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Ball Junior High

Public Grades 7-8

2545^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 8% of California middle schools

Summary

Ball Junior High is a public middle school serving 737 students in grades 7 and 8 in Anaheim, operating within the Anaheim Union High district, which faces significant academic challenges across its schools.

The school is currently underperforming, with student proficiency in English, math, and science significantly below both district and state averages; for example, only about 10% of students are proficient in math compared to a state average of 37%. A major concern is chronic absenteeism, affecting nearly 30% of students, which is higher than most nearby schools. While the school spends more per student than many peers, this has not yet translated into stronger academic results. Performance trends show a decline over the past decade, and there is a notable performance gap between 7th and 8th graders, particularly in math.

Comparisons with nearby schools reveal a stark contrast: while schools like Dale Junior High in the same district perform moderately better, schools in the neighboring Garden Grove Unified district, such as Louis Lake Intermediate just over a mile away, achieve dramatically higher rankings and proficiency rates. Ball Junior High's profile is very similar to Sycamore Junior High, another local school facing comparable challenges, indicating these issues may be influenced by broader district-level factors.

737

Students ?

21.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,774

Per pupil spending ?

92.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1500 West Ball Rd.
Anaheim, CA 92802-1626

(714) 999-3663

District: Anaheim Union High

Students who attend Ball Junior High usually attend:

High:

Loara High

Feeder schools for Ball Junior High:

Elementary:	Barton (Clara) Elementary
	Madison (James) Elementary
	Ross (Betsy) Elementary
	Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.0%

Asian:

8.3%

White:

4.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 26th percentile in 2015 → 8th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (14% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (29% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school14%

District avg32%

California avg41%

2,545^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 8%▼ down 18 pts since 2015

From bottom 26% (2015) to bottom 8% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 8Middle Schools in the Anaheim Union High

861^st of 1,543Anaheim Union High among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.1	2545 of 2761	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.0	2627 of 2783	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.7	2469 of 2781	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	2405 of 2740	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.3	746 of 894	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.4	2373 of 2715	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.5	2128 of 2480	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.0	2070 of 2508	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	21.7	1957 of 2497	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	24.9	1830 of 2477	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	31.1	1670 of 2379	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	27.3	1725 of 2259	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	22.7	1837 of 2236	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	27.4	1650 of 2179	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	27.7	1535 of 2063	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	33.8	1320 of 2005	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2007	37.0	1192 of 1999	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	48.0	854 of 1804	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2005	51.4	780 of 1777	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2004	52.1	743 of 1769	58.0%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.5	633 of 739	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.0	609 of 743	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.7	630 of 715	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.9	668 of 733	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.6	582 of 745	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	43.0	474 of 700	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	29.6	1071 of 1531	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.2	221 of 354	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.5	1143 of 1491	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.5	842 of 1369	38.5%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	31.0	1169 of 1478	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.5	955 of 1521	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.8	1156 of 1540	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.7	227 of 363	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.8	1244 of 1442	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.5	1179 of 1364	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.7	2378 of 2533	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.6	2449 of 2551	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	2347 of 2531	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	2328 of 2509	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.5	661 of 738	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.7	2153 of 2380	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.2	1998 of 2262	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.7	2287 of 2395	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	2311 of 2388	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.9	2183 of 2374	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.3	2147 of 2359	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.3	2041 of 2213	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.0	1897 of 2072	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.8	390 of 477	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.7	373 of 394	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.0	291 of 320	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.4	286 of 336	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	2317 of 2542	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.7	2432 of 2579	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.1	2193 of 2531	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.5	2158 of 2458	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.8	533 of 721	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.9	2097 of 2369	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.4	1889 of 2230	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.6	2339 of 2534	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.6	2424 of 2552	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	2189 of 2538	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.5	2076 of 2527	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.2	570 of 763	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.3	2120 of 2407	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.6	1993 of 2273	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.7	186 of 194	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.1	184 of 192	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	177 of 197	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	69.0	2 of 10	80.0%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	1498 of 1566	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	1410 of 1552	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	25.0	1262 of 1531	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.0	1408 of 1520	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.9	1496 of 1537	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.4	1485 of 1543	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	1387 of 1555	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.3	1467 of 1602	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Native American (2024)80th percentile+74 vs school

Disabled (2022)30th percentile+18 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)21st percentile+15 vs school

Homeless (2025)18th percentile+10 vs school

Asian (2025)14th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile~ school

Male (2025)8th percentile~ school

White (2025)7th percentile~ school

Female (2025)6th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)5th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)4th percentile-3 vs school

Military Connected (2025)4th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy21%-28 vs state

