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Florence Nightingale Middle

Middle School
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
759 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
17:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
86%
Teachers
44 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+17.8 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+19.3 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
23.4%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 124 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic73.8%
White2.0%
Asian18.1%
Black2.4%
Other3.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Florence Nightingale Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard18.4%
Met Standard21.1%
Below Standard60.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "40% proficient" for Florence Nightingale Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

18.4% of students exceeded standard while 21.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 17.3%. That's near the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 25.6% exceeded — 7.2 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 3.2 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased significantly and Math increased significantly year-over-year. 23.4% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 20.5%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
18.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
39.5%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+3.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
20.5%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,497
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th23416.7%23.1%22.6%37.6%39.7%
7th26819.8%29.5%20.5%30.2%49.3%
8th23917.1%27.6%26.4%28.9%44.8%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th24117.4%14.1%22.8%45.6%31.5%
7th27520.4%18.6%21.1%40.0%38.9%
8th24019.2%13.8%15.8%51.3%32.9%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

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