Sycamore Middle

Sycamore Middle is a compact middle school in Gridley, California, one of the schools within Gridley Unified. The school enrolls 423 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Sycamore Middle sits 36% below that benchmark.

Within Gridley Unified, which oversees 5 schools and 2,001 students, Sycamore Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sycamore Middle shows that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 33% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sycamore Middle has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Butte County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sycamore Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of -0.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Butte County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,928, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Sycamore Middle is one of 96 public schools in Butte County (combined enrollment of about 29,730 students).

McKinley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sycamore Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sycamore Middle has declined 10%, going from 472 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025.

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