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William Moreno Junior High

Public Grades 7-8

2444^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 11% of California middle schools

Summary

William Moreno Junior High is a public middle school serving about 618 students in grades 7-8 within the Calexico Unified School District, which faces significant academic challenges across the region.

The school is contending with persistent difficulties, consistently ranking in the bottom 15% of California schools over the past decade. Key challenges include a chronic absenteeism rate of 28.6%, which is nearly double the state average and higher than most nearby schools, and very low proficiency rates in core subjects like English (25.5%) and Math (13.3%). These academic results are notably lower than those at other local schools, including its closest peer, Enrique Camarena Junior High, which outperforms it by 7-8 percentage points in every subject despite similar funding and demographics. There is also a concerning, sharp decline in performance for students in special education programs.

Despite these struggles, the school spends over $22,700 per student, which is more than most comparison schools, highlighting a complex relationship between resources and outcomes. A point of relative strength is its performance with English Language Learners, who score in the average range compared to peers statewide. The stark performance gap with Enrique Camarena Junior High within the same district suggests that factors like school leadership, culture, or teaching methods may be significant influences on student success.

618

Students ?

21.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,721

Per pupil spending ?

93%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1202 Kloke Rd.
Calexico, CA 92231-3490

(760) 768-3960

District: Calexico Unified

Students who attend William Moreno Junior High usually attend:

High:

Calexico High

Feeder schools for William Moreno Junior High:

Elementary:	Blanche Charles Elementary
	Kennedy Gardens Elementary
	Mains Elementary
	Rockwood Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

99.5%

Asian:

0.3%

Not Specified:

0.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2013 → 11th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (17% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school17%

District avg22%

California avg41%

2,444^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 11%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 8% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2Middle Schools in the Calexico Unified

1379^th of 1,543Calexico Unified 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	14.9	2444 of 2761	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	2420 of 2783	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.4	2558 of 2781	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.0	2493 of 2740	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	2465 of 2715	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.1	2246 of 2480	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.9	2287 of 2508	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	10.5	2326 of 2497	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	12.4	2277 of 2477	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	12.4	2186 of 2379	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	24.5	1799 of 2259	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	29.8	1651 of 2236	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	35.8	1315 of 2063	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	37.7	1222 of 2005	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2007	36.2	1218 of 1999	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	29.7	1250 of 1804	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2005	16.9	1531 of 1777	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	24.4	1330 of 1769	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	19.3	1464 of 1531	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.2	1426 of 1491	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.6	1196 of 1369	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	36.9	851 of 1478	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.2	832 of 1521	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.5	1055 of 1540	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.7	1073 of 1442	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.6	689 of 1364	49.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.3	2254 of 2533	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	2187 of 2551	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	2336 of 2531	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.3	2334 of 2509	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	2206 of 2380	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.6	2113 of 2262	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.2	2038 of 2395	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.1	1980 of 2388	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	2126 of 2374	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.7	2065 of 2359	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.9	1999 of 2213	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.5	1821 of 2072	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.3	325 of 477	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.0	284 of 394	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.3	211 of 320	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.7	269 of 336	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.8	2187 of 2542	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.2	2131 of 2579	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.4	2331 of 2531	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.2	2171 of 2458	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.7	2140 of 2369	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.6	2001 of 2230	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	2277 of 2534	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	2272 of 2552	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.1	2358 of 2538	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.5	2269 of 2527	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	2245 of 2407	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.7	2085 of 2273	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	77 of 95	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.6	82 of 94	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.4	85 of 86	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.8	1520 of 1566	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	43.3	694 of 1552	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	24.1	1305 of 1531	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)42nd percentile+29 vs school

Homeless (2025)32nd percentile+20 vs school

Migrant (2025)19th percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)15th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile~ school

Female (2025)11th percentile~ school

Male (2025)10th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)4th percentile-5 vs school

Special Education (2025)3rd percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy26%-23 vs state

