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Challenger Middle Middle School
41725 North 170th St East
Lancaster CA, 93535, Los Angeles County
Phone: 661-264-1790
Ranking:
(5,408 out of 6,930, bottom 22%)*

Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8
School District: Wilsona 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: | 21 | 23 | 22 | NA | NA | 28 | 23 | 31 | ||||||
Total Students: | 572 | 610 | 640 | 665 | 716 | 611 | 621 | |||||||
Grade 5: | 145 | 25.3% | 149 | 24.4% | 171 | 26.7% | 146 | 22.0% | 171 | 23.9% | 6 | 1.0% | NA | NA |
Grade 6: | 152 | 26.6% | 161 | 26.4% | 144 | 22.5% | 173 | 26.0% | 180 | 25.1% | 210 | 34.4% | 206 | 33.2% |
Grade 7: | 148 | 25.9% | 139 | 22.8% | 170 | 26.6% | 164 | 24.7% | 190 | 26.5% | 210 | 34.4% | 207 | 33.3% |
Grade 8: | 127 | 22.2% | 161 | 26.4% | 155 | 24.2% | 182 | 27.4% | 172 | 24.0% | 185 | 30.3% | 208 | 33.5% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 275 | 48.1% | 300 | 49.2% | 342 | 53.4% | 348 | 52.3% | 366 | 51.1% | 301 | 49.3% | 299 | 48.1% |
Female: | 297 | 51.9% | 310 | 50.8% | 298 | 46.6% | 317 | 47.7% | 350 | 48.9% | 310 | 50.7% | 318 | 51.2% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 6 | 1.0% | 12 | 2.0% | 10 | 1.6% | 14 | 2.1% | 16 | 2.2% | 8 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.0% |
Asian: | 4 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.5% | 7 | 1.0% | 7 | 1.1% | 5 | 0.8% |
Hispanic: | 384 | 67.1% | 391 | 64.1% | 448 | 70.0% | 428 | 64.4% | 492 | 68.7% | 398 | 65.1% | 414 | 66.7% |
Black: | 68 | 11.9% | 91 | 14.9% | 76 | 11.9% | 96 | 14.4% | 96 | 13.4% | 92 | 15.1% | 65 | 10.5% |
White: | 101 | 17.7% | 103 | 16.9% | 98 | 15.3% | 122 | 18.3% | 105 | 14.7% | 106 | 17.3% | 131 | 21.1% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 9 | 1.6% | 11 | 1.8% | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 256 | 44.8% | 607 | 99.5% | NA | NA | 662 | 99.5% | 713 | 99.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 618 | 99.5% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 45 | 7.9% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 27.90 | 26.72 | 28.60 | NA | NA | 25.30 | 22.60 | 19.80 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
STAR | ||||||
2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 336.8 | 336.8 | 359.4 |
2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 339.5 | 339.5 | 362 |
2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 352.4 | 352.4 | 366.1 |
2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 357.3 | 357.3 | 365.2 |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 373.3 | 373.3 | 383.4 |
2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 411.5 | 411.5 | 392.6 |
2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 447.8 | 447.8 | 395.3 |
2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 435.4 | 435.4 | 393.2 |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 343.9 | 343.9 | 362.2 |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 354.4 | 354.4 | 367.2 |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 366.6 | 366.6 | 367.4 |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 351.5 | 351.5 | 366.9 |
2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 318.6 | 318 | 332.8 |
2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 320.5 | 318.6 | 335.4 |
2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 311.9 | 311.2 | 337.4 |
2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 320.9 | 319.5 | 339.5 |
2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326.1 | 323.7 | 345.5 |
2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 330.8 | 329.2 | 352.5 |
2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 331.6 | 330.6 | 356.8 |
2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 327.9 | 326.8 | 358.4 |
2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 338.5 | 337.6 | 364.2 |
2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 345.8 | 343.7 | 363.0 |
2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 342.4 | 339.7 | 334.7 |
2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 346 | 344 | 339.5 |
2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 331.3 | 328.8 | 341 |
2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 338.6 | 336 | 343.2 |
2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326.1 | 324 | 347.9 |
2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 337.2 | 335 | 354.5 |
2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 317.1 | 316.6 | 360.5 |
2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 332.7 | 330 | 364.6 |
2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 336.7 | 335.7 | 366.8 |
2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 334.4 | 332.0 | 366.5 |
2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 323.2 | 322.5 | 332.4 |
2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 324.6 | 323.7 | 337.4 |
2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 327.1 | 325.3 | 341 |
2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 332.8 | 330.5 | 342.9 |
2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 327.3 | 326.5 | 348.6 |
2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 325.3 | 325.1 | 354.3 |
2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 329.8 | 328.7 | 356.4 |
2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 329.4 | 329.6 | 360.3 |
2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 346.1 | 345.5 | 366.6 |
2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 341.7 | 341.3 | 363.5 |
2004 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 367.1 | 363.5 | 328.5 |
