Enrollment
260
Middle
DISTRICT 308 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERFORD UNIFIED·NCES 060006306868
Waterford Junior
12916 Bentley St., Waterford, CA 95386 · (209) 874-2382 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
17.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
244 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 123 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 137 | 53% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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 Waterford Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
42.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.9pp since 2014
Math
34.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.8pp 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 35 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.3% | 31.7% | 27.5% | 29.6% |
| Math | 13.0% | 21.9% | 28.7% | 36.4% |
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 | 42.9% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 36.2% |
| 2022-23 | 49.6% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.1% | 32.9% |
| 2020-21 | 27.3% | 21.1% |
| 2018-19 | 49.6% | 25.2% |
| 2017-18 | 52.5% | 22.8% |
| 2016-17 | 39.4% | 20.1% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 Waterford Junior
Waterford Junior's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford Junior this school | 260 | 93.8% | 39.6% |
| Lucille Whitehead Intermediate Waterford | 355 | 88.7% | 22.7% |
| Lucerne Valley Middle Lucerne Valley | 195 | 91.3% | 12.4% |
| Mountain Shadows Middle Nuevo | 339 | 89.4% | 35.0% |
| Price Intermediate Orland | 449 | 91.5% | 12.9% |
| Woodcrest Junior High Ontario | 324 | 87.7% | 48.2% |
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 Waterford Junior ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #523 of 1,224 | #4 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #499 of 1,227 ▼ 70 | #5 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #642 of 1,227 ▼ 79 | #11 of 26 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #635 of 1,214 | #19 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #1,229 of 1,377 | #23 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #186 of 1,279 | #1 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #735 of 1,278 | #13 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.8% | #149 of 1,329 | #1 of 26 |
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
260
+23 (+10%) vs 2020
-53% since 2000-01, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 260 | 14.6 | 17.8:1 | 94% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 13.3 | 19.7:1 | 94% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 12.3 | 21.4:1 | 89% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 12 | 19.8:1 | 90% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 260 | 12.4 | 21.0:1 | 87% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 232 | 10 | 23.2:1 | 77% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | N/A | N/A | 72% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 60% (332) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waterford Junior.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (260 to 260); teachers up 18% (12.4 to 14.6).
About Waterford Junior
Families in Waterford, California, are served by Waterford Junior, a small middle school. The school's enrollment of 260 students covers grades 7 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in California average about 659 students each.
Waterford Unified serves 1,721 students across 5 schools.
Hispanic students account for 70% of enrollment at Waterford Junior. Smaller groups are 23% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Stanislaus County is roughly 50% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Waterford Junior belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
Waterford Junior operates with 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. About 94% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is above the 71% average among public schools in Stanislaus County.
Measured against California public middle schools, Waterford Junior receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Waterford Junior ranks in the top 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.6%, against a prediction of 24.6%.
Within Stanislaus County, median household income is about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Stanislaus County number 190 and enroll about 106,477.
The school nearest to Waterford Junior is Connecting Waters Charter, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Waterford Junior ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Waterford Junior is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
Waterford Junior saw enrollment rise 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 19.8 to 17.8 over 4 years.
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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 Waterford Unified
- Waterford HighHigh · 582 students
- Richard M. Moon PrimaryElementary · 510 students
- Lucille Whitehead IntermediateMiddle · 355 students
- Sentinel HighHigh · 14 students
Other schools in Waterford
- Connecting Waters CharterCombined · 776 students
- Waterford HighHigh · 582 students
- Richard M. Moon PrimaryElementary · 510 students
- Lucille Whitehead IntermediateMiddle · 355 students
- Roberts Ferry Charter School AcademyElementary · 169 students
- Roberts Ferry Union ElementaryElementary · 30 students
Nearby schools
- Connecting Waters Charter0.3 mi · 776
- Lucille Whitehead Intermediate0.9 mi · 355
- Richard M. Moon Primary0.9 mi · 510
- Sentinel High1.0 mi · 14
- Waterford High1.0 mi · 582
- Hickman Elementary1.6 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Waterford JuniorWhat is the total enrollment at Waterford Junior?
Waterford Junior enrolls approximately 260 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Waterford Junior serve?
Waterford Junior serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Waterford Junior?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Waterford Junior.
How diverse is Waterford Junior?
Waterford Junior reports a student body of 23% White, 70% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Waterford Junior in?
Waterford Junior is part of Waterford Unified.
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