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Mesa Linda Middle

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

School overview

Enrollment
726 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
19:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
80%
Teachers
39 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+11.5 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+18.2 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
19.2%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 104 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic56.5%
White5.5%
Asian0.8%
Black28.5%
Other8.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Mesa Linda Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard1.7%
Met Standard7.9%
Below Standard90.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "10% proficient" for Mesa Linda Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

1.7% of students exceeded standard while 7.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 15.6 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 3.7 points below the Adelanto Elementary district average of 5.5%. 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 3.8 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 significantly year-over-year. 19.2% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 47.2%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
1.7%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
9.7%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+3.8pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
47.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
34.1%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,300
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th2281.8%12.3%23.3%62.7%14.0%
7th2240.5%9.8%21.9%67.9%10.3%
8th2011.5%9.4%16.4%72.6%10.9%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th2260.9%2.6%14.6%81.9%3.5%
7th2241.8%3.1%14.7%80.4%4.9%
8th1974.1%10.2%12.2%73.6%14.2%
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