How does General Grant Middle compare to other middle schools in Reedley?

General Grant Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 51.8/100, placing it at the 76th percentile statewide. 23% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,012 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at General Grant Middle?

23.2% of students at General Grant Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 57.2% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is General Grant Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, General Grant Middle's proficiency rate increases by 8.4 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at General Grant Middle?

9.1% of students at General Grant 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.

General Grant Middle

Middle School

Kings Canyon Joint Unified ReedleyFresno County93654

📍 360 North East Avenue

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Growth Engine

A growth engine — students gain measurably more here than at peer 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

514 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

26:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

92%

Teachers

20 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+8.7 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+10.5 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

30.8%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 117 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic95.3%

White2.5%

Black0.4%

Other1.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for General Grant Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	23.2%
Met Standard	34.0%
Below Standard	42.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "57% proficient" for General Grant Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

23.2% of students exceeded standard while 34.0% met it. That exceeded rate is 5.9 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's near the Kings Canyon Joint Unified district average of 23.2%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 8.4 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 and Math increased year-over-year. 30.8% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 9.1%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

23.2%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

57.2%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+8.4pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

9.1%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

9.7%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,012

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	170	17.1%	40.6%	22.9%	19.4%	57.6%
7th	160	26.9%	48.1%	17.5%	7.5%	75.0%
8th	172	22.7%	41.9%	20.9%	14.5%	64.5%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	171	19.9%	21.1%	35.1%	24.0%	40.9%
7th	164	21.9%	32.3%	24.4%	21.3%	54.3%
8th	175	30.9%	20.0%	21.1%	28.0%	50.9%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Lincoln Elementary

56.978th pctile

Washington Elementary

Also serves area

Thomas Law Reed Elementary

42.144th pctile

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Middle

General Grant Middle

51.876th pctile

This school

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High School

Reedley High

57.669th pctile

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