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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Thompson Middle this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,565
Middle
DISTRICT 1,263 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060002903649
Thompson Middle
24040 Hayes Ave., Murrieta, CA 92562 · (951) 696-1410 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,565 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
25.2:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
775 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 479 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 533 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 553 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
59.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.5pp since 2014
Math
45.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 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 2 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 | 21.5% | 37.9% | 23.6% | 16.9% |
| Math | 21.4% | 23.8% | 26.9% | 27.8% |
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 | 59.5% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 43.3% |
| 2022-23 | 55.4% | 41.7% |
| 2021-22 | 57.9% | 37.6% |
| 2018-19 | 56.9% | 42.9% |
| 2017-18 | 55.2% | 44.2% |
| 2016-17 | 57.7% | 45.7% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Thompson Middle
Thompson Middle's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Middle this school | 1,565 | 49.5% | 51.6% |
| Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle Tarzana | 1,461 | 49.0% | 62.7% |
| Dorothy McElhinney Middle Murrieta | 1,451 | 46.2% | 60.6% |
| Robert Frost Middle Granada Hills | 1,505 | 54.1% | 66.5% |
| George Ellery Hale Charter Academy Woodland Hills | 1,693 | 51.0% | 57.5% |
| Valley View Middle Simi Valley | 1,329 | 41.2% | 37.4% |
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 Thompson Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #328 of 1,224 | #12 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #328 of 1,227 ▲ 11 | #12 of 78 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #335 of 1,227 ▼ 15 | #13 of 78 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #335 of 1,214 | #17 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,565 | #12 of 1,377 | #1 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #1,185 of 1,279 | #69 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #261 of 1,278 | #14 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #945 of 1,329 | #72 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #736 of 930 | #50 of 61 |
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
1,565
-7 (0%) vs 2020
+25% since 2000-01, when it was 1,256
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 26.2:1
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 | 1,565 | 62.1 | 25.2:1 | 50% (775) |
| 2023-24 | 1,595 | 62 | 25.7:1 | 50% (795) |
| 2022-23 | 1,557 | 57.6 | 27.0:1 | 44% (681) |
| 2020-21 | 1,572 | 60 | 26.2:1 | 32% (504) |
| 2017-18 | 1,692 | 60.2 | 28.1:1 | 29% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 1,649 | 56 | 29.4:1 | 27% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 1,727 | N/A | N/A | 20% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 1,256 | 47 | 26.7:1 | 16% (201) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thompson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,692 to 1,565); teachers up 3% (60.2 to 62.1).
About Thompson Middle
Thompson Middle is a high-enrollment middle school. Its address is in Murrieta, California. It has an enrollment of 1,565 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in California enroll around 659, and this school is 137% bigger than that mark.
Thompson Middle belongs to Murrieta Valley Unified, a district of 20 schools and 21,621 students.
White students make up 42% of enrollment at Thompson Middle, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 39% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 4% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Teacher count: 62.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 25.2:1. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is lower. Roughly 50% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, Thompson Middle lands at A-, ahead of 76% of California public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Thompson Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.6%; the prediction is 50.5%.
Riverside County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Thompson Middle shares Riverside County with 542 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Murrieta Options Academy, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Thompson Middle is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes Thompson Middle as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 1,572 students in 2020-21 and 1,565 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
People who know Thompson Middle can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Murrieta Valley Unified
- Vista Murrieta HighHigh · 3,328 students
- Murrieta Valley HighHigh · 2,104 students
- Murrieta Mesa HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Dorothy McElhinney MiddleMiddle · 1,451 students
- Shivela MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
- Cole Canyon ElementaryElementary · 1,038 students
Other schools in Murrieta
- Vista Murrieta HighHigh · 3,328 students
- Murrieta Valley HighHigh · 2,104 students
- Murrieta Mesa HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Dorothy McElhinney MiddleMiddle · 1,451 students
- Shivela MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
- Bella Vista MiddleMiddle · 1,249 students
Other Thompson Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Thompson Middle. Thompson Middle is the largest of the 6.
- Thompson Middle SchoolAlabaster, AL · 1,444 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolSaint Charles, IL · 1,364 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMIDDLETOWN, NJ · 862 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolSAGINAW, MI · 585 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolNorth Grosvenordale, CT · 262 students
Nearby schools
- Murrieta Options Academy0.2 mi · 12
- Murrieta Canyon Academy0.2 mi · 296
- Murrieta Valley High0.2 mi · 2,104
- Cole Canyon Elementary1.1 mi · 1,038
- Murrieta Elementary1.3 mi · 893
- E. Hale Curran Elementary1.6 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About Thompson MiddleHow many students attend Thompson Middle?
Thompson Middle enrolls approximately 1,565 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Thompson Middle serve?
Thompson Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Thompson Middle have?
Thompson Middle employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
How diverse is Thompson Middle?
Thompson Middle reports a student body of 42% White, 39% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Thompson Middle?
Thompson Middle is overseen by Murrieta Valley Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.