How does Medea Creek Middle compare to other middle schools in Oak Park?

Medea Creek Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 65.9/100, placing it at the 94th percentile statewide. 45% of students exceed standard, with a total of 2,117 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Medea Creek Middle?

45.0% of students at Medea Creek Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 75.9% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Medea Creek Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Medea Creek Middle's proficiency rate decreases by 3.5 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This pattern in test scores may reflect a variety of factors beyond the school itself.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Medea Creek Middle?

6.0% of students at Medea Creek 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.

Medea Creek Middle

Middle School

Oak Park Unified Oak ParkVentura County91377

📍 1002 Doubletree Road

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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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

1,057 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

24:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

12%

Teachers

44 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+3.7 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Maintained

+2.8 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

43.5%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 23 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic10.6%

White52.2%

Asian25.3%

Black1.2%

Other10.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Medea Creek Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	45.0%
Met Standard	30.9%
Below Standard	24.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "76% proficient" for Medea Creek Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

45.0% of students exceeded standard while 30.9% met it. That exceeded rate is 27.7 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 3.6 points below the Oak Park Unified district average of 48.6%. Compared to the 1 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 14.9 points higher (vs 30.1% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 3.5 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 and Math maintained year-over-year. 43.5% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 6.0%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

45.0%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

75.9%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-3.5pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

6.0%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

1.4%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

2,117

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	363	36.9%	41.6%	15.4%	6.1%	78.5%
7th	360	47.5%	36.7%	11.7%	4.2%	84.2%
8th	334	40.7%	38.3%	14.1%	6.9%	79.0%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	367	46.6%	24.8%	19.9%	8.7%	71.4%
7th	355	54.9%	23.7%	15.5%	5.9%	78.6%
8th	338	43.5%	20.4%	21.0%	15.1%	63.9%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

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Middle

Medea Creek Middle

65.994th pctile

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High School

Oak Park High

84.099th pctile

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