Summary:
Calipatria Unified has one listed middle school, Bill E. Young Junior Middle, serving grades 5–8 and 322 students. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grade proficiency was below California’s in ELA, math, and science: 45% versus 49% in ELA, 32% versus 38% in math, and 21% versus 36% in science. The largest concern is science, where the school was 15 percentage points below the state.
With only one school listed, the clearest standouts are differences among its grades: grade 6 was strongest, while grade 5 was weakest in ELA and math. Grade 6 ELA proficiency was 57% compared with 48% statewide, 9 points higher; its math result was 38% versus 37%, about 1 point higher. Grade 5 was 14 points below the state in ELA (35% versus 49%) and 15 points below in math (21% versus 37%). Grades 7 and 8 also trailed statewide results in both subjects. Science was below the state in both tested grades: grade 5 scored 20% versus 35%, and grade 8 scored 23% versus 35%.
Results improved year over year, especially in math, but the school remained below state proficiency in all three subjects. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, proficiency rose 3 points in ELA, 9 in math, and 5 in science; the math gap to the state narrowed by 8 points, while the science gap narrowed by just 1 point. SchoolDigger’s rating also improved, from the 32nd percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024 to the 55th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026. Other context includes a 15.8 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 91% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 21%, compared with 18% statewide and 24% in the reported district.
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