693
Middle
DISTRICT 626 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NOVATO UNIFIED·NCES 062772004198
Sinaloa Middle
2045 Vineyard Rd., Novato, CA 94947 · (415) 897-2111 · Marin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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.
- B-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
20.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
292 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 204 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 245 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 244 | 35% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
60.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.4pp since 2014
Math
46.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.8% | 35.7% | 18.3% | 21.3% |
| Math | 26.2% | 20.4% | 21.2% | 32.2% |
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 | 60.4% | 46.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.1% | 47.2% |
| 2022-23 | 59.1% | 46.8% |
| 2021-22 | 60.7% | 42.1% |
| 2020-21 | 58.1% | 43.2% |
| 2018-19 | 62.0% | 57.8% |
| 2017-18 | 56.9% | 53.5% |
| 2016-17 | 58.1% | 55.9% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 61.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Sinaloa Middle
Sinaloa Middle's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinaloa Middle this school | 693 | 42.1% | 53.1% |
| Pacific Beach Middle San Diego | 715 | 41.1% | 71.9% |
| Tierra del Sol Middle Lakeside | 713 | 41.4% | 33.9% |
| Lakeside Middle Lakeside | 724 | 38.7% | 39.1% |
| Niguel Hills Middle Laguna Niguel | 693 | 44.6% | 65.2% |
| Laguna Middle San Luis Obispo | 780 | 43.3% | 64.3% |
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 Sinaloa Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Marin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #308 of 1,224 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #318 of 1,227 ▼ 30 | #7 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #322 of 1,227 ▲ 4 | #7 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #631 of 1,214 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #614 of 1,377 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #527 of 1,279 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #364 of 1,278 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #1,024 of 1,329 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #469 of 930 | #6 of 9 |
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
693
-108 (-13%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 817
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 693 | 33.9 | 20.4:1 | 42% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 752 | 34.9 | 21.5:1 | 26% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 745 | 32.8 | 22.7:1 | 24% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 801 | 35 | 22.9:1 | 29% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 826 | 36.3 | 22.8:1 | 28% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 849 | 36 | 23.6:1 | 26% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | N/A | N/A | 15% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 760 | 34 | 22.4:1 | 5% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 817 | 37 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sinaloa Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (826 to 693); teachers down 7% (36.3 to 33.9).
About Sinaloa Middle
Sinaloa Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Novato, California. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 693 students enrolled.
Novato Unified is the local district for Sinaloa Middle. It runs 14 schools with 7,199 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Sinaloa Middle is White (49%). Other groups make up 34% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Marin County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Sinaloa Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
With 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Sinaloa Middle was 20.4:1. Middle schools in California average about 20.7:1, a similar figure. Sinaloa Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 42%.
allk12 grades Sinaloa Middle a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 54.9%.
Across Marin County, median household income is about $149,091, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The public schools of Marin County number 75 and enroll about 29,867.
The shortest distance from Sinaloa Middle to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Lu Sutton Elementary. The five-mile area around Sinaloa Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 56.8%, higher than Sinaloa Middle's 53.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, Sinaloa Middle is Suburb: Large.
Sinaloa Middle had 801 students in 2020-21 and 693 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.9:1 in 2020-21, and 20.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Marin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,969
Census ACS
Median income
$149,091
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
29,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Novato Unified
- Novato HighHigh · 1,287 students
- San Marin HighHigh · 1,250 students
- San Jose MiddleMiddle · 559 students
- Hamilton TK-8Elementary · 544 students
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- San Ramon ElementaryElementary · 456 students
Other schools in Novato
- Novato HighHigh · 1,287 students
- San Marin HighHigh · 1,250 students
- San Jose MiddleMiddle · 559 students
- Hamilton TK-8Elementary · 544 students
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- San Ramon ElementaryElementary · 456 students
Other Sinaloa Middle schools
One other US public school is named Sinaloa Middle. Sinaloa Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Sinaloa MiddleSimi Valley, CA · 843 students
Nearby schools
- Lu Sutton Elementary0.7 mi · 367
- Pleasant Valley Elementary0.9 mi · 464
- San Ramon Elementary1.1 mi · 456
- San Marin High1.2 mi · 1,250
- Marin Oaks High1.3 mi · 69
- Nova Education Center1.3 mi · 73
Frequently asked questions
About Sinaloa MiddleHow many students attend Sinaloa Middle?
Sinaloa Middle enrolls approximately 693 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sinaloa Middle serve?
Sinaloa Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sinaloa Middle?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Sinaloa Middle.
How diverse is Sinaloa Middle?
Sinaloa Middle reports a student body of 49% White, 34% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Sinaloa Middle?
Sinaloa Middle is overseen by Novato Unified in Marin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.