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William Jefferson Clinton Middle

Q: Is William Jefferson Clinton Middle a good school?

William Jefferson Clinton Middle ranks 2066 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Q: How many students attend William Jefferson Clinton Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 622 students attended William Jefferson Clinton Middle.

Q: What is the racial makeup of William Jefferson Clinton Middle?

Students at William Jefferson Clinton Middle are 93% Hispanic, 6% African American.

Public Grades 6-8

2066^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 25% of California middle schools

Summary

William Jefferson Clinton Middle is a public middle school serving 622 students in grades 6-8 in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located in a high-need area of central Los Angeles where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with test scores in English, math, and science well below district and state averages, placing it in the bottom quarter of all California middle schools. A major concern is chronic absenteeism, with about one in three students missing too much school, which is higher than at most nearby schools like John Adams Middle. However, the analysis reveals some relative strengths: its math scores are notably higher than several other local district schools, including John Muir Middle and George Washington Carver Middle, and it has shown impressive recent improvement for its English Language Learner students.

The school's situation presents some notable contrasts. It spends more per student than almost all comparison schools, including nearby charter schools like Synergy Kinetic Academy that have stronger academic results and much lower absenteeism. Furthermore, John Adams Middle, located less than half a mile away and serving a very similar student population, achieves significantly better academic outcomes and attendance, indicating that factors beyond demographics are at play. Performance varies widely among different student groups, with a critical need for improvement for African American students, while the school has demonstrated it can make positive progress in specific areas.

622

Students ?

17.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,120

Per pupil spending ?

98.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3500 South Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90007-4333

(323) 235-7200

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend William Jefferson Clinton Middle usually attend:

High:	Dr. Maya Angelou Community High
	Nava College Preparatory Academy
	Santee Education Complex
	Thomas Jefferson Senior High

Feeder schools for William Jefferson Clinton Middle:

Elementary:	Maple Primary Center
	Ricardo Lizarraga Elementary
	Trinity Street Elementary
	West Vernon Avenue Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

93.2%

African American:

5.6%

White:

0.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 13th percentile in 2013 → 25th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 12 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (33% vs 19% California)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg39%

California avg41%

2,066^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 25%▲ up 18 pts since 2015

From bottom 7% (2015) to bottom 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

60^th of 83Middle Schools in the Los Angeles Unified

791^st of 1,543Los Angeles Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	2066 of 2761	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.8	1961 of 2783	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	2299 of 2781	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	2224 of 2740	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.7	2394 of 2715	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	2370 of 2480	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.8	2355 of 2508	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	12.2	2284 of 2497	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	11.2	2309 of 2477	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	17.8	2064 of 2379	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	12.3	2082 of 2259	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	13.2	2039 of 2236	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	6.6	2097 of 2179	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	9.5	1931 of 2063	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	10.3	1875 of 2005	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	8.7	1893 of 1999	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	10.6	624 of 627	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.0	496 of 613	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	487 of 643	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.5	519 of 600	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	22.5	1361 of 1531	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.6	1315 of 1491	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.6	1160 of 1369	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	40.8	703 of 1478	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	28.3	1337 of 1521	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.5	1117 of 1540	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.2	1278 of 1442	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	1334 of 1364	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.5	1968 of 2533	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.7	2063 of 2551	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.3	2202 of 2531	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	2069 of 2509	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	2127 of 2380	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.2	2195 of 2262	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.8	1511 of 2395	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.6	1350 of 2388	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.0	1755 of 2374	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.2	1654 of 2359	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.7	1862 of 2213	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.9	1971 of 2072	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.8	1648 of 2542	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.8	1536 of 2579	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.5	1895 of 2531	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.5	1756 of 2458	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	2008 of 2369	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	2102 of 2230	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	1890 of 2534	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.6	1624 of 2552	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.5	2020 of 2538	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.6	1985 of 2527	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	2178 of 2407	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.0	2181 of 2273	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.5	995 of 1566	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.4	1197 of 1552	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	1221 of 1531	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)52nd percentile+23 vs school

Hispanic (2025)37th percentile+12 vs school

Special Education (2025)36th percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+10 vs school

Male (2025)25th percentile~ school

Female (2025)22nd percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)11th percentile-8 vs school

African American (2024)<1st percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics26%-12 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy25%-24 vs state

