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Mt. Gleason Middle

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

School overview

Enrollment
748 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
83%
Teachers
38 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+8.9 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Maintained
-0.6 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
30.9%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 81 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic54.3%
White38.6%
Asian1.2%
Black1.2%
Other4.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Mt. Gleason Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard18.4%
Met Standard24.0%
Below Standard57.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "42% proficient" for Mt. Gleason Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

18.4% of students exceeded standard while 24.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 17.3%. That's near the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. 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 1.6 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 maintained year-over-year. 30.9% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 22.2%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
18.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
42.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+1.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
22.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,476
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th23719.0%30.4%22.8%27.9%49.4%
7th24421.3%34.8%16.0%27.9%56.1%
8th25419.3%30.7%25.2%24.8%50.0%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th23717.3%13.9%25.7%43.0%31.2%
7th24719.4%14.6%26.7%39.3%34.0%
8th25714.4%19.5%23.4%42.8%33.9%
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