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Cactus Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

3243 East Ave R8

Palmdale CA, 93550, Los Angeles County

Phone: 661-273-0847

Ranking:

(6,713 out of 6,930, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Palmdale Elementary School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	42		48		50		NA	NA	40		47		50
Total Students:	916		1,045		1,142		1,030		1,034		1,064		1,064
Grade 7:	421	46.0%	510	48.8%	600	52.5%	502	48.7%	471	45.6%	485	45.6%	471	44.3%
Grade 8:	495	54.0%	535	51.2%	540	47.3%	436	42.3%	467	45.2%	465	43.7%	471	44.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	453	49.5%	528	50.5%	575	50.4%	522	50.7%	544	52.6%	544	51.1%	532	50.0%
Female:	463	50.5%	517	49.5%	567	49.6%	508	49.3%	490	47.4%	520	48.9%	528	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.4%	5	0.5%	5	0.4%	2	0.2%	4	0.4%	4	0.4%	3	0.3%
Asian:	12	1.3%	9	0.9%	20	1.8%	28	2.7%	27	2.6%	24	2.3%	21	2.0%
Hispanic:	670	73.1%	764	73.1%	826	72.3%	751	72.9%	729	70.5%	731	68.7%	766	72.0%
Black:	163	17.8%	187	17.9%	192	16.8%	163	15.8%	186	18.0%	196	18.4%	195	18.3%
White:	48	5.2%	60	5.7%	77	6.7%	60	5.8%	67	6.5%	71	6.7%	79	7.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	2.0%	20	1.9%	19	1.7%	23	2.2%	20	1.9%	38	3.6%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	687	75.0%	772	73.9%	NA	NA	641	62.2%	647	62.6%	694	65.2%	565	53.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	112	12.2%	111	10.6%	NA	NA	77	7.5%	110	10.6%	165	15.5%	141	13.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.71		21.68		22.74		NA	NA	25.85		20.50		21.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAR
2004	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317.6	322.4	337.7
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	273.1	309.1	335.8
2004	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290.1	304.8	318.5
2004	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315.2	320.1	332.8
2005	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307.1	319.4	335.4
2006	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305.9	321	337.4
2007	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306.9	322.3	339.5
2008	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317.8	328	345.5
2009	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316.8	343.2	352.5
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298.7	312.5	334.7
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	315.4	339.5
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289.3	315.6	341
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305.9	320.3	343.2
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312.8	321.5	347.9
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316.8	338.1	354.5
2011	Algebra I	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394.4	416.3	428.8
2012	Algebra I	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	383.8	373.9	434.3
2013	Algebra I	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381.3	401.8	437.3
2004	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	313.1	332.4
2005	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	315	337.4
2006	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312.8	318.3	341
2007	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307.3	317	342.9
2008	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	325.8	348.6
2009	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319.7	332.1	354.3
2010	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321.1	335.2	356.4
2011	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331.9	340.3	360.3
2012	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335.4	341.6	366.6
2013	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328.7	338.3	363.5
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297.5	302	328.5
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305.8	308.6	333.6
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301.2	308.3	338.2
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302.7	310.4	336
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309.5	318	339.3
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319.9	326.7	345
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313.1	331.2	352.2
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322.5	341.3	354.9
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.6	339.5	360.5
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328.0	344.8	357.9
2004	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	291	330.8
2005	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277.9	291.4	330.4
2006	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294.1	291.4	338.5
2007	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292.6	289	336.8
2008	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285.2	289.9	342.9
2009	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291.3	296.2	347.3
2010	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286.6	299	350.3
2011	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299.1	310	351.9
2012	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308.4	311.7	355.1
2013	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297.2	305.3	358.0
2004	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309.2	314.4	328.1
2005	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308.5	313.9	334.4
2006	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320.3	317.8	339.2
2007	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304.6	314.4	338.7
2008	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316.8	320	341.2
2009	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309.6	326.4	348.5
2010	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318.9	332.8	357.1
2011	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.9	339.9	361.8
2012	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339.1	344.6	365.2
2013	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331.4	337.5	361.3
2012	Geometry	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	382.4	426
2013	Geometry	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330.3	359.4	422.6
2004	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299.4	300.3	319.2
2005	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297.4	301.9	323.8
2006	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306.6	303.6	327.9
2007	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295.6	302	329.8
2008	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302.2	307.4	333.9
2009	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295	312.5	340.2
2010	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303.1	316.9	348.1
2011	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311.5	328.4	352.6
2012	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.9	339.4	356.6
2013	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328.7	334.5	357.1
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298.6	308.8	331.2
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285.2	308.4	339.7
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317.4	323.1	355
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	333	364.3
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	341.5	375.3
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343.8	366.2	385.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379.8	383.9	394.8
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362.1	367.0	390.9
2004	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	276	291	304.9
2005	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	277.9	291.4	307.8
2006	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	294.1	291.4	308.6
2007	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	293	289.3	311.1
2008	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	285.2	290.1	314.6
2009	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	291.4	296.7	319.7
2010	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	286.6	300.5	323.9
2011	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	305.7	311.7	326.9
2012	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	312.6	316.2	330.4
2013	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	301.6	308.8	334.1
2012	Geometry	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	382	382.4	322.8
2013	Geometry	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	330.3	359.4	320.8

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* Cactus Middle Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.