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Virgil Middle

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

School overview

Enrollment
1,044 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
18:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
95%
Teachers
59 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+12.5 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+16.1 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
13.7%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 249 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic79.3%
White3.5%
Asian6.8%
Black3.0%
Other7.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Virgil Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard21.5%
Met Standard21.0%
Below Standard57.5%

What other rankings don't show you

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

21.5% of students exceeded standard while 21.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 4.1 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 2.6 points above the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. Compared to the 8 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 11.2 points higher (vs 10.3% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 8.5 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 significantly year-over-year. 13.7% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 20.6%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
21.5%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
42.5%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-8.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
20.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,865
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th29918.1%25.1%24.1%32.8%43.1%
7th31817.0%26.1%21.1%35.9%43.1%
8th31018.1%25.8%20.3%35.8%43.9%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th29632.1%16.6%24.3%27.0%48.6%
7th32823.5%21.6%18.3%36.6%45.1%
8th31420.1%10.8%23.9%45.2%30.9%

Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score