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Griffith Middle

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

School overview

Enrollment
1,079 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
17:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
86%
Teachers
63 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+4.6 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+3.9 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
24.2%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 120 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic95.9%
White2.7%
Asian0.3%
Black0.6%
Other0.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Griffith Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard11.3%
Met Standard23.9%
Below Standard64.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "35% proficient" for Griffith Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

11.3% of students exceeded standard while 23.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 6.0 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 7.5 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The 4 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 13.6% exceeded — 2.2 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 1.8 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. 24.2% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 20.8%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
11.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
35.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+1.8pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
20.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
2,038
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th31111.3%29.9%28.6%30.2%41.2%
7th34613.0%37.3%23.7%26.0%50.3%
8th35815.1%31.6%24.9%28.5%46.6%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th3147.6%16.6%35.0%40.8%24.2%
7th35010.0%17.1%30.3%42.6%27.1%
8th35911.1%11.1%19.2%58.5%22.3%
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