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George Washington Carver Middle

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

School overview

Enrollment
703 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
97%
Teachers
36 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+20.0 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+19.9 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
10.6%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 217 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic89.6%
White1.6%
Asian0.1%
Black7.1%
Other1.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for George Washington Carver Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard7.9%
Met Standard15.9%
Below Standard76.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "24% proficient" for George Washington Carver Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

7.9% of students exceeded standard while 15.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.4 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 10.9 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 9.7% exceeded — about the same. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 4.5 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 significantly and Math increased significantly year-over-year. 10.6% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 28.8%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
7.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
23.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-4.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
28.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
3.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,158
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th17712.4%18.1%23.2%46.3%30.5%
7th1926.8%20.3%22.9%50.0%27.1%
8th2024.0%23.8%22.8%49.5%27.7%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th18110.5%13.3%20.4%55.8%23.8%
7th2015.5%10.4%24.4%59.7%15.9%
8th2058.3%9.3%16.6%65.8%17.6%
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