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John Muir Middle

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

School overview

Enrollment
685 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
99%
Teachers
31 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+25.3 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+26.2 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
18.8%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 197 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic80.9%
White1.9%
Asian0.1%
Black16.1%
Other1.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for John Muir Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard5.8%
Met Standard13.9%
Below Standard80.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "20% proficient" for John Muir Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

5.8% of students exceeded standard while 13.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 11.5 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 13.0 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The 9 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 8.0% 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 3.2 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 significantly and Math increased significantly year-over-year. 18.8% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 39.9%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
5.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
19.7%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+3.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
39.9%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.3%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,233
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1659.1%9.7%23.6%57.6%18.8%
7th1964.6%22.4%25.0%48.0%27.0%
8th2474.0%23.5%27.9%44.5%27.5%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1714.7%12.3%19.3%63.7%17.0%
7th2025.9%7.4%18.8%67.8%13.4%
8th2526.8%7.9%16.3%69.0%14.7%
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