Summary
Granite Oaks Middle serves grades 7–8 and enrolls 979 students in Rocklin, California, within Rocklin Unified. In 2025–2026, 69% of students were proficient in English language arts, 65% in math and 52% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38% and 36%. The clearest takeaway is that the school exceeds state proficiency in all three subjects, with mathematics its strongest standout.
Math is where Granite Oaks Middle most clearly stands out among nearby middle schools: its proficiency was 63% in grade 7, 13 points above the nearby-school average, and 67% in grade 8, 20 points above average; it ranked second of nine schools in eighth-grade math. ELA is also strong: proficiency was 67% in grade 7 and 71% in grade 8, ranking third among nine schools in both grades. All-grades math and ELA were also above district rates by 3 and 2 points, respectively. Science is the relative weak spot: the all-grades rate of 52% was 2 points below the district’s 54%. However, eighth-grade science was 5 points above the district and 17 points above the state, and ranked fourth among nine nearby schools.
Since 2022–2023, proficiency has risen by 1 point in ELA, 4 in math and 4 in science, although the school’s lead over the state narrowed in ELA and science and widened slightly in math. SchoolDigger ranks Granite Oaks Middle 280th of 2,703 California schools, at the 90th percentile with 4 stars; its percentile has held at 90 for the past two years, below its earlier peak of 95. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 20.5, compared with a nearby-school average of 23.4. In 2024–2025, 19% of students were free/reduced-lunch eligible, the second-lowest nearby middle-school rate, behind Twelve Bridges Middle at 17%. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness percentile for how well the school serves Multi-racial Students was 63 in 2025–2026, down from 78 in 2023–2024, compared with 90 overall. For Military Connected Students, its percentile was 75, after 93 in 2023–2024 and 67 in 2024–2025.
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