Enrollment
300
Middle
DISTRICT 297 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OROVILLE CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062910004489
The Studios @ Central
2565 Mesa Ave., Oroville, CA 95966 · (530) 532-3002 · Butte County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
15.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
229 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 82 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 37% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
22.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
9.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.7% | 19.8% | 24.5% | 53.0% |
| Math | 3.4% | 6.1% | 17.2% | 73.3% |
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 | 22.5% | 9.5% |
| 2023-24 | 19.2% | 9.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.6% | 11.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.9% | 11.6% |
| 2018-19 | 30.8% | 22.3% |
| 2017-18 | 32.5% | 16.4% |
| 2016-17 | 29.8% | 7.4% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 The Studios @ Central
The Studios @ Central's state test result (15.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Studios @ Central this school | 300 | 76.3% | 15.2% |
| Happy Valley Elementary Anderson | 242 | 75.2% | 31.5% |
| Anderson Middle Anderson | 341 | 73.6% | 26.0% |
| Parsons Junior High Redding | 522 | 79.3% | 35.7% |
| Ishi Hills Middle Oroville | 294 | 68.0% | 20.5% |
| Palermo Middle Palermo | 458 | 76.0% | 25.2% |
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 The Studios @ Central ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Butte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #1,144 of 1,224 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #1,153 of 1,227 ▼ 15 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #1,132 of 1,227 ▲ 24 | #10 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #256 of 1,214 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #1,194 of 1,377 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #35 of 1,279 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #59 of 1,278 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #617 of 1,329 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #164 of 930 | #2 of 7 |
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
300
-37 (-11%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 300 | 19.5 | 15.3:1 | 76% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 21.3 | 15.3:1 | 83% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 18 | 19.3:1 | 80% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 16 | 21.1:1 | 86% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 20.8 | 19.7:1 | 82% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 264 | 15 | 17.6:1 | 80% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 293 | N/A | N/A | 73% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 804 | 39 | 20.6:1 | 60% (479) |
| 1990-91 | 652 | 31 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The Studios @ Central.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (410 to 300); teachers down 6% (20.8 to 19.5).
About The Studios @ Central
The Studios @ Central is a small middle school that serves part of Oroville, California. Classes run from 5 through 8, and the school has 300 students. The average for middle schools in California is about 659 students, so this school is 54% smaller than average.
The Studios @ Central is part of Oroville City Elementary, where 6 schools serve 1,950 students.
White students form the largest group at The Studios @ Central, 41% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Butte County's population at about 70%. By the diversity index, The Studios @ Central comes in at 73%.
The count of teachers at The Studios @ Central is 19.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.3:1. The average ratio among middle schools in California is 20.7:1, higher than at this school. Around 76% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Butte County is 63%.
Measured against California public middle schools, The Studios @ Central receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations places The Studios @ Central in the bottom 10% of California schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 19.6 points below it (15.2% actual, 34.8% predicted).
Butte County census figures show that median household income is about $67,928, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. A total of 96 public schools operate in Butte County, serving about 29,730 students.
The closest public school, Wyandotte Academy, is about 0.2 miles from The Studios @ Central. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, The Studios @ Central is 5th of 5 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts put enrollment at 337 in 2020-21 and 300 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.1:1 to 15.3:1.
Community posts for The Studios @ Central can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Butte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,929
Census ACS
Median income
$67,928
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
29,730 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oroville City Elementary
- Ophir ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Stanford Avenue ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- Ishi Hills MiddleMiddle · 294 students
- Oakdale Heights ElementaryElementary · 252 students
- Wyandotte AcademyElementary · 249 students
- North State Virtual AcademyElementary
Other schools in Oroville
- Las Plumas HighHigh · 1,265 students
- Oroville HighHigh · 872 students
- Helen M. Wilcox ElementaryElementary · 592 students
- STREAM CharterElementary · 515 students
- Nelson Avenue MiddleMiddle · 456 students
- Ophir ElementaryElementary · 452 students
Nearby schools
- Wyandotte Academy0.2 mi · 249
- Come Back Butte Charter0.6 mi · 93
- BASES Learning Center0.7 mi · 11
- Oroville High0.8 mi · 872
- Ishi Hills Middle0.8 mi · 294
- Ipakanni Early College Charter0.9 mi · 63
Frequently asked questions
About The Studios @ CentralWhat is the total enrollment at The Studios @ Central?
The Studios @ Central enrolls approximately 300 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does The Studios @ Central serve?
The Studios @ Central serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at The Studios @ Central?
The student-to-teacher ratio at The Studios @ Central is approximately 15.3:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is The Studios @ Central?
The Studios @ Central reports a student body of 41% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 18% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees The Studios @ Central?
The Studios @ Central is overseen by Oroville City Elementary in Butte County.
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