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Enrollment
542
Middle
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000027
Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle
12351 East Del Amo Blvd., Cerritos, CA 90703 · (562) 229-7795 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
23.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
290 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 281 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 48% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
64.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.4pp since 2014
Math
45.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.1% | 38.3% | 21.6% | 14.0% |
| Math | 27.7% | 17.4% | 26.5% | 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 | 64.4% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.8% | 52.9% |
| 2022-23 | 67.3% | 45.3% |
| 2021-22 | 65.8% | 41.8% |
| 2020-21 | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2018-19 | 68.7% | 53.4% |
| 2017-18 | 66.6% | 51.2% |
| 2016-17 | 69.0% | 50.9% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle
Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle this school | 542 | 53.5% | 57.8% |
| Philip Magruder Middle Torrance | 635 | 50.9% | 47.8% |
| Christa McAuliffe Middle Stockton | 734 | 58.7% | 36.0% |
| Casimir Middle Torrance | 617 | 44.1% | 59.9% |
| Will C. Wood Middle Alameda | 613 | 51.9% | 49.1% |
| Hercules Middle Hercules | 596 | 44.3% | 43.1% |
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 Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #250 of 1,224 | #55 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #333 of 1,227 ▼ 112 | #73 of 248 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #269 of 1,227 ▼ 93 | #57 of 248 ▼ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #753 of 1,214 | #184 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #857 of 1,377 | #193 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #988 of 1,279 | #206 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #141 of 1,278 | #17 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #908 of 1,329 | #249 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #505 of 930 | #135 of 213 |
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
542
-104 (-16%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 542 | 23.4 | 23.2:1 | 54% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 22.1 | 24.5:1 | 56% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 25.5 | 20.9:1 | 57% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 25 | 25.8:1 | 54% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 24.8 | 25.7:1 | 45% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 25 | 26.0:1 | 42% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | N/A | N/A | 42% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 685 | 27 | 25.4:1 | 15% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 649 | 26 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (637 to 542); teachers down 6% (24.8 to 23.4).
About Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle
Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Cerritos, California. The student body numbers 542 students, from grades 7 through 8.
A total of 30 schools make up ABC Unified, with 17,570 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle. The largest is Hispanic students, at 42%. The remaining shares are 32% Asian, 10% Black, 7% White, and 6% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle counts 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 23.2 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.5 above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. About 54% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle is +9.6 points: 57.8% actual, 48.2% predicted.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County is home to 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Palms Elementary, is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 542 students in 2024-25, 104 fewer than the 646 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 25.8:1 to 23.2:1.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ABC Unified
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Cerritos
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Carmenita MiddleMiddle · 639 students
Nearby schools
- Palms Elementary0.3 mi · 463
- Artesia High0.3 mi · 1,384
- Nixon (Patricia) Elementary0.5 mi · 681
- Carver (Charles J.) Elementary0.6 mi · 444
- Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary0.8 mi · 338
- Willow Elementary0.9 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Tetzlaff (Martin B.) MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle?
Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle enrolls approximately 542 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle serve?
Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle is approximately 23.2:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle?
At Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle, the student body is approximately 7% White, 42% Hispanic, 10% Black, 32% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle public or private?
Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by ABC Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.