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Does Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
534
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001843
Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate
4600 West McFadden Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92704 · (714) 663-6351 · Orange County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
22.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
472 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 | 266 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 268 | 50% |
Student demographics
27%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
50.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.9pp since 2014
Math
25.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.8% | 34.1% | 21.8% | 27.3% |
| Math | 9.3% | 15.7% | 29.1% | 45.9% |
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 | 50.9% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.9% | 27.6% |
| 2022-23 | 41.5% | 25.2% |
| 2021-22 | 43.6% | 24.8% |
| 2018-19 | 44.8% | 27.5% |
| 2017-18 | 45.3% | 32.9% |
| 2016-17 | 38.2% | 24.7% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate
Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate this school | 534 | 88.4% | 37.6% |
| BP STEM Academy Baldwin Park | 565 | 88.3% | 48.6% |
| Almond Tree Middle Delano | 554 | 91.7% | 46.4% |
| Twin Lakes Elementary El Monte | 502 | 88.8% | 22.8% |
| Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy Delano | 585 | 90.4% | 33.7% |
| Olive Middle Baldwin Park | 477 | 87.6% | 33.6% |
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 Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #571 of 1,224 | #65 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #719 of 1,227 ▼ 117 | #71 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #473 of 1,227 ▲ 30 | #56 of 85 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #411 of 1,214 | #28 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #871 of 1,377 | #68 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #817 of 1,279 | #38 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.4% | #973 of 1,278 | #72 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #331 of 1,329 | #19 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #272 of 930 | #39 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
534
-83 (-13%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 534 | 24.2 | 22.1:1 | 88% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 26.2 | 21.4:1 | 90% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 22.5 | 22.6:1 | 91% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 617 | 24 | 25.7:1 | 86% (529) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 25.7 | 26.8:1 | 84% (582) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 24 | 28.5:1 | 85% (584) |
| 2010-11 | 758 | N/A | N/A | 92% (696) |
| 2000-01 | 876 | 30 | 29.2:1 | 71% (625) |
| 1990-91 | 719 | 29 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (689 to 534); teachers down 6% (25.7 to 24.2).
About Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate
Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate is a small middle school in Santa Ana, California. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 534 students.
Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate is run by Garden Grove Unified, whose 64 schools enroll 36,994 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate is 84%. Next come 11% Asian and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 34% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate scores 27%.
Classroom staffing at Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate totals 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.1:1. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate is about 88%. The average for public schools in Orange County is 55%.
Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 73% of California public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.8% for Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate. The school posts 37.6%, 9.9 points above the prediction.
In the wider Orange County area, median household income comes to about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County counts 649 public schools with about 430,458 students.
Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate is about 0.3 miles from Heritage Elementary, its nearest public school. Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 37.6% against a local average of 48.3%.
Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 534 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 617. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 25.7:1 to 22.1:1.
On allk12, people connected to Stephen R. Fitz 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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Nearby schools
- Heritage Elementary0.3 mi · 376
- Newhope Elementary0.3 mi · 334
- James Monroe Elementary0.7 mi · 555
- College and Career Preparatory Academy0.7 mi · 168
- Edward Russell Elementary0.8 mi · 473
- Thomas Paine Elementary0.9 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Stephen R. Fitz IntermediateHow large is Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate?
Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate enrolls approximately 534 students in grades 07-08.
Is Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate.
How diverse is Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate?
Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate reports a student body of 2% White, 84% Hispanic, 0% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate public or private?
Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.