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What's something Turlock Junior High does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,294
Middle
DISTRICT 1,052 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TURLOCK UNIFIED·NCES 060015811506
Turlock Junior High
3951 North Walnut Rd., Turlock, CA 95382 · (209) 667-0881 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,294 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
21.6:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
937 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 648 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 646 | 50% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Turlock Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
43.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.7pp since 2014
Math
27.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.9% | 30.4% | 22.3% | 34.4% |
| Math | 15.7% | 11.9% | 22.9% | 49.5% |
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 | 43.3% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 24.8% |
| 2022-23 | 43.5% | 26.4% |
| 2021-22 | 45.3% | 26.3% |
| 2020-21 | 43.6% | 26.4% |
| 2018-19 | 46.6% | 32.9% |
| 2017-18 | 45.2% | 28.8% |
| 2016-17 | 50.3% | 32.5% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Turlock Junior High
Turlock Junior High's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turlock Junior High this school | 1,294 | 72.4% | 32.0% |
| Somerset Middle Modesto | 947 | 74.0% | 31.0% |
| Shivela Middle Murrieta | 1,282 | 66.1% | 48.2% |
| Madison Middle Oceanside | 1,158 | 68.7% | 28.5% |
| Millswood Middle Lodi | 843 | 69.9% | 31.8% |
| Palm Desert Charter Middle Palm Desert | 1,298 | 61.4% | 47.9% |
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 Turlock Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #686 of 1,224 | #10 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #652 of 1,227 ▲ 11 | #9 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #631 of 1,227 ▲ 234 | #10 of 26 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #343 of 1,214 | #5 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,294 | #50 of 1,377 | #1 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #728 of 1,279 | #16 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #384 of 1,278 | #5 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #695 of 1,329 | #18 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #757 of 930 | #9 of 15 |
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
1,294
-91 (-7%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 1,277
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 1,294 | 60 | 21.6:1 | 72% (937) |
| 2023-24 | 1,297 | 60.8 | 21.3:1 | 73% (948) |
| 2022-23 | 1,257 | 60.8 | 20.7:1 | 61% (773) |
| 2020-21 | 1,385 | 63 | 22.0:1 | 52% (720) |
| 2017-18 | 1,391 | 55.9 | 24.9:1 | 59% (814) |
| 2015-16 | 1,329 | 51 | 26.1:1 | 61% (814) |
| 2010-11 | 1,277 | N/A | N/A | 65% (830) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turlock Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,391 to 1,294); teachers up 7% (55.9 to 60).
About Turlock Junior High
Turlock Junior High is a public middle-grades school run by Turlock Unified in Turlock, California. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 1,294 students. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 96% larger than that.
Turlock Unified (14 schools, 13,478 students) runs Turlock Junior High.
At Turlock Junior High, Hispanic students make up 52% of the student body. The remaining shares are 31% White, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, about 50% of residents are Hispanic. Turlock Junior High's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Turlock Junior High is 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 21.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. About 72% of students, or 937, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 71% average for public schools in Stanislaus County.
Measured against California public middle schools, Turlock Junior High receives a C+. 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 compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Turlock Junior High, the prediction is 37.1% and the result is 32.0%.
Among Stanislaus County residents, the median household income is $81,468, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides Turlock Junior High, Stanislaus County has 189 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Walnut Elementary Education Center, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.3%; Turlock Junior High's is 32.0%, ranking 5th of 8.
Turlock Junior High is coded as Suburb: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment declined 7% from its 2020-21 level of 1,385.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Turlock Unified
- Turlock HighHigh · 2,479 students
- John H. Pitman HighHigh · 1,986 students
- Walnut Elementary Education CenterElementary · 900 students
- Osborn Two-Way Immersion AcademyElementary · 831 students
- Julien ElementaryElementary · 826 students
- Dennis G. Earl ElementaryElementary · 817 students
Other schools in Turlock
- Turlock HighHigh · 2,479 students
- John H. Pitman HighHigh · 1,986 students
- Walnut Elementary Education CenterElementary · 900 students
- Osborn Two-Way Immersion AcademyElementary · 831 students
- Julien ElementaryElementary · 826 students
- Dennis G. Earl ElementaryElementary · 817 students
Nearby schools
- Walnut Elementary Education Center0.3 mi · 900
- John H. Pitman High0.6 mi · 1,986
- Walter M. Brown Elementary0.8 mi · 645
- Sandra Tovar Medeiros Elementary0.8 mi · 753
- Dennis G. Earl Elementary1.5 mi · 817
- Crowell Elementary1.8 mi · 758
Frequently asked questions
About Turlock Junior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Turlock Junior High?
Turlock Junior High enrolls approximately 1,294 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Turlock Junior High serve?
Turlock Junior High serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Turlock Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Turlock Junior High is approximately 21.6:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Turlock Junior High?
At Turlock Junior High, the student body is approximately 31% White, 52% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Turlock Junior High?
Turlock Junior High is overseen by Turlock Unified in Stanislaus County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.