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Suzanne Middle

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

School overview

Enrollment
1,172 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
27:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
25%
Teachers
43 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Maintained
+2.3 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+4.8 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
25.2%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 139 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic25.0%
White4.3%
Asian56.7%
Black0.6%
Other13.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Suzanne Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard43.2%
Met Standard25.3%
Below Standard31.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "69% proficient" for Suzanne Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

43.2% of students exceeded standard while 25.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 25.9 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 5.9 points below the Walnut Valley Unified district average of 49.0%. The 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 56.9% exceeded — 13.8 points higher. 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 1.9 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 maintained and Math increased year-over-year. 25.2% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 5.7%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
43.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
68.5%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+1.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
5.7%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
2,375
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th38839.2%31.7%16.5%12.6%70.9%
7th38140.4%32.0%13.9%13.7%72.4%
8th40840.4%36.0%14.0%9.6%76.5%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th40046.8%17.0%22.0%14.3%63.8%
7th38546.0%19.5%20.8%13.8%65.5%
8th41346.3%15.7%19.4%18.6%62.0%
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