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Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle

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

School overview

Enrollment
471 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
17:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
89%
Teachers
28 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+14.6 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+28.3 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
15.6%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 96 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic74.7%
White8.3%
Asian1.9%
Black8.7%
Other6.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard10.4%
Met Standard21.7%
Below Standard67.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "32% proficient" for Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

10.4% of students exceeded standard while 21.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 6.9 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 8.5 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 17.8% exceeded — 7.4 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 6.3 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 significantly year-over-year. 15.6% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 24.6%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
10.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
32.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-6.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
24.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
875
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1076.5%35.5%15.9%42.1%42.1%
7th16410.4%28.1%24.4%37.2%38.4%
8th1675.4%26.4%26.4%41.9%31.7%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th10712.2%13.1%23.4%51.4%25.2%
7th16414.0%18.3%27.4%40.2%32.3%
8th16613.9%9.0%19.9%57.2%22.9%
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