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Enrollment
418
Middle
DISTRICT 683 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE UNIFIED·NCES 062865004459
Yorba Middle
935 North Cambridge, Orange, CA 92867 · (714) 997-6161 · Orange County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
370 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 198 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 53% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
47.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +23.1pp since 2014
Math
26.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.4% | 34.7% | 27.3% | 25.6% |
| Math | 11.9% | 14.4% | 25.3% | 48.4% |
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 | 47.1% | 26.3% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 24.3% |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 19.6% |
| 2021-22 | 36.9% | 13.4% |
| 2018-19 | 43.7% | 30.4% |
| 2017-18 | 44.1% | 27.4% |
| 2016-17 | 38.5% | 28.5% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Yorba Middle
Yorba Middle's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorba Middle this school | 418 | 88.5% | 34.0% |
| Ramona Junior High Chino | 417 | 90.4% | 26.4% |
| Delhi Middle Delhi | 367 | 86.6% | 21.3% |
| La Cumbre Junior High Santa Barbara | 426 | 84.5% | 33.9% |
| Woodlake Valley Middle Woodlake | 483 | 91.3% | 24.8% |
| San Fernando Institute of Applied Media San Fernando | 384 | 90.9% | 23.9% |
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 Yorba Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #656 of 1,224 | #70 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #688 of 1,227 ▼ 10 | #70 of 85 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #551 of 1,227 ▲ 154 | #62 of 85 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.6pp | #44 of 1,214 | #2 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #1,061 of 1,377 | #82 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #235 of 1,279 | #6 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #1,110 of 1,278 | #79 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #329 of 1,329 | #18 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.1% | #113 of 930 | #18 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
418
-137 (-25%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 418 | 23 | 18.2:1 | 89% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 24.2 | 17.2:1 | 88% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 25.1 | 21.4:1 | 91% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 80% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 26 | 23.4:1 | 84% (509) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 28 | 21.2:1 | 83% (491) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | N/A | N/A | 71% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 683 | 33 | 20.7:1 | 61% (420) |
| 1990-91 | 577 | 25 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yorba Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (607 to 418); teachers down 12% (26 to 23).
About Yorba Middle
Students in Orange, California, attend Yorba Middle, a low-enrollment middle school. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 418 students. The school is 37% below the average for middle schools in California.
Orange Unified serves 23,790 students across 40 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Yorba Middle is 91% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 6% White. The school's Hispanic share is 57 points above the 34% share among Orange County residents. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at Yorba Middle are from different groups.
For every teacher at Yorba Middle, there are about 18.2 students; the school has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 370 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 89% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 55%.
Yorba Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.0%) and its predicted rate (27.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Orange County show that the median household earns about $116,289 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Orange County has 649 public schools with about 430,458 students, including Yorba Middle.
California iInspire Academy sits about 0.2 miles from Yorba Middle. Yorba Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 34.8% proficiency; Yorba Middle posts 34.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 418, compared with 555 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 20.6 in 2020-21 to 18.2 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Yorba Middle can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Other schools in Orange Unified
- Canyon HighHigh · 2,183 students
- Villa Park HighHigh · 2,023 students
- El Modena HighHigh · 1,795 students
- Orange HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Rancho CharterMiddle · 1,144 students
- McPherson MagnetElementary · 863 students
Other schools in Orange
- El Modena HighHigh · 1,795 students
- Orange HighHigh · 1,728 students
- Santiago Charter MiddleMiddle · 1,137 students
- McPherson MagnetElementary · 863 students
- Orange County Classical AcademyCombined · 740 students
- California iInspire AcademyElementary · 699 students
Nearby schools
- California iInspire Academy0.2 mi · 699
- Orange High0.6 mi · 1,728
- Tomorrow's Leadership Collaborative (TLC) Charter0.6 mi · 192
- Cambridge Elementary0.6 mi · 415
- Richland Continuation High0.8 mi · 165
- Handy Elementary0.9 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Yorba MiddleHow many students attend Yorba Middle?
Yorba Middle enrolls approximately 418 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Yorba Middle serve?
Yorba Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Yorba Middle?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Yorba Middle.
How diverse is Yorba Middle?
Yorba Middle reports a student body of 6% White, 91% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Yorba Middle in?
Yorba Middle is part of Orange Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.