How does White Hill Middle compare to other middle schools in Fairfax?

White Hill Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 59.3/100, placing it at the 88th percentile statewide. 39% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,178 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at White Hill Middle?

38.5% of students at White Hill Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 69.9% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is White Hill Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, White Hill Middle's proficiency rate decreases by 0.9 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 White Hill Middle?

14.7% of students at White Hill Middle 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.

White Hill Middle

Middle School

Ross Valley Elementary FairfaxMarin County94930

📍 101 Glen Drive

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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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

628 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

18:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

15%

Teachers

34 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+7.5 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+7.8 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

8.7%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 23 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic14.7%

White72.8%

Asian2.1%

Black1.3%

Other9.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for White Hill Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	38.5%
Met Standard	31.4%
Below Standard	30.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "70% proficient" for White Hill Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

38.5% of students exceeded standard while 31.4% met it. That exceeded rate is 21.2 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 10.0 points below the Ross Valley Elementary district average of 48.5%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 0.9 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. 8.7% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 14.7%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

38.5%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

69.9%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-0.9pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

14.7%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

4.4%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,178

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	192	29.2%	42.2%	18.2%	10.4%	71.3%
7th	209	50.2%	33.5%	12.0%	4.3%	83.7%
8th	191	38.7%	36.1%	17.8%	7.3%	74.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	191	41.4%	25.1%	19.4%	14.1%	66.5%
7th	207	34.8%	27.1%	29.0%	9.2%	61.8%
8th	188	36.7%	24.5%	22.3%	16.5%	61.2%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Wade Thomas Elementary

72.697th pctile

Hidden Valley Elementary

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Middle

White Hill Middle

59.388th 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.