How does Orinda Intermediate compare to other middle schools in Orinda?

Orinda Intermediate has a SchoolScope composite score of 70.6/100, placing it at the 97th percentile statewide. 58% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,630 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Orinda Intermediate?

57.7% of students at Orinda Intermediate exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 83.7% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Orinda Intermediate improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Orinda Intermediate's proficiency rate decreases by 8.1 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 Orinda Intermediate?

7.2% of students at Orinda Intermediate 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.

Orinda Intermediate

Middle School

Orinda Union OrindaContra Costa County94563

📍 80 Ivy Drive

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

⭐

High Ceiling

A high-ceiling school — students here are pushed to exceed, not just meet, the standard.

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

820 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

18:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

Teachers

45 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+11.4 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+8.5 pts DFS change

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic8.4%

White54.4%

Asian18.3%

Black0.8%

Other18.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Orinda Intermediate
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	57.7%
Met Standard	26.0%
Below Standard	16.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "84% proficient" for Orinda Intermediate and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

57.7% of students exceeded standard while 26.0% met it. That exceeded rate is 40.4 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 4.6 points below the Orinda Union district average of 62.3%. Compared to the 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 12.5 points higher (vs 45.1% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 8.1 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 year-over-year.

Chronic absenteeism is 7.2%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

57.7%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

83.7%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-8.1pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

7.2%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

1.3%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,630

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	261	64.0%	26.4%	7.7%	1.9%	90.4%
7th	270	59.3%	29.3%	7.4%	4.1%	88.5%
8th	284	43.0%	41.2%	12.0%	3.9%	84.2%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	261	59.0%	24.1%	13.0%	3.8%	83.1%
7th	270	67.0%	15.6%	11.5%	5.9%	82.6%
8th	284	53.9%	19.4%	18.7%	8.1%	73.2%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Wagner Ranch Elementary

80.099th pctile

Glorietta Elementary

77.799th pctile

Sleepy Hollow Elementary

76.699th pctile

Del Rey Elementary

74.498th pctile

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Middle

Orinda Intermediate

70.697th pctile

This school

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High School

No feeder data available for this level

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