Middle · California
Mendota Junior High
Free meals for allMendota Junior High, a public middle school in Mendota, California: grades 7–8, 612 students, 21.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mendota Unified.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 612
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.7
- Students per teacher
- 21.3
- Grades
- 7–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 54% of middle schools in California
Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared
More students per teacher than 92% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 53% of middle schools in California
Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared
Larger than 60% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%41%proficient
−0.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 54% of middle schools in California
Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared
584 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%19%proficient
+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 73% of middle schools in California
Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared
602 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 7–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Mendota Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mendota Unified.
Location
- Address
- 1258 East Belmont Ave., Mendota, CA 93640
- Phone
- (559)655-4301
- City or town
- Mendota
- County
- Fresno County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Firebaugh MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 503 | 18.8 | 27% | 15% |
Kerman MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 810 | 22.5 | 34% | 22% |
Dairyland ElementaryFree meals for all | 4–8 | 216 | 20.9 | 52% | 37% |
Bryant MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 487 | 21.8 | 16% | 9.1% |
Thomas Jefferson MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 948 | 19.0 | 36% | 13% |
Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 865 | 17.7 | 23% | 11% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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