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Evelyn Hanshaw Middle

Public Grades 7-8

2113^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 23% of California middle schools

Summary

Evelyn Hanshaw Middle is a public school serving about 650 students in grades 7 and 8 within the Modesto City Elementary district, which ranks in the lower quarter of all districts in California.

The school faces significant academic challenges, with student proficiency in English, math, and science well below state averages, and it ranks in the bottom quarter of all California middle schools. It serves a community with very high economic need, with over 93% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. When compared to nearby schools like Daniel J. Savage Middle or Prescott Junior High, Evelyn Hanshaw's academic performance is generally lower, though it is similar to other schools in its own district, such as Mark Twain Junior High.

Despite these challenges, recent years show promising signs of improvement, including a notable rise in its statewide ranking and a significant drop in chronic student absences. The school spends more per student than any other school in the local comparison, which may support these positive trends. Key areas for continued growth include improving mathematics instruction—a common challenge in the region—and further reducing absenteeism, as schools with similar demographics but better attendance, like Mark Twain Junior High, tend to have stronger academic outcomes.

650

Students ?

19.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,933

Per pupil spending ?

93.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1725 Las Vegas St.
Modesto, CA 95358-5500

(209) 574-1794

District: Modesto City Elementary

Students who attend Evelyn Hanshaw Middle usually attend:

High:

Thomas Downey High

Feeder schools for Evelyn Hanshaw Middle:

Elementary:	Bret Harte Elementary
	Fairview Elementary
	Robertson Road Elementary
	Shackelford Elementary
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	Tuolumne Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

88.3%

Two or more races:

4.3%

White:

2.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 13th percentile in 2015 → 23rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

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

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg27%

California avg41%

2,113^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 23%▲ up 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 23% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 4Middle Schools in the Modesto City Elementary

1210^th of 1,543Modesto City Elementary 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	22.9	2113 of 2761	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	2340 of 2783	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.8	2327 of 2781	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.2	2486 of 2740	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.9	842 of 894	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.4	2443 of 2715	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.1	2243 of 2480	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.5	2311 of 2508	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	18.2	2098 of 2497	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.1	2155 of 2477	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	11.0	2206 of 2379	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	11.7	2093 of 2259	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	13.2	2037 of 2236	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	19.5	1865 of 2179	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	23.2	1655 of 2063	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	32.0	1375 of 2005	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2007	40.0	1113 of 1999	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2006	32.9	1189 of 1804	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	31.1	1200 of 1777	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2004	31.7	1167 of 1769	34.0%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	1.7	720 of 733	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	19.0	1471 of 1531	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	24.7	313 of 354	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.0	1366 of 1491	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	24.8	1148 of 1369	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	43.7	603 of 1478	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	31.9	1124 of 1521	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.6	1043 of 1540	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.7	335 of 363	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.4	1211 of 1442	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.1	1301 of 1364	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	1871 of 2533	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	2148 of 2551	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.9	2092 of 2531	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.7	2234 of 2509	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.0	721 of 738	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.2	2165 of 2380	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.3	2054 of 2262	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.8	1616 of 2395	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.9	1872 of 2388	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.2	1784 of 2374	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.5	2027 of 2359	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.1	1976 of 2213	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.8	1839 of 2072	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.8	1725 of 2542	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.2	2056 of 2579	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.9	1966 of 2531	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.1	2131 of 2458	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.2	648 of 721	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.5	2075 of 2369	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.9	1971 of 2230	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.1	2073 of 2534	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.4	2189 of 2552	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	2183 of 2538	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.3	2363 of 2527	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.5	676 of 763	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	2224 of 2407	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.4	2121 of 2273	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.1	666 of 726	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.8	679 of 701	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.2	665 of 677	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	2.4	663 of 665	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.7	1051 of 1566	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.7	1247 of 1552	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.5	1322 of 1531	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	4.1	1571 of 1602	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.1	1468 of 1496	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)59th percentile+43 vs school

Special Education (2025)33rd percentile+9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)33rd percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)32nd percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)26th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)18th percentile-5 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)8th percentile-15 vs school

Disabled (2022)4th percentile-5 vs school

White (2019)2nd percentile-8 vs school

Asian (2022)2nd percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy28%-21 vs state

