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What's the one class at Thomas R. Pollicita Middle every student should take?
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Enrollment
558
Middle
DISTRICT 548 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY·NCES 061887002281
Thomas R. Pollicita Middle
550 East Market St., Daly City, CA 94014 · (650) 991-1216 · San Mateo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
20.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
258 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 190 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 176 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 34% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
47.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.1pp since 2014
Math
32.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.2% | 32.9% | 25.6% | 27.3% |
| Math | 15.1% | 17.7% | 27.2% | 40.0% |
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 | 47.1% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 24.1% |
| 2021-22 | 44.1% | 20.6% |
| 2020-21 | 40.1% | 15.8% |
| 2018-19 | 46.1% | 31.4% |
| 2017-18 | 46.0% | 30.2% |
| 2016-17 | 39.1% | 28.7% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% 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 Thomas R. Pollicita Middle
Thomas R. Pollicita Middle's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas R. Pollicita Middle this school | 558 | 46.2% | 35.9% |
| Benjamin Franklin Intermediate Colma | 497 | 48.3% | 25.9% |
| Casimir Middle Torrance | 617 | 44.1% | 59.9% |
| Dolores Huerta Middle San Jose | 571 | 37.0% | 39.5% |
| Alta Loma Middle South San Francisco | 652 | 37.0% | 41.8% |
| Bernal Intermediate San Jose | 675 | 41.9% | 50.4% |
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 Thomas R. Pollicita Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #611 of 1,224 | #19 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #543 of 1,227 ▲ 170 | #19 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #550 of 1,227 ▲ 91 | #19 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #166 of 1,214 | #3 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #836 of 1,377 | #13 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #498 of 1,279 | #17 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #506 of 1,278 | #19 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #975 of 1,329 | #9 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #527 of 930 | #11 of 20 |
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
558
-70 (-11%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 777
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 558 | 27.6 | 20.2:1 | 46% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 27.5 | 21.3:1 | 48% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 27.5 | 22.1:1 | 53% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 30 | 20.9:1 | 54% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 29.6 | 22.0:1 | 69% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 28 | 24.1:1 | 62% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | N/A | N/A | 58% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 21 | 31.5:1 | 34% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 777 | 30 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas R. Pollicita Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (651 to 558); teachers down 7% (29.6 to 27.6).
About Thomas R. Pollicita Middle
A small middle school in Daly City, California, Thomas R. Pollicita Middle is part of Jefferson Elementary. In all, 558 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8.
Jefferson Elementary includes 14 schools. Together they enroll 4,942 students.
The student body at Thomas R. Pollicita Middle is 54% Hispanic. The school is also 36% Asian and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 25%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
Thomas R. Pollicita Middle reported 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 20.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Roughly 46% of students at Thomas R. Pollicita Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 34% average for public schools in San Mateo County.
On the allk12 Grade, Thomas R. Pollicita Middle lands at C+, ahead of 37% of California public middle schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Thomas R. Pollicita Middle scores 16.5 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.9%; the prediction is 52.5%.
In San Mateo County, home to about 742,340 people, the median household earns about $158,855 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Thomas R. Pollicita Middle shares San Mateo County with 175 other public schools.
Thomas R. Pollicita Middle is less than a tenth of a mile from Susan B. Anthony Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 35.9% is below the 41.6% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Thomas R. Pollicita Middle's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 70 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
San Mateo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,340
Census ACS
Median income
$158,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
82,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson Elementary
- Fernando Rivera IntermediateMiddle · 588 students
- Benjamin Franklin IntermediateMiddle · 497 students
- Susan B. Anthony ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Westlake ElementaryElementary · 321 students
- Daniel Webster ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryElementary · 304 students
Other schools in Daly City
- Westmoor HighHigh · 1,278 students
- Jefferson HighHigh · 1,072 students
- Fernando Rivera IntermediateMiddle · 588 students
- Summit Public School: ShastaHigh · 458 students
- Susan B. Anthony ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Skyline ElementaryElementary · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary0.1 mi · 407
- Thornton High0.3 mi · 89
- John F. Kennedy Elementary0.4 mi · 304
- Jefferson High0.6 mi · 1,072
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary1.0 mi · 266
- Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary1.1 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas R. Pollicita MiddleHow large is Thomas R. Pollicita Middle?
Thomas R. Pollicita Middle enrolls approximately 558 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Thomas R. Pollicita Middle serve?
Thomas R. Pollicita Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Thomas R. Pollicita Middle have?
Thomas R. Pollicita Middle employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Thomas R. Pollicita Middle?
Student demographics at Thomas R. Pollicita Middle are roughly 2% White, 54% Hispanic, 1% Black, 36% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Thomas R. Pollicita Middle public or private?
Thomas R. Pollicita Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.