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William Jefferson Clinton Middle

Middle School
Los Angeles UnifiedLos AngelesLos Angeles County90007
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
635 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
97%
Teachers
32 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Maintained
+2.1 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Maintained
-0.2 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
20.4%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 172 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic93.9%
White0.3%
Black5.7%
Other0.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for William Jefferson Clinton Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard7.9%
Met Standard17.1%
Below Standard75.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "25% proficient" for William Jefferson Clinton Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

7.9% of students exceeded standard while 17.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.4 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 10.9 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 8.3% exceeded — about the same. 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 3.3 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 maintained year-over-year. 20.4% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 32.6%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

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Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
7.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
25.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+3.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
32.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
2.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,181
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1836.6%14.8%30.6%48.1%21.3%
7th2095.7%21.5%19.6%53.1%27.3%
8th1975.6%19.3%23.9%51.3%24.9%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1879.1%13.9%24.1%52.9%23.0%
7th20911.0%16.8%24.9%47.4%27.8%
8th1969.7%16.3%24.5%49.5%26.0%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data
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Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

Nearby schools

Nearby Middle Schools

9 within ~3 mi · avg 35.3

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Nearby Elementary Schools

50 within ~3 mi · avg 38.9

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Nearby High Schools

20 within ~3 mi · avg 46.5

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