Summary:
Gustine’s middle-school options consist of one school, Gustine Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 370 students. In 2025–2026, it was below California in all three tested subjects, with the largest gaps in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics: 26% versus 49% in ELA and 16% versus 38% in math. The most important finding for families is that, despite recent improvement, ELA and math proficiency remain substantially below state levels.
Science is the school’s strongest subject relative to the state, while math is its lowest-scoring subject. Science proficiency was 31%, 5 percentage points below California’s 36%; ELA was 23 points below the state, and math was 22 points below. Grade-level results highlight additional variation: seventh-grade ELA was 20% versus 51% statewide, a 31-point gap, while eighth-grade math was 23% versus 36%, a 13-point gap. Because this is the only local middle school, there is no school-to-school comparison.
Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, especially in science: school proficiency rose 11 points, from 20% to 31%, while California rose 3 points, narrowing the science gap by 8 points. ELA and math also improved, and their gaps with the state narrowed by 7 and 4 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved from 2,561st of 2,783 schools (8th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 2,130th of 2,703 (21st percentile) in 2025–2026. Context figures include an 18.9:1 student-teacher ratio and 85% of students free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 22% in 2025–2026, 3 points below Gustine Unified and 4 points above the state.
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