Science12%-21 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Friday, April 30, 2010

im berenice im 14 and what i can see in the past 1 1/2 years that i`ve been there itz a good school taken care of the teachers are good teachers they just need more patients because they have very little and some students can get them frustrated and they go off. I`ve learned alot and the best teachers there are is ms. maria ladesma, ms. donna jones,and mr.brian newmark. they really try to teach and hold in their anger alot they really do have a gift to teach Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
William Jefferson Clinton Middle	Public	6-8	3500 South Hill St.	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-7200	622	36	17.2	98.4%	4 (0.6%)	35 (5.6%)	580 (93.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	23.7	2066^th of 2761 public middle schools	25.2%		26.8	1961^st of 2783 public middle schools	29.5%	105		11.6	11.6		21.3	27.3	24.9	24.6		23.0	27.8	26.0	25.7	$27,120	$5,515	$21,605
John Adams Middle	Public	6-8	151 West 30th St.	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 745-3700	676	38	17.7	96.4%	2 (0.3%)	27 (4.0%)	635 (93.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (1.0%)	46.7	1272^nd of 2761 public middle schools	53.9%		47.4	1236^th of 2783 public middle schools	55.6%	36		22.1	22.1		48.6	42.5	47.9	46.3		32.1	28.9	35.3	32.1	$24,670	$4,646	$20,024
George Washington Carver Middle	Public	6-8	4410 McKinley Ave.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-2900	635	39	16.1	98.3%	4 (0.6%)	49 (7.7%)	571 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)	21	2183^rd of 2761 public middle schools	20.9%		13.9	2517^th of 2783 public middle schools	9.6%	334		12.9	12.9		30.5	27.1	27.7	28.4		23.8	15.9	17.6	18.9	$27,944	$4,355	$23,589
Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12	Public, Charter	6-8	131 East 50th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-7270	496	19	25.6	91.9%	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.4%)	474 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	33.8	1684^th of 2761 public middle schools	39.0%		24.2	2073^rd of 2783 public middle schools	25.5%	389		21.5	21.5		34.8	39.5	42.6	38.9		22.0	19.4	29.2	23.5	$18,867	$2,720	$16,147
Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy	Public	6-8	1420 East Adams Blvd.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-2200	572	32	17.6	98.6%	2 (0.3%)	26 (4.5%)	541 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	22.7	2120^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.2%		18.2	2331^st of 2783 public middle schools	16.2%	211		14.5	14.5		23.1	42.1	32.0	32.7		9.3	20.0	16.8	15.6	$22,575	$5,715	$16,860
Synergy Kinetic Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	1420 East Adams Blvd.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Synergy Kinetic Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-2225	481	20	24.0	97.1%	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	477 (99.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48.3	1229^th of 2761 public middle schools	55.5%		44.8	1319^th of 2783 public middle schools	52.6%	90		26.4	26.4		34.0	54.1	49.1	45.8		27.6	36.5	34.0	32.7	$19,298	$3,443	$15,855
Animo Jefferson Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	1655 East 27th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Animo Jefferson Charter Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-1857	427	23	18.7	96.0%	8 (1.9%)	6 (1.4%)	412 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27.1	1924^th of 2761 public middle schools	30.3%		22.4	2156^th of 2783 public middle schools	22.5%	232		17.7	17.7		33.6	26.4	38.2	32.9		18.2	12.9	29.8	20.8	$25,475	$5,044	$20,431
Los Angeles Academy Middle	Public	6-8	644 East 56th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-1800	829	49	17.0	97.7%	7 (0.8%)	66 (8.0%)	742 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.6%)	24.4	2040^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.1%		20.5	2245^th of 2783 public middle schools	19.3%	205		13.8	13.8		23.9	36.3	35.6	32.8		20.5	23.0	14.4	19.2	$26,590	$5,145	$21,445
Para Los Ninos Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	835 Stanford Ave.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Para Los Ninos Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 896-2640	305	15	20.3	94.1%	7 (2.3%)	8 (2.6%)	287 (94.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	22.9	2103^rd of 2761 public middle schools	23.8%		32.8	1713^th of 2783 public middle schools	38.4%	390		18.2	18.2		34.3	34.0	26.9	31.4		23.1	16.7	11.8	16.8	$23,971	$6,600	$17,371
Crown Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	5-8	2055 West 24th St.	Los Angeles	90018	Los Angeles County	Crown Preparatory Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 448-9747	446	28	15.7	94.4%	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.8%)	408 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	34.2	1672^nd of 2761 public middle schools	39.4%		29.9	1819^th of 2783 public middle schools	34.6%	147	40.0	25.6	29.4	63.6	34.4	41.7	53.3	45.1	33.3	19.7	18.5	15.2	19.5	$18,658	$2,580	$16,078

Frequently Asked Questions about William Jefferson Clinton Middle

What is the racial makeup of William Jefferson Clinton Middle?

Students at William Jefferson Clinton Middle are 93% Hispanic, 6% African American.

What district is William Jefferson Clinton Middle in?

Los Angeles Unified

What high school do graduates of William Jefferson Clinton Middle attend?

Students who attend William Jefferson Clinton Middle usually go on to attend Dr. Maya Angelou Community High

Is William Jefferson Clinton Middle a good school?

William Jefferson Clinton Middle ranks 2066^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend William Jefferson Clinton Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 622 students attended William Jefferson Clinton Middle.

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