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Mae Hensley Junior High

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Mae Hensley Junior High ranks 1939 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 7-8

1939^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 30% of California middle schools

Summary

Mae Hensley Junior High is a public middle school serving about 636 students in grades 7 and 8 within the Ceres Unified School District, operating in a community where over 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school performs below state averages, with particular challenges in mathematics and science; its math proficiency rate of 18% is the lowest among 11 comparable area schools, a trend shared across other middle schools in Ceres Unified. However, the school shows notable strengths, including a significant recent improvement in reducing chronic absenteeism and relatively effective support for English Language Learners, migrant students, and homeless students. Its performance for students with disabilities has also shown substantial recovery after a previous decline.

When compared to nearby schools with similar demographics, such as Blaker-Kinser Junior High or Barbara Spratling Middle, it's clear that higher academic outcomes are possible in similar settings, suggesting school-level practices are important. While Cesar Chavez Junior High spends slightly more per student, both schools face similar academic hurdles, indicating a potential district-wide focus area for improvement in core subjects.

636

Students ?

23.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,998

Per pupil spending ?

93.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1806 Moffet Rd.
Ceres, CA 95307-1936

(209) 556-1820

District: Ceres Unified

Students who attend Mae Hensley Junior High usually attend:

High:

Ceres High

Feeder schools for Mae Hensley Junior High:

Elementary:	Carroll Fowler Elementary
	Caswell Elementary
	M. Robert Adkison Elementary
	Virginia Parks Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.2%

White:

10.7%

Asian:

3.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 29th percentile in 2013 → 30th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 19 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg30%

California avg41%

1,939^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 30%▼ down 16 pts since 2015

From bottom 45% (2015) to bottom 30% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Middle Schools in the Ceres Unified

1045^th of 1,543Ceres 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	26.5	1939 of 2761	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.3	1986 of 2783	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.0	2086 of 2781	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.4	1877 of 2740	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.4	1947 of 2715	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.3	1716 of 2480	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	26.5	1789 of 2508	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	43.8	1283 of 2497	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	39.5	1351 of 2477	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	30.6	1689 of 2379	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	34.5	1517 of 2259	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	37.5	1427 of 2236	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	33.5	1482 of 2179	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2009	37.4	1268 of 2063	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	32.7	1354 of 2005	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2007	36.4	1207 of 1999	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2006	34.0	1171 of 1804	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	50.1	800 of 1777	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2004	44.2	893 of 1769	49.5%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	16.6	596 of 643	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	3.3	707 of 739	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.2	730 of 743	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	33.3	948 of 1531	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.4	916 of 1491	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.1	621 of 1369	54.6%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	39.4	762 of 1478	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.8	815 of 1521	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.9	894 of 1540	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.2	1279 of 1442	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.0	745 of 1364	45.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.9	1757 of 2533	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.2	1794 of 2551	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.7	2013 of 2531	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	1916 of 2509	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.0	1759 of 2380	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.9	1641 of 2262	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.5	1553 of 2395	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.3	1491 of 2388	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.7	1605 of 2374	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.8	1396 of 2359	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.4	1416 of 2213	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.5	1316 of 2072	36.5%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	45.5	229 of 477	52.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.1	1677 of 2542	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.5	1628 of 2579	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.9	1714 of 2531	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.7	1490 of 2458	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.4	1478 of 2369	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.0	1330 of 2230	40.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.6	1903 of 2534	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.9	1880 of 2552	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.6	1800 of 2538	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.0	1578 of 2527	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.4	1778 of 2407	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.2	1552 of 2273	31.7%	★★☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.5	46 of 95	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.9	37 of 94	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	70.3	16 of 86	81.4%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.7	945 of 1566	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.4	1196 of 1552	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.9	1529 of 1531	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.4	1285 of 1520	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.5	1277 of 1537	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.5	1291 of 1543	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.8	1382 of 1555	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.1	1442 of 1602	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.9	1344 of 1496	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2025)52nd percentile+22 vs school

Migrant (2025)52nd percentile+22 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)48th percentile+20 vs school

Special Education (2025)40th percentile+10 vs school

Disabled (2022)38th percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)35th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)34th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)31st percentile~ school

Male (2025)25th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)15th percentile-14 vs school

African American (2019)7th percentile-21 vs school

Asian (2025)4th percentile-25 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy37%-12 vs state

