Middle · California
Thurston Middle
Free meals for allThurston Middle, a public middle school in Laguna Beach, California: grades 6–8, 524 students, 16.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Laguna Beach 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
- 524
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.4
- Students per teacher
- 16.7
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in California
Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared
More students per teacher than 68% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 64% of middle schools in California
Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared
Larger than 50% 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%77%proficient
+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 91% of middle schools in California
Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared
523 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%75%proficient
+9.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 95% of middle schools in California
Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared
521 students tested, grades 6, 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 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Laguna Beach Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Laguna Beach Unified.
Location
- Address
- 2100 Park Ave., Laguna Beach, CA 92651
- Phone
- (949)497-7785
- City or town
- Laguna Beach
- County
- Orange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 863 | 24.2 | 73% | 66% | |
| 6–8 | 803 | 22.3 | 71% | 65% | |
| 6–8 | 693 | 19.6 | 70% | 58% | |
Los Alisos IntermediateFree meals for all | 7–8 | 595 | 20.5 | 44% | 37% |
| 6–8 | 181 | 15.7 | 69% | 58% | |
La Paz IntermediateFree meals for all | 7–8 | 713 | 21.8 | 70% | 63% |
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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