Summary:
Middle schools in Beverly Hills Unified are represented by one school, Beverly Vista Middle, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 687 students. Its most important finding is that the school performed well above California in all three reported subjects in 2025–26: proficiency was 72% in English language arts, 64% in math, and 63% in science, compared with 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide.
There is no second school in the area to compare as a top or bottom performer, so the clearest distinction is the school’s strong performance against the state. Its largest advantage was in science, at 27 percentage points; its advantages were 25 points in math and 23 points in English language arts. Comparisons with the district are more mixed: the school was 3 points below the district in English language arts and 5 points below in math, but 7 points above in science. Within the school, English language arts results rose from 68% in grade 6 to 77% in grade 8, while math was more consistent, ranging from 61% to 65%.
Results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26, with the biggest gains in science and math. English language arts rose from 70% to 72%, math from 58% to 64%, and science from 52% to 63%; the school’s lead over California also widened in each subject, most notably in science, from 20 to 27 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved from 342nd of 2,783 schools (88th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–24 to 221st of 2,703 (92nd percentile, 5 stars) in 2025–26. For additional context, the school had a 13.2 student-teacher ratio in 2024–25, and 30% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 13% in 2025–26, lower than California’s 18% but above the district’s 11%.
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