Enrollment
146
Middle
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION HILL ELEMENTARY·NCES 064038013728
Union Hill Middle
11638 Colfax Hwy., Grass Valley, CA 94945 · (530) 273-8456 · Nevada County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL146 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
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.
- 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.
- C-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
19.8:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
47 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 7 | 70 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 52% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 Union Hill Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
50.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.6pp since 2014
Math
35.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 6 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 | 13.9% | 36.5% | 27.7% | 21.9% |
| Math | 11.8% | 23.5% | 36.0% | 28.7% |
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 | 50.4% | 35.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 46.1% |
| 2022-23 | 59.4% | 44.4% |
| 2021-22 | 55.3% | 40.1% |
| 2020-21 | 63.6% | 41.7% |
| 2018-19 | 45.8% | 53.0% |
| 2017-18 | 60.9% | 54.5% |
| 2016-17 | 57.9% | 28.6% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% 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 Union Hill Middle
Union Hill Middle's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hill Middle this school | 146 | 32.2% | 46.0% |
| Salmon Creek School - A Charter Occidental | 162 | 24.7% | 49.2% |
| Teach Elementary San Luis Obispo | 193 | 25.4% | 89.2% |
| Pleasant Valley Middle Placerville | 117 | 35.9% | 22.2% |
| Fine Arts Academy Atascadero | 238 | 35.3% | 52.4% |
| Mountain Creek Middle Somerset | 99 | 42.4% | 35.8% |
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 Union Hill Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Nevada County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #410 of 1,224 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #491 of 1,227 ▼ 184 | #5 of 6 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #485 of 1,227 ▼ 84 | #4 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.9pp | #74 of 1,214 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 146 | #1,313 of 1,377 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.2% | #1,127 of 1,329 | #5 of 6 |
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
146
+4 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 146 | 7.4 | 19.8:1 | 32% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 146 | 8.1 | 18.0:1 | 40% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 141 | 7.5 | 18.9:1 | 37% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 142 | 6 | 23.7:1 | 36% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 124 | 5.7 | 21.8:1 | 39% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 123 | 7 | 17.6:1 | 25% (31) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Hill Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (124 to 146); teachers up 30% (5.7 to 7.4).
About Union Hill Middle
Union Hill Middle is a small middle-grades school in Grass Valley, California, one of the schools in Union Hill Elementary. It serves 146 students in grades 7 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in California average about 659 students.
Union Hill Middle is part of a district of 2 schools: Union Hill Elementary, with 688 students.
At 73%, White students outnumber all other groups at Union Hill Middle combined. The school is also 14% multiracial and 12% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 84%. Union Hill Middle has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Union Hill Middle's 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 19.8:1. That ratio is under the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 32%. The 43% average for public schools in Nevada County is 11 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Union Hill Middle is C+. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 37% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Union Hill Middle is 60.7%. It actually posts 46.0%, which is 14.7 points lower and in the bottom 10% of California schools.
Within Nevada County, median household income is about $89,882, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Nevada County number 46 and enroll about 13,561.
The nearest other public school, Union Hill Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Union Hill Middle is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Union Hill Middle went from 142 students to 146. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.7:1 to 19.8:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Nevada County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
102,481
Census ACS
Median income
$89,882
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
13,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union Hill Elementary
- Union Hill ElementaryElementary · 542 students
Other schools in Grass Valley
- Nevada Union HighHigh · 1,561 students
- Bear River HighHigh · 664 students
- John Muir CharterHigh · 629 students
- Grass Valley CharterElementary · 546 students
- Union Hill ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Cottage Hill ElementaryElementary · 485 students
Other Union Hill Middle schools
One other US public school is named Union Hill Middle. Union Hill Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Union Hill Middle SchoolUNION CITY, NJ · 865 students
Nearby schools
- Union Hill Elementary0.0 mi · 542
- Silver Springs High (Continuation)1.4 mi · 80
- Grass Valley Charter1.4 mi · 546
- Bell Hill Academy1.7 mi · 246
- John Muir Charter1.9 mi · 629
- Bitney Prep High1.9 mi · 91
Frequently asked questions
About Union Hill MiddleHow large is Union Hill Middle?
Union Hill Middle enrolls approximately 146 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Union Hill Middle serve?
Union Hill Middle serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Union Hill Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Union Hill Middle is approximately 19.8:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Union Hill Middle?
At Union Hill Middle, the student body is approximately 73% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Union Hill Middle?
Union Hill Middle is overseen by Union Hill Elementary in Nevada County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.