Summary:
Planada, California, has one listed middle school, Cesar E. Chavez Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 305 students. There are no other local middle schools in this comparison, so families can compare its results with the state, the district and its own results across grades and years. In 2025–2026, the school was above the district in ELA, math and science, but below California in all three: it scored 46% in ELA, 31% in math and 34% in science, with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. The most important finding is that math remains the school’s largest gap to the state—7 points—even after a strong recent gain.
Results vary substantially by grade, with eighth grade standing out positively and sixth grade furthest behind. Eighth graders scored 53% in ELA, 4 points above the state, and 38% in math, 1 point above. By contrast, sixth-grade ELA was 38%, 10 points below the state, while sixth-grade math was 24%, 13 points below. Across all grades, the school was 5 points above the Planada Elementary district in ELA, 4 points above in math and 3 points above in science. This means its overall results compare favorably with the district, even though they remain below state results.
Proficiency improved in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Math rose 6 points at the school, compared with 1 point statewide, narrowing the school’s math gap by 5 points; ELA rose 1 point and science 4 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 53rd percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026, up from the 49th percentile and 2 stars the year before, matching its 2023–2024 ranking. Other context includes a 17.4 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 90% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. Chronic absenteeism was 7% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 18% but slightly above the district’s 7%.
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