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Portola Junior High Middle School
1021 Navellier St El Cerrito CA, 94530, Contra Costa County Phone: 510-524-0405 Ranking:  (5,144 out of 6,930, bottom 26%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: West Contra Costa Unified School District Title I Eligible School: No 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: | 23 | 21 | 20 | NA | NA | 30 | 34 | 39 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 526 | 525 | 466 | 584 | 599 | 553 | 556 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 70 | 11.7% | 99 | 17.9% | 105 | 18.9% |
| Grade 7: | 261 | 49.6% | 252 | 48.0% | 250 | 53.6% | 72 | 12.3% | 259 | 43.2% | 240 | 43.4% | 228 | 41.0% |
| Grade 8: | 265 | 50.4% | 273 | 52.0% | 216 | 46.4% | 258 | 44.2% | 270 | 45.1% | 214 | 38.7% | 223 | 40.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 264 | 50.2% | 278 | 53.0% | 256 | 54.9% | 300 | 51.4% | 310 | 51.8% | 291 | 52.6% | 302 | 54.3% |
| Female: | 262 | 49.8% | 247 | 47.0% | 210 | 45.1% | 284 | 48.6% | 289 | 48.2% | 262 | 47.4% | 250 | 45.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 118 | 22.4% | 113 | 21.5% | 112 | 24.0% | 92 | 15.8% | 123 | 20.5% | 111 | 20.1% | 92 | 16.5% |
| Hispanic: | 143 | 27.2% | 156 | 29.7% | 154 | 33.0% | 165 | 28.3% | 174 | 29.0% | 133 | 24.1% | 154 | 27.7% |
| Black: | 142 | 27.0% | 153 | 29.1% | 119 | 25.5% | 125 | 21.4% | 180 | 30.1% | 181 | 32.7% | 215 | 38.7% |
| White: | 110 | 20.9% | 95 | 18.1% | 74 | 15.9% | 79 | 13.5% | 118 | 19.7% | 93 | 16.8% | 94 | 16.9% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 9 | 1.7% | 4 | 0.8% | 6 | 1.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.7% | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 121 | 20.7% | 2 | 0.3% | 31 | 5.6% | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 240 | 45.6% | 279 | 53.1% | NA | NA | 269 | 46.1% | 287 | 47.9% | 252 | 45.6% | 278 | 50.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 68 | 12.9% | 54 | 10.3% | NA | NA | 44 | 7.5% | 72 | 12.0% | 72 | 13.0% | 81 | 14.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 22.87 | 24.71 | 23.30 | NA | NA | 19.83 | 12.80 | 14.40 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| STAR | ||||||
| 2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 308.4 | 318 | 332.8 |
| 2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 311.9 | 322.3 | 335.4 |
| 2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 314.7 | 321.6 | 337.4 |
| 2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 316.3 | 325.1 | 339.5 |
| 2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 322.2 | 329.7 | 345.5 |
| 2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 334.2 | 335.8 | 352.5 |
| 2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 352.4 | 340.4 | 356.8 |
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 404.1 | 346.4 | 358.4 |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 303.6 | 315.8 | 334.7 |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 309.5 | 320.7 | 339.5 |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 305.7 | 323.3 | 341 |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 311.2 | 324.5 | 343.2 |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 322.1 | 327.1 | 347.9 |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313.9 | 329.4 | 354.5 |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 360 | 336.1 | 360.5 |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 438.3 | 346 | 364.6 |
| 2013 | Algebra I | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 392.4 | 393.0 | 437.3 |
| 2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 325.4 | 314.6 | 332.4 |
| 2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 331.9 | 320.5 | 337.4 |
| 2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 319.3 | 319.5 | 341 |
| 2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 335.7 | 321.2 | 342.9 |
| 2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 335.9 | 324.5 | 348.6 |
| 2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 343 | 333.5 | 354.3 |
| 2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 341.1 | 331.9 | 356.4 |
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 348.1 | 337.6 | 360.3 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 369 | 345 | 366.6 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 355.0 | 337.8 | 363.5 |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 315.2 | 304.1 | 328.5 |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 320.6 | 312 | 333.6 |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 322.2 | 314.7 | 338.2 |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 332.7 | 314 | 336 |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 327 | 315.4 | 339.3 |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 331 | 321.8 | 345 |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 328.9 | 323.4 | 352.2 |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 339.1 | 330.3 | 354.9 |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 348.7 | 341.5 | 360.5 |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 336.3 | 338.7 | 357.9 |
| 2004 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 321.9 | 317.5 | 330.8 |
