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Charles D. Jones Middle

Middle School
📍 14250 East Merced Avenue
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools
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Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment
437 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
18:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
94%
Teachers
24 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Maintained
+1.3 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+18.8 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
15.0%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 80 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic89.9%
White1.4%
Asian5.0%
Black0.2%
Other3.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Charles D. Jones Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard9.0%
Met Standard17.8%
Below Standard73.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "27% proficient" for Charles D. Jones Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

9.0% of students exceeded standard while 17.8% met it. That exceeded rate is 8.3 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 4.8 points below the Baldwin Park Unified district average of 13.8%. The 5 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 11.3% exceeded — 2.3 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 6.4 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance maintained and Math increased significantly year-over-year. 15.0% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 18.9%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
9.0%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
26.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-6.4pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
18.9%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
14.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
820
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8
Math Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th13416.4%21.6%29.1%32.8%38.1%
7th13311.3%22.6%21.1%45.1%33.8%
8th1378.8%25.6%26.3%39.4%34.3%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1417.8%16.3%20.6%55.3%24.1%
7th1356.7%8.9%22.2%62.2%15.6%
8th1402.9%12.1%18.6%66.4%15.0%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data
Middle
Charles D. Jones Middle
30.214th pctile
This school

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score · Explore all schools · Blog