How does Foothills Middle compare to other middle schools in Arcadia?

Foothills Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 65.2/100, placing it at the 93rd percentile statewide. 46% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,264 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Foothills Middle?

46.3% of students at Foothills Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 73.4% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Foothills Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Foothills Middle's proficiency rate decreases by 3.3 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This pattern in test scores may reflect a variety of factors beyond the school itself.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Foothills Middle?

5.4% of students at Foothills Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Foothills Middle

Middle School

Arcadia Unified ArcadiaLos Angeles County91006

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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

684 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

24:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

29%

Teachers

28 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+5.2 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+4.6 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

21.9%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 64 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic18.7%

White10.7%

Asian60.4%

Black0.7%

Other9.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Foothills Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	46.3%
Met Standard	27.2%
Below Standard	26.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "73% proficient" for Foothills Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

46.3% of students exceeded standard while 27.2% met it. That exceeded rate is 28.9 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's near the Arcadia Unified district average of 44.6%. Compared to the 5 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 12.5 points higher (vs 33.8% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 3.3 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 increased and Math increased year-over-year. 21.9% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 5.4%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

46.3%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

73.4%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-3.3pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

5.4%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

2.4%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,264

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	185	40.5%	32.4%	20.5%	6.5%	73.0%
7th	197	45.7%	33.5%	12.2%	8.6%	79.2%
8th	244	39.3%	34.0%	14.8%	11.9%	73.4%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	187	52.4%	22.5%	18.2%	7.0%	74.9%
7th	202	53.0%	19.3%	16.3%	11.4%	72.3%
8th	249	46.6%	21.3%	18.5%	13.7%	67.9%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Highland Oaks Elementary

74.298th pctile

Hugo Reid Elementary

59.282nd pctile

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Middle

Foothills Middle

65.293rd pctile

This school

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High School

Arcadia High

76.196th pctile

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