Mathematics18%-19 vs state

Science15%-18 vs state

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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)
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	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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
Mae Hensley Junior High	Public	7-8	1806 Moffet Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1820	636	28	23.1	93.1%	68 (10.7%)	10 (1.6%)	523 (82.2%)	25 (3.9%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	26.5	1939^th of 2761 public middle schools	29.8%		26.3	1986^th of 2783 public middle schools	28.6%	47	15.2	15.2		35.5	39.0	37.2		18.7	17.4	18.1	$17,998	$1,743	$16,255
Cesar Chavez Junior High	Public	7-8	2701 Eastgate Blvd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1830	685	31	21.8	86.7%	50 (7.3%)	11 (1.6%)	546 (79.7%)	67 (9.8%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	5 (0.7%)	29.8	1835^th of 2761 public middle schools	33.5%		29.4	1838^th of 2783 public middle schools	34.0%	3	16.5	16.5		39.6	37.9	38.8		24.9	16.1	20.6	$19,142	$2,307	$16,835
Blaker-Kinser Junior High	Public	7-8	1601 Kinser Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1810	603	28	21.4	90.4%	48 (8.0%)	8 (1.3%)	520 (86.2%)	21 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	38.6	1532^nd of 2761 public middle schools	44.5%		33.6	1683^rd of 2783 public middle schools	39.5%	151	28.0	28.0		50.0	45.6	47.7		17.2	15.1	16.1	$18,982	$2,202	$16,780
La Loma Junior High	Public	7-8	1800 Encina Ave.	Modesto	95354	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1906	705	35	20.3	76.3%	178 (25.2%)	13 (1.8%)	439 (62.3%)	20 (2.8%)	3 (0.4%)	8 (1.1%)	44 (6.2%)	35.3	1636^th of 2761 public middle schools	40.7%		30.2	1805^th of 2783 public middle schools	35.1%	169	22.6	22.6		40.4	36.2	38.3		25.7	26.0	25.8	$20,472	$2,993	$17,479
Evelyn Hanshaw Middle	Public	7-8	1725 Las Vegas St.	Modesto	95358	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1794	650	33	19.8	93.2%	19 (2.9%)	9 (1.4%)	574 (88.3%)	17 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	28 (4.3%)	22.9	2113^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.5%		18.1	2340^th of 2783 public middle schools	15.9%	227	14.6	14.6		27.0	28.6	27.9		22.4	20.7	21.5	$21,933	$3,370	$18,563
Norman N. Glick Middle	Public	7-8	400 Frazine Rd.	Modesto	95357	Stanislaus County	Empire Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 577-3945	602	29	20.6	80.6%	105 (17.4%)	23 (3.8%)	414 (68.8%)	35 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	18 (3.0%)	38.7	1528^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.7%		28.7	1868^th of 2783 public middle schools	32.9%	340	21.7	21.7		50.0	47.4	48.7		20.3	18.8	19.6	$17,306	$2,730	$14,576
Barbara Spratling Middle	Public	6-8	5277 Washington Rd.	Hughson	95326	Stanislaus County	Keyes Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 664-3833	239	11	21.0	90.0%	13 (5.4%)	1 (0.4%)	204 (85.4%)	17 (7.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	37.4	1560^th of 2761 public middle schools	43.5%		28.7	1872^nd of 2783 public middle schools	32.7%	312	26.8	26.8	21.9	33.8	52.4	36.6	18.4	15.6	43.9	26.4	$19,476	$2,982	$16,494
Mark Twain Junior High	Public	7-8	707 Emerald Ave.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1918	658	30	21.5	93.6%	20 (3.0%)	10 (1.5%)	540 (82.1%)	43 (6.5%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	39 (5.9%)	19.9	2228^th of 2761 public middle schools	19.3%		18.9	2304^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.2%	76	11.4	11.4		30.9	29.7	30.3		14.0	18.1	16.1	$21,231	$4,006	$17,225
Emilie J. Ross Middle	Public	6-8	7448 Fox Rd.	Hughson	95326	Stanislaus County	Hughson Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 883-4425	458	21	21.9	61.1%	192 (41.9%)	2 (0.4%)	255 (55.7%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	47.9	1241^st of 2761 public middle schools	55.1%		45.7	1286^th of 2783 public middle schools	53.8%	45	19.4	19.4	36.9	48.6	47.9	44.5	33.6	43.3	32.7	36.3	$17,258	$2,165	$15,093
Daniel J. Savage Middle	Public	6-8	1900 Maid Mariane Ln.	Modesto	95355	Stanislaus County	Sylvan Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 552-3300	906	43	21.3	52.6%	262 (28.9%)	31 (3.4%)	437 (48.2%)	90 (9.9%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.8%)	76 (8.4%)	54.2	1067^th of 2761 public middle schools	61.4%		58.4	922^nd of 2783 public middle schools	66.9%	145	27.9	27.9	51.8	47.0	51.0	49.9	41.0	31.4	34.4	35.4	$11,385	$794	$10,591

Frequently Asked Questions about Mae Hensley Junior High

What is the racial makeup of Mae Hensley Junior High?

Students at Mae Hensley Junior High are 82% Hispanic, 11% White, 4% Asian, 2% African American.

What high school do graduates of Mae Hensley Junior High attend?

Students who attend Mae Hensley Junior High usually go on to attend Ceres High

How many students attend Mae Hensley Junior High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 636 students attended Mae Hensley Junior High.

Is Mae Hensley Junior High a good school?

Mae Hensley Junior High ranks 1939^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What district is Mae Hensley Junior High in?

Ceres Unified

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