2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 422.7 | 413.6 | 333.6 |
2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 388.4 | 382.4 | 338.2 |
2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326.5 | 323.5 | 336 |
2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 320.8 | 319.9 | 339.3 |
2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 302.8 | 302.9 | 345 |
2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 314.4 | 312.5 | 352.2 |
2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 321.6 | 320.5 | 354.9 |
2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 341.2 | 340.2 | 360.5 |
2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 344.3 | 344.5 | 357.9 |
2004 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 388.6 | 388.6 | 330.8 |
2005 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 382.3 | 382.3 | 330.4 |
2006 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313.1 | 310.7 | 338.5 |
2007 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313.4 | 311.1 | 336.8 |
2008 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 311.5 | 308.6 | 342.9 |
2009 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 310.4 | 306 | 347.3 |
2010 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 319.5 | 317.5 | 350.3 |
2011 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 322.3 | 322.3 | 351.9 |
2012 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 325.4 | 325.4 | 355.1 |
2013 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 339.6 | 338.8 | 358.0 |
2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 317.3 | 315.4 | 328.1 |
2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 323.9 | 323.2 | 334.4 |
2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 325.8 | 324.7 | 339.2 |
2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 329.8 | 329.1 | 338.7 |
2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 325.9 | 324.2 | 341.2 |
2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 319.1 | 317.6 | 348.5 |
2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 325.9 | 324.6 | 357.1 |
2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 349 | 347 | 361.8 |
2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 344.4 | 341.6 | 365.2 |
2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 347.1 | 344.7 | 361.3 |
2004 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313.6 | 311.9 | 311.1 |
2005 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 341.6 | 335.6 | 316.4 |
2006 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 275 | 292.5 | 316.3 |
2008 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 243.9 | 243 | 320.5 |
2009 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 272 | 272 | 321.3 |
2004 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 308.4 | 307.1 | 319.2 |
2005 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 307.1 | 305.7 | 323.8 |
2006 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 318.4 | 317.6 | 327.9 |
2007 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 325.6 | 324 | 329.8 |
2008 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 324.2 | 322.4 | 333.9 |
2009 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 324.5 | 322.2 | 340.2 |
2010 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 309.6 | 308.6 | 348.1 |
2011 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 330.6 | 327.6 | 352.6 |
2012 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 327.4 | 324.8 | 356.6 |
2013 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 342.4 | 340.5 | 357.1 |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 330.9 | 328.9 | 331.2 |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 340.5 | 337.1 | 339.7 |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 341.5 | 337.4 | 355 |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 346 | 340.2 | 364.3 |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 349.5 | 347.1 | 375.3 |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 370.2 | 365.7 | 385.9 |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 361.2 | 355.7 | 394.8 |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 385.8 | 380.6 | 390.9 |
2004 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 388.6 | 388.6 | 304.9 |
2005 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 382.3 | 382.3 | 307.8 |
2006 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 313.1 | 310.7 | 308.6 |
2007 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 313.4 | 311.1 | 311.1 |
2008 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 311.5 | 308.6 | 314.6 |
2009 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 310.4 | 306 | 319.7 |
2010 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 319.5 | 317.5 | 323.9 |
2011 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 322.3 | 322.3 | 326.9 |
2012 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 325.4 | 325.4 | 330.4 |
2013 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 339.6 | 338.8 | 334.1 |
2004 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 313.6 | 311.9 | 305.6 |
2005 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 341.6 | 335.6 | 310.1 |
2006 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 275 | 292.5 | 310.1 |
2008 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 243.9 | 243 | 315.2 |
2009 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 272 | 272 | 315.8 |
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* Challenger Middle Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.