Mathematics10%-27 vs state

Science9%-24 vs state

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by a student
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Ball Junior High is a good school; the teachers are good at their job. If you need help with homework/problems, they do it. I am a student here 2011-2012 in ELD, and the teachers have helped me to learn English fluently. I suggest any student looking to learn English or any others to come here. Special thanks to Ms. Zhang. Bye!(: Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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Ball Junior High	Public	7-8	1500 West Ball Rd.	Anaheim	92802	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 999-3663	737	35	21.0	92.7%	34 (4.6%)	13 (1.8%)	604 (82.0%)	61 (8.3%)	10 (1.4%)	7 (0.9%)	8 (1.1%)	12.1	2545^th of 2761 public middle schools	7.8%		11	2627^th of 2783 public middle schools	5.6%	82	8.9	8.9	24.1	18.8	21.2	14.2	6.3	10.0	$19,774	$1,669	$18,105
Louis Lake Intermediate	Public	7-8	10801 Orangewood Ave.	Garden Grove	92840	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6506	453	17	26.7	81.7%	21 (4.6%)	4 (0.9%)	250 (55.2%)	166 (36.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.2%)	71.2	650^th of 2761 public middle schools	76.5%		72.2	646^th of 2783 public middle schools	76.8%	4	37.6	37.6	55.0	63.3	58.9	41.1	49.5	45.1	$19,632	$2,162	$17,470
Brookhurst Junior High	Public	7-8	601 North Brookhurst Ave.	Anaheim	92801	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 999-3613	724	32	22.5	90.9%	28 (3.9%)	15 (2.1%)	621 (85.8%)	42 (5.8%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.2%)	13.1	2516^th of 2761 public middle schools	8.9%		20.1	2260^th of 2783 public middle schools	18.8%	256	8.2	8.2	24.5	14.9	19.6	19.6	6.0	12.7	$19,575	$1,413	$18,162
Izaak Walton Intermediate	Public	7-8	12181 Buaro St.	Garden Grove	92840	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6040	458	21	21.7	91.0%	16 (3.5%)	5 (1.1%)	346 (75.5%)	86 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	48.5	1219^th of 2761 public middle schools	55.8%		52.7	1085^th of 2783 public middle schools	61.0%	134	25.5	25.5	49.7	44.5	46.8	33.5	32.4	32.9	$18,912	$2,202	$16,710
Dr. Walter C. Ralston Intermediate	Public	7-8	10851 East Lampson Ave.	Garden Grove	92840	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6366	485	21	22.6	81.6%	23 (4.7%)	4 (0.8%)	257 (53.0%)	185 (38.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	13 (2.7%)	70.4	665^th of 2761 public middle schools	75.9%		71.7	660^th of 2783 public middle schools	76.3%	5	37.4	37.4	65.0	54.6	59.8	49.6	36.6	43.0	$23,244	$4,473	$18,771
Dale Junior High	Public	7-8	900 South Dale St.	Anaheim	92804	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 220-4210	1,002	44	22.7	88.2%	66 (6.6%)	27 (2.7%)	742 (74.1%)	146 (14.6%)	5 (0.5%)	8 (0.8%)	8 (0.8%)	23.3	2087^th of 2761 public middle schools	24.4%		27.4	1929^th of 2783 public middle schools	30.7%	158	15.2	15.2	33.4	29.2	31.2	21.6	16.9	19.1	$18,865	$1,179	$17,686
Sycamore Junior High	Public	7-8	1801 East Sycamore St.	Anaheim	92805	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 999-3616	1,137	52	21.8	94.7%	23 (2.0%)	9 (0.8%)	1,053 (92.6%)	22 (1.9%)	23 (2.0%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.4%)	9.4	2633^rd of 2761 public middle schools	4.6%		11.3	2616^th of 2783 public middle schools	6.0%	17	6.9	6.9	22.1	12.8	17.1	10.9	3.8	7.1	$18,615	$1,553	$17,062
South Junior High	Public	7-8	2320 East South St.	Anaheim	92806	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 999-3667	1,159	49	23.5	92.1%	31 (2.7%)	9 (0.8%)	1,045 (90.2%)	43 (3.7%)	15 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	14 (1.2%)	14.6	2461^st of 2761 public middle schools	10.9%		12.6	2563^rd of 2783 public middle schools	7.9%	102	12.2	12.2	24.1	27.0	25.6	10.5	8.9	9.7	$18,426	$1,130	$17,296
Nicolas Junior High	Public	7-8	1100 West Olive Ave.	Fullerton	92833	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7775	539	30	18.2	82.6%	19 (3.5%)	10 (1.9%)	470 (87.2%)	19 (3.5%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.9%)	12 (2.2%)	29.7	1842^nd of 2761 public middle schools	33.3%		39.2	1497^th of 2783 public middle schools	46.2%	345	20.4	20.4	32.8	41.1	37.2	16.5	22.1	19.5	$19,828	$1,020	$18,808
Alamitos Intermediate	Public	7-8	12381 Dale St.	Garden Grove	92841	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6101	581	25	23.6	86.9%	14 (2.4%)	4 (0.7%)	364 (62.7%)	183 (31.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	11 (1.9%)	66.6	749^th of 2761 public middle schools	72.9%		67.8	726^th of 2783 public middle schools	73.9%	23	45.2	45.2	60.0	45.8	52.8	44.7	36.3	40.4	$20,121	$2,923	$17,198

Frequently Asked Questions about Ball Junior High

Is Ball Junior High a good school?

Ball Junior High ranks in the bottom 7.8% of California middle schools.

How many students attend Ball Junior High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 737 students attended Ball Junior High.

What high school do graduates of Ball Junior High attend?

Students who attend Ball Junior High usually go on to attend Loara High

What district is Ball Junior High in?

Anaheim Union High

What is the racial makeup of Ball Junior High?

Students at Ball Junior High are 82% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% White, 2% African American, 1% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

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