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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at William Moreno Junior High this year?
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Enrollment
618
Middle
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALEXICO UNIFIED·NCES 060690002010
William Moreno Junior High
1202 Kloke Rd., Calexico, CA 92231 · (760) 768-3960 · Imperial County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of California public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- BThree-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
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
575 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 304 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 314 | 51% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 2% · 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
25.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.5pp since 2014
Math
13.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.8% | 20.7% | 23.3% | 51.2% |
| Math | 4.4% | 8.8% | 21.9% | 64.8% |
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 | 25.5% | 13.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.9% | 11.8% |
| 2022-23 | 19.2% | 10.2% |
| 2021-22 | 21.3% | 10.3% |
| 2018-19 | 24.9% | 12.2% |
| 2017-18 | 20.8% | 14.6% |
| 2016-17 | 20.6% | 12.8% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 William Moreno Junior High
William Moreno Junior High's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Moreno Junior High this school | 618 | 93.0% | 18.9% |
| Suva Intermediate Bell Gardens | 650 | 93.5% | 22.0% |
| Haven Drive Middle Arvin | 612 | 94.4% | 29.1% |
| Rolling Hills Middle Watsonville | 588 | 94.6% | 12.1% |
| Eastmont Intermediate Montebello | 562 | 91.6% | 27.9% |
| Parlier Junior High Parlier | 566 | 95.2% | 14.4% |
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 William Moreno Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Imperial County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,080 of 1,224 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #1,058 of 1,227 ▲ 1 | #10 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #1,086 of 1,227 ▼ 29 | #10 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #433 of 1,214 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 618 | #725 of 1,377 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #725 of 1,279 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.6% | #1,275 of 1,278 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #179 of 1,329 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #347 of 930 | #1 of 7 |
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
618
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 875
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 618 | 28.7 | 21.6:1 | 93% (575) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 27.2 | 22.9:1 | 93% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 29.4 | 21.9:1 | 89% (572) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 33 | 18.7:1 | 95% (583) |
| 2017-18 | 772 | 36.2 | 21.3:1 | 91% (702) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 36 | 21.7:1 | 91% (712) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | N/A | N/A | 66% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 875 | 48 | 18.2:1 | 83% (726) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Moreno Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (772 to 618); teachers down 21% (36.2 to 28.7).
About William Moreno Junior High
Families in Calexico, California, are served by William Moreno Junior High, a mid-sized middle school. Total enrollment is 618 students, and the grades served are 7 through 8.
The Calexico Unified system has 12 schools and 8,022 students.
William Moreno Junior High is 100% Hispanic by enrollment. That compares with about 86% Hispanic among all Imperial County residents. The diversity index for William Moreno Junior High is 1%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 21.6:1. The gap from the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is 0.9 students per teacher. On the income side, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Imperial County is 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, William Moreno Junior High lands at C-, ahead of 21% of California public middle schools.
A school with William Moreno Junior High's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 25.0%. William Moreno Junior High scores 18.9%, 6.2 points below that line.
The school's county is Imperial County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $57,681, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. There are 76 public schools in the county, enrolling about 36,513, William Moreno Junior High among them.
About 0.1 miles separate William Moreno Junior High from the closest public school, Blanche Charles Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. William Moreno Junior High comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
William Moreno Junior High falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 618, close to the 616 recorded in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.7:1 to 21.6:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at William Moreno Junior High. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Imperial County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,202
Census ACS
Median income
$57,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,513 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calexico Unified
- Calexico HighHigh · 2,746 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 765 students
- Enrique Camarena Jr. HighMiddle · 674 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 625 students
- Rockwood ElementaryElementary · 617 students
- Dool ElementaryElementary · 568 students
Other schools in Calexico
- Calexico HighHigh · 2,746 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 765 students
- Enrique Camarena Jr. HighMiddle · 674 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 625 students
- Rockwood ElementaryElementary · 617 students
- Dool ElementaryElementary · 568 students
Nearby schools
- Blanche Charles Elementary0.1 mi · 419
- Aurora High (Continuation)0.2 mi · 96
- Pinnacle Hall Community Day0.2 mi · 2
- Mains Elementary0.4 mi · 408
- Rockwood Elementary1.2 mi · 617
- Kennedy Gardens Elementary1.3 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About William Moreno Junior HighHow many students attend William Moreno Junior High?
William Moreno Junior High enrolls approximately 618 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does William Moreno Junior High serve?
William Moreno Junior High serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at William Moreno Junior High?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at William Moreno Junior High.
What is the student diversity at William Moreno Junior High?
Student demographics at William Moreno Junior High are roughly 100% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
What district is William Moreno Junior High in?
William Moreno Junior High is part of Calexico Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.