Mathematics22%-16 vs state

Science15%-18 vs state

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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 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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
Evelyn Hanshaw Middle	Public	7-8	1725 Las Vegas St.	Modesto	95358	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1794	650	33	19.8	93.2%	19 (2.9%)	9 (1.4%)	574 (88.3%)	17 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	28 (4.3%)	22.9	2113^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.5%		18.1	2340^th of 2783 public middle schools	15.9%	227	14.6	14.6		27.0	28.6	27.9		22.4	20.7	21.5	$21,933	$3,370	$18,563
Mark Twain Junior High	Public	7-8	707 Emerald Ave.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1918	658	30	21.5	93.6%	20 (3.0%)	10 (1.5%)	540 (82.1%)	43 (6.5%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	39 (5.9%)	19.9	2228^th of 2761 public middle schools	19.3%		18.9	2304^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.2%	76	11.4	11.4		30.9	29.7	30.3		14.0	18.1	16.1	$21,231	$4,006	$17,225
Blaker-Kinser Junior High	Public	7-8	1601 Kinser Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1810	603	28	21.4	90.4%	48 (8.0%)	8 (1.3%)	520 (86.2%)	21 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	38.6	1532^nd of 2761 public middle schools	44.5%		33.6	1683^rd of 2783 public middle schools	39.5%	151	28.0	28.0		50.0	45.6	47.7		17.2	15.1	16.1	$18,982	$2,202	$16,780
Mae Hensley Junior High	Public	7-8	1806 Moffet Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1820	636	28	23.1	93.1%	68 (10.7%)	10 (1.6%)	523 (82.2%)	25 (3.9%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	26.5	1939^th of 2761 public middle schools	29.8%		26.3	1986^th of 2783 public middle schools	28.6%	47	15.2	15.2		35.5	39.0	37.2		18.7	17.4	18.1	$17,998	$1,743	$16,255
La Loma Junior High	Public	7-8	1800 Encina Ave.	Modesto	95354	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1906	705	35	20.3	76.3%	178 (25.2%)	13 (1.8%)	439 (62.3%)	20 (2.8%)	3 (0.4%)	8 (1.1%)	44 (6.2%)	35.3	1636^th of 2761 public middle schools	40.7%		30.2	1805^th of 2783 public middle schools	35.1%	169	22.6	22.6		40.4	36.2	38.3		25.7	26.0	25.8	$20,472	$2,993	$17,479
Roosevelt Junior High	Public	7-8	1330 College Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1930	818	38	21.7	74.7%	165 (20.2%)	28 (3.4%)	476 (58.2%)	47 (5.7%)	5 (0.6%)	8 (1.0%)	89 (10.9%)	41.6	1445^th of 2761 public middle schools	47.7%		38.2	1526^th of 2783 public middle schools	45.2%	81	26.5	26.5		43.8	41.0	42.3		30.6	25.4	27.9	$22,228	$2,950	$19,278
Cesar Chavez Junior High	Public	7-8	2701 Eastgate Blvd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1830	685	31	21.8	86.7%	50 (7.3%)	11 (1.6%)	546 (79.7%)	67 (9.8%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	5 (0.7%)	29.8	1835^th of 2761 public middle schools	33.5%		29.4	1838^th of 2783 public middle schools	34.0%	3	16.5	16.5		39.6	37.9	38.8		24.9	16.1	20.6	$19,142	$2,307	$16,835
Somerset Middle	Public	6-8	1037 Floyd Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Sylvan Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-5300	947	45	20.8	74.0%	242 (25.6%)	34 (3.6%)	499 (52.7%)	85 (9.0%)	4 (0.4%)	11 (1.2%)	72 (7.6%)	38.3	1536^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.4%		32.5	1724^th of 2783 public middle schools	38.1%	188	25.2	25.2	35.1	39.5	42.9	39.2	28.4	24.6	29.8	27.7	$11,079	$786	$10,293
Prescott Junior High	Public	7-8	2243 West Rumble Rd.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Stanislaus Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 529-9892	746	36	20.5	74.3%	104 (13.9%)	26 (3.5%)	408 (54.7%)	113 (15.1%)	5 (0.7%)	8 (1.1%)	82 (11.0%)	37.9	1546^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.0%		36.4	1582^nd of 2783 public middle schools	43.2%	36	24.1	24.1		41.8	39.0	40.5		28.8	23.8	26.4	$18,353	$2,204	$16,149
Norman N. Glick Middle	Public	7-8	400 Frazine Rd.	Modesto	95357	Stanislaus County	Empire Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 577-3945	602	29	20.6	80.6%	105 (17.4%)	23 (3.8%)	414 (68.8%)	35 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	18 (3.0%)	38.7	1528^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.7%		28.7	1868^th of 2783 public middle schools	32.9%	340	21.7	21.7		50.0	47.4	48.7		20.3	18.8	19.6	$17,306	$2,730	$14,576

Frequently Asked Questions about Evelyn Hanshaw Middle

Is Evelyn Hanshaw Middle a good school?

Evelyn Hanshaw Middle ranks in the bottom 23.5% of California middle schools.

What high school do graduates of Evelyn Hanshaw Middle attend?

Students who attend Evelyn Hanshaw Middle usually go on to attend Thomas Downey High

How many students attend Evelyn Hanshaw Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 650 students attended Evelyn Hanshaw Middle.

What district is Evelyn Hanshaw Middle in?

Modesto City Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Evelyn Hanshaw Middle?

Students at Evelyn Hanshaw Middle are 88% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 3% White, 3% Asian, 1% African American.

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