Summary:
Lost Hills Union Elementary has one middle school, A. M. Thomas Middle, serving grades 6–8, with 90 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 39% in English language arts, 32% in math and 18% in science, compared with statewide results of 49%, 38% and 36%. Its results were also below those of the Lost Hills Union Elementary district in all three subjects. The most important finding is that the school trails both district and state in every subject, with its largest state gap in science: 18 points.
There is no meaningful top-to-bottom school comparison because A. M. Thomas is the only middle school in the list. Within the school, sixth-grade math stands out as closest to the state result: 37% proficient, about 1 point below the state. By contrast, seventh-grade ELA was 33%, 17 points below the state’s 51%, while eighth-grade science was 18%, 17 points below the state’s 35%. ELA also varies across grades, from 33% in seventh grade to 42% in eighth grade; math ranges from 30% in grades 7 and 8 to 37% in grade 6.
Results changed unevenly between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: ELA proficiency fell 9 points, from 47% to 39%, math rose 2 points, from 30% to 32%, and science fell 1 point, from 19% to 18%. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking declined from 53rd to 42nd over the same latest two years, and its rating went from 3 stars to 2. Chronic absenteeism is a relative strength: 8% at the school, compared with 11% in the district and 18% statewide. Other context includes a student–teacher ratio of 29.5 in 2024–2025 and 97% of students free/reduced lunch eligible that school year; statewide, all students receive free school meals. Because the area has only one school in this list, these figures cannot show how it compares with other local schools.
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