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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Willard Intermediate right now?
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Enrollment
390
Middle
DISTRICT 839 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531006013
Willard Intermediate
1342 North Ross, Santa Ana, CA 92706 · (714) 480-4800 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of California public middle schools
- FTest 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.
- 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
14.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
379 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 101 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 139 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 150 | 38% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
13.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
6.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.4% | 11.3% | 19.7% | 66.6% |
| Math | 1.6% | 5.1% | 14.3% | 79.0% |
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 | 13.8% | 6.7% |
| 2023-24 | 14.0% | 7.0% |
| 2022-23 | 9.0% | 4.7% |
| 2021-22 | 12.5% | 3.3% |
| 2018-19 | 11.5% | 4.1% |
| 2017-18 | 12.6% | 5.8% |
| 2016-17 | 18.2% | 6.8% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 7.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
10.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Willard Intermediate
Willard Intermediate's state test result (10.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Intermediate this school | 390 | 97.2% | 10.4% |
| Pajaro Middle Watsonville | 398 | 96.5% | 12.7% |
| Orchard Academies 2C Bell | 395 | 97.7% | 30.1% |
| Vista Heritage Global Academy Santa Ana | 369 | 97.0% | N/A |
| Walnut Park Mid B Sci Tech Engr and Math Acad Walnut Park | 365 | 94.8% | 31.5% |
| Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle Los Angeles | 437 | 97.3% | N/A |
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 Willard Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #1,204 of 1,224 | #85 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #1,197 of 1,227 ▼ 19 | #85 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #1,214 of 1,227 ▼ 8 | #85 of 85 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #596 of 1,214 | #40 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #1,097 of 1,377 | #83 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #18 of 1,279 | #1 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.1% | #1,252 of 1,278 | #86 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #39 of 1,329 | #1 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.3% | #13 of 930 | #1 of 74 |
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
390
-169 (-30%) vs 2020
-71% since 1990-91, when it was 1,368
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 390 | 27.2 | 14.3:1 | 97% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 28.8 | 15.4:1 | 87% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 28.6 | 16.0:1 | 79% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 25 | 22.4:1 | 93% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 740 | 33 | 22.4:1 | 92% (679) |
| 2015-16 | 831 | 40 | 20.8:1 | 99% (819) |
| 2010-11 | 969 | N/A | N/A | 96% (927) |
| 2000-01 | 1,337 | 56 | 23.9:1 | 79% (1,057) |
| 1990-91 | 1,368 | 61 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willard Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (740 to 390); teachers down 18% (33 to 27.2).
About Willard Intermediate
Among the schools in Santa Ana, California, is Willard Intermediate, a low-enrollment middle school. Its 390 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 41% smaller than the 659 average for middle schools in California.
Willard Intermediate is one school in Santa Ana Unified, a system of 51 schools with 35,993 students.
Hispanic students make up 98% of enrollment at Willard Intermediate. That is higher than the 34% Hispanic share among all Orange County residents. The school's diversity index is 3%, meaning two students picked at random have a 3% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Willard Intermediate was 14.3:1. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 14.3:1 here. Willard Intermediate's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 97%. Public schools in Orange County average 55%.
allk12 grades Willard Intermediate a D. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 22.6% for a school in California with Willard Intermediate's free or reduced-price lunch share. Willard Intermediate posts 10.4%.
Orange County has these Census figures: the median household income is $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Orange County has 649 public schools and roughly 430,458 students.
El Sol Santa Ana Science and Arts Academy is the public school closest to Willard Intermediate, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Willard Intermediate places 4th out of 4 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Willard Intermediate the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 30% from 2020-21, when Willard Intermediate had 559 students, to 2024-25, when it had 390. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 14.3:1, from 22.4:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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Other schools in Santa Ana
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- Segerstrom HighHigh · 2,376 students
- OCSAHigh · 2,346 students
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- Valley HighHigh · 1,908 students
- Hector G. GodinezHigh · 1,687 students
Nearby schools
- El Sol Santa Ana Science and Arts Academy0.3 mi · 980
- Scholarship Prep - Orange County0.3 mi · 615
- OCSA0.3 mi · 2,346
- Orange County Educational Arts Academy0.4 mi · 643
- Wilson Elementary0.5 mi · 422
- Wallace R. Davis Elementary0.5 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Willard IntermediateWhat is the total enrollment at Willard Intermediate?
Willard Intermediate enrolls approximately 390 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Willard Intermediate serve?
Willard Intermediate serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Willard Intermediate?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Willard Intermediate.
How diverse is Willard Intermediate?
Willard Intermediate reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Willard Intermediate?
Willard Intermediate is overseen by Santa Ana Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.