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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Tierra Linda Middle administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
451
Middle
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN CARLOS ELEMENTARY·NCES 063429008627
Tierra Linda Middle
750 Dartmouth Ave., San Carlos, CA 94070 · (650) 508-7370 · San Mateo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% 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.
- A-Beats 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
20.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
50 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 | 140 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 37% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
87.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.2pp since 2014
Math
77.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 55.2% | 32.0% | 8.1% | 4.7% |
| Math | 58.6% | 19.4% | 12.6% | 9.5% |
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 | 87.2% | 77.9% |
| 2023-24 | 82.7% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 78.3% | 70.7% |
| 2021-22 | 78.2% | 71.6% |
| 2020-21 | 79.6% | 65.9% |
| 2018-19 | 76.6% | 71.3% |
| 2017-18 | 79.0% | 73.6% |
| 2016-17 | 75.6% | 73.5% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 77.0% |
| 2014-15 | 76.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
80.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Tierra Linda Middle
Tierra Linda Middle's state test result (80.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tierra Linda Middle this school | 451 | 11.1% | 80.7% |
| Ardis G. Egan Junior High Los Altos | 517 | 10.1% | 83.2% |
| Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle Lake Forest | 495 | 18.4% | N/A |
| Solana Pacific Elementary San Diego | 375 | 14.1% | 87.6% |
| Crocker Middle Hillsborough | 446 | 3.4% | 80.6% |
| Carmel Valley Middle San Diego | 697 | 15.4% | 80.9% |
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 Tierra Linda Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #34 of 1,224 | #6 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #43 of 1,227 ▲ 10 | #7 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.2% | #16 of 1,227 ▲ 17 | #3 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #163 of 1,214 | #2 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #1,014 of 1,377 | #22 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #491 of 1,279 | #16 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #76 of 1,278 | #3 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #1,284 of 1,329 | #20 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.3% | #42 of 930 | #2 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
451
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
+86% since 2000-01, when it was 242
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 451 | 22.4 | 20.1:1 | 11% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 23.1 | 19.8:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 22.6 | 20.2:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 36.7 | 19.6:1 | 11% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 33 | 21.0:1 | 7% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | N/A | N/A | 5% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 242 | 8 | 30.3:1 | 2% (4) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tierra Linda Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (719 to 451); teachers down 39% (36.7 to 22.4).
About Tierra Linda Middle
Tierra Linda Middle is a small middle-grades school in San Carlos Elementary, located in San Carlos, California. School enrollment was 451 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 32% smaller than that.
San Carlos Elementary has 8 schools and 2,875 students, and Tierra Linda Middle is one of those schools.
Tierra Linda Middle has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 36%. Smaller groups are 32% Asian, 17% Hispanic, and 14% multiracial. The county population is about 38% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Tierra Linda Middle, 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 20.1:1. That matches the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California fairly closely. Roughly 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in San Mateo County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
The allk12 Grade for Tierra Linda Middle is A+. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 73.0% for a school in California with Tierra Linda Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Tierra Linda Middle posts 80.7%.
Census Bureau estimates for San Mateo County show that the median household income is $158,855, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Tierra Linda Middle is one of 176 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Mariposa, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Tierra Linda Middle is 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 24 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 19.0 to 20.1 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 San Carlos Elementary
- Central MiddleMiddle · 443 students
- Brittan Acres ElementaryElementary · 411 students
- Arundel ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- MariposaElementary · 322 students
- Heather ElementaryElementary · 320 students
- ArroyoElementary · 290 students
Other schools in San Carlos
- Central MiddleMiddle · 443 students
- Brittan Acres ElementaryElementary · 411 students
- Arundel ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- San Carlos Charter Learning CenterElementary · 377 students
- MariposaElementary · 322 students
- Heather ElementaryElementary · 320 students
Nearby schools
- Mariposa0.0 mi · 322
- San Carlos Charter Learning Center0.1 mi · 377
- Carlmont High0.2 mi · 2,360
- Arundel Elementary0.7 mi · 388
- Central Elementary1.1 mi · 437
- Cipriani Elementary1.2 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Tierra Linda MiddleHow large is Tierra Linda Middle?
Tierra Linda Middle enrolls approximately 451 students in grades 06-08.
Is Tierra Linda Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tierra Linda Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Tierra Linda Middle have?
Tierra Linda Middle employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
How diverse is Tierra Linda Middle?
Tierra Linda Middle reports a student body of 36% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Black, 32% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Tierra Linda Middle?
Tierra Linda Middle is overseen by San Carlos Elementary in San Mateo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.