Mathematics13%-24 vs state

Science7%-26 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)			CSA Spanish Listening (2025)			CSA Spanish Writing (2025)			CSA Spanish Reading (2025)			CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
William Moreno Junior High	Public	7-8	1202 Kloke Rd.	Calexico	92231	Imperial County	Calexico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 768-3960	618	29	21.5	93.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	615 (99.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14.9	2444^th of 2761 public middle schools	11.5%		16.4	2420^th of 2783 public middle schools	13.0%	24														7.1	7.1			24.5	26.6	25.5			16.1	10.5	13.3	$22,721	$3,778	$18,943
Enrique Camarena Junior High	Public	7-8	800 East Rivera Ave.	Calexico	92231	Imperial County	Calexico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 768-3808	674	31	21.9	85.5%	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	667 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25.9	1958^th of 2761 public middle schools	29.1%		33.7	1681^st of 2783 public middle schools	39.6%	277														15.6	15.6			29.6	35.6	32.6			16.0	26.2	21.1	$22,226	$3,360	$18,866
Heber	Public	5-8	1052 Heber Ave.	Heber	92249	Imperial County	Heber Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 337-6530	549	26	20.7	68.9%	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	544 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	56.1	999^th of 2761 public middle schools	63.8%		52	1110^th of 2783 public middle schools	60.1%	111													23.8	32.1	28.5	40.2	49.6	47.8	50.3	47.3	25.4	38.0	31.9	39.6	34.1	$16,218	$2,754	$13,464
Wilson Junior High	Public	7-8	600 South Wilson	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	El Centro Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 352-5341	605	33	18.6	75.7%	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	592 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	44.2	1353^rd of 2761 public middle schools	51.0%		39.1	1502^nd of 2783 public middle schools	46.0%	149	18.5	0.0	10.6	37.0	5.0	23.4	25.9	20.0	23.4	7.4	0.0	4.3		26.2	26.2			38.0	50.3	44.3			26.8	32.1	29.4	$13,746	$1,569	$12,177
Kennedy Middle	Public	7-8	900 North Sixth St.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	El Centro Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 352-0444	434	25	17.0	90.6%	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.7%)	422 (97.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	39.3	1510^th of 2761 public middle schools	45.3%		42.3	1388^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.1%	122														22.1	22.1			41.0	46.5	43.9			23.4	27.7	25.6	$19,527	$1,705	$17,822
Frank M. Wright Middle	Public	6-8	885 North Imperial Ave.	Imperial	92251	Imperial County	Imperial Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 355-3240	1,116	49	22.6	54.7%	77 (6.9%)	5 (0.4%)	1,014 (90.9%)	10 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.7%)	55	1031^st of 2761 public middle schools	62.7%		56.5	980^th of 2783 public middle schools	64.8%	51														33.3	33.3		51.0	59.8	47.0	52.8		36.5	31.2	27.0	31.6	$14,293	$2,251	$12,042
Holtville Middle	Public	6-8	800 Beale Ave.	Holtville	92250	Imperial County	Holtville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 356-2811	257	18	14.1	81.3%	8 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	245 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	70.2	672^nd of 2761 public middle schools	75.7%		58.3	926^th of 2783 public middle schools	66.7%	254														34.6	34.6		60.0	69.1	60.5	63.2		30.6	47.7	44.4	40.9	$22,213	$1,816	$20,397
Padilla-Pace Middle	Public	6-8	715 South Ceasar Chavez	Brawley	92227	Imperial County	Brawley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 351-5060	445	21	21.0	83.8%	19 (4.3%)	4 (0.9%)	418 (93.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								(n/a)																	51.7	44.7		48.1		27.8	16.4		21.9

Frequently Asked Questions about William Moreno Junior High

How many students attend William Moreno Junior High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 618 students attended William Moreno Junior High.

Is William Moreno Junior High a good school?

William Moreno Junior High ranks in the bottom 11.5% of California middle schools.

What district is William Moreno Junior High in?

Calexico Unified

What high school do graduates of William Moreno Junior High attend?

Students who attend William Moreno Junior High usually go on to attend Calexico High

What is the racial makeup of William Moreno Junior High?

Students at William Moreno Junior High are 100% Hispanic.

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