Rancho Milpitas Middle: High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Rancho Milpitas posts 42.9% exceeding the standard — versus 16.8% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74 | 43% | 66% | — | 12.7% | 3.3% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
Rancho Milpitas Middle scores 74 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 95th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
💪 Strong All-Around — Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.
Most rating sites would stop at “66% proficient” and call it done. Rancho Milpitas deserves a closer read. The school sits in Milpitas, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Rancho Milpitas's low-income kids hit 60.7% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
Rancho Milpitas's most underrated number
60.7% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Rancho Milpitas Middle in Milpitas, 60.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 54.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Rancho Milpitas Middle outperforms its district average for low-income students by 6.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (38.7% Math proficient); Asian students (87.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 58.9 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 301 students tested.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$623 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 55% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 59
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 75
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 7 | 355 | 43% | 31% | 14% | 11% | 75% | +27 |
| Grade 8 | 322 | 40% | 34% | 16% | 11% | 74% | +28 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 7 | 359 | 47% | 13% | 19% | 21% | 60% | +26 |
| Grade 8 | 323 | 42% | 16% | 19% | 24% | 58% | +25 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 325 | 29% | 26% | 37% | 8% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 301 | 60.7% | +7 | +22 |
| Asian | 343 | 87.8% | +4 | +13 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 158 | 43.3% | +5 | +4 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Milpitas Middle ← | — | 74 | 42.9% | 66.4% | — | 3.3% |
| Sierramont Middle | 1.7 mi | 68 | 39.6% | 67.0% | +2.0 | 1.0% |
| Piedmont Middle | 2.8 mi | 56 | 27.1% | 51.8% | −1.0 | 2.9% |
| Morrill Middle | 1 mi | 54 | 29.8% | 53.6% | −3.7 | 2.0% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 4.3% | 13.5% | +9.2pp |
| Male | 4.1% | 11.8% | +7.7pp |
| Asian | 0.9% | 3.9% | +3.0pp |
| Black/African American | 17.6% | 27.3% | +9.7pp |
| White | 1.5% | 11.9% | +10.4pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 10.5% | 27.9% | +17.4pp |
| Pacific Islander | 9.1% | — | — |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 13.0% | +13.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 16.4% | 30.5% | +14.1pp |
| English Learners | 6.7% | 26.7% | +20.0pp |
| Homeless | 8.3% | 32.0% | +23.7pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 8.7% | 20.8% | +12.1pp |
| All Students | 4.2% | 12.6% | +8.4pp |
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