| 2005 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326.2 | 326 | 330.4 |
| 2006 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 328.6 | 321.3 | 338.5 |
| 2007 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 311.3 | 310.1 | 336.8 |
| 2008 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 333.5 | 302.3 | 342.9 |
| 2009 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 309.5 | 293.2 | 347.3 |
| 2010 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 299.3 | 296.5 | 350.3 |
| 2011 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 292.4 | 295.1 | 351.9 |
| 2012 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 304.8 | 290.9 | 355.1 |
| 2013 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 311.8 | 304.7 | 358.0 |
| 2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326.8 | 313.8 | 328.1 |
| 2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 328.4 | 319 | 334.4 |
| 2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 336.4 | 318.6 | 339.2 |
| 2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 324.3 | 319.9 | 338.7 |
| 2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326.9 | 317.1 | 341.2 |
| 2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 330.8 | 324.9 | 348.5 |
| 2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 341.3 | 331 | 357.1 |
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 347.9 | 336.5 | 361.8 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 351.4 | 335.7 | 365.2 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 359.8 | 337.4 | 361.3 |
| 2004 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 274.1 | 289.6 | 311.1 |
| 2005 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 273.9 | 295.1 | 316.4 |
| 2006 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 272.9 | 292.4 | 316.3 |
| 2007 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 265 | 294.8 | 315.7 |
| 2008 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 273.5 | 287.4 | 320.5 |
| 2009 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 246.2 | 266 | 321.3 |
| 2011 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 248.5 | 244 | 322.7 |
| 2012 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 270.3 | 257.7 | 323.5 |
| 2004 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 311.2 | 299.8 | 319.2 |
| 2005 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 309.9 | 305.6 | 323.8 |
| 2006 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 322.3 | 305.9 | 327.9 |
| 2007 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 309.8 | 308.4 | 329.8 |
| 2008 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313.2 | 307.9 | 333.9 |
| 2009 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 316.2 | 310.1 | 340.2 |
| 2010 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 329.3 | 316.7 | 348.1 |
| 2011 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 320.7 | 319.5 | 352.6 |
| 2012 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 346.6 | 321.9 | 356.6 |
| 2013 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 350.5 | 328.6 | 357.1 |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 318.5 | 315.4 | 331.2 |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 303.1 | 322.3 | 339.7 |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 321.2 | 311.1 | 355 |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 306.1 | 327.3 | 364.3 |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 322.6 | 338.6 | 375.3 |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326.5 | 354.5 | 385.9 |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 339.9 | 355.5 | 394.8 |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 355.1 | 367.3 | 390.9 |
| 2004 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 321.9 | 287.4 | 304.9 |
| 2005 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 326.2 | 287.9 | 307.8 |
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 328.6 | 285.5 | 308.6 |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 311.3 | 282.3 | 311.1 |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 333.5 | 281.4 | 314.6 |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 311.2 | 278.9 | 319.7 |
| 2010 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 299.5 | 282.5 | 323.9 |
| 2011 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 293.9 | 282.6 | 326.9 |
| 2012 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 310.2 | 281.3 | 330.4 |
| 2013 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 317.7 | 290.8 | 334.1 |
| 2004 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 274.1 | 285.3 | 305.6 |
| 2005 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 273.9 | 291.5 | 310.1 |
| 2006 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 272.9 | 291.8 | 310.1 |
| 2007 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 265 | 292.5 | 311 |
| 2008 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 273.5 | 284 | 315.2 |
| 2009 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 246.2 | 266.2 | 315.8 |
| 2011 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 248.5 | 244.2 | 316.8 |
| 2012 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 270.3 | 257.6 | 318 |
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* Portola Junior High 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.