Middle Schools in La Habra City Elementary

Middle schools in La Habra City Elementary include two schools: Washington Middle, serving grades 7–8, and Imperial Middle, serving grades 6–8. In 2025–26, both schools’ all-grades proficiency results were below state results in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. The most important shared challenge is science, where the schools’ average was 10 percentage points below the state.

Washington led the all-grades comparison in all three core subjects: its results were 48% in ELA, 31% in math, and 31% in science, compared with 40%, 28%, and 20% at Imperial. The leads were 8 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 10 in science. Grade-level results add an important qualification: Imperial was 2 points ahead in grade 7 ELA, while Washington led by 9 points in grade 8 ELA, 6 in grade 8 math, and 10 in grade 8 science. Washington also exceeded state results on all four reported Spanish assessment measures, by 4 to 14 points; Imperial has no supplied results for that assessment.

Math and science improved at both schools from 2024–25 to 2025–26: math rose 4 points at Washington and 7 at Imperial, while science rose 9 points at each. ELA went in different directions—down 3 points at Washington and up 2 at Imperial—and the two-school average slipped slightly as the state improved. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking put Washington at the 53rd percentile and Imperial at the 40th in 2025–26; Washington’s ranking was steady over three years, while Imperial’s rose from the 33rd percentile in 2024–25. Context figures are similar: 2024–25 student-teacher ratios were 21.1 and 21.0, and both schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible measures for 2024–25 (85% at Washington and 83% at Imperial). Chronic absenteeism was 11% at Washington and 16% at Imperial.