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Wilson Middle

Public Grades 7-8

2112^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 24% of California middle schools

Summary

Wilson Middle is a public school serving about 470 students in grades 7 and 8 in Chowchilla, CA, operating within the Chowchilla Elementary district and serving a community where the vast majority of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with student proficiency in English, math, and science well below state averages, a pattern common to many traditional public middle schools in the region like Herbert Hoover Middle, Tenaya Middle, and Thomas Jefferson Middle. However, Wilson Middle has a clear and exceptional strength: it has dramatically improved student attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate of just 8.3%, which is less than half the state average and far better than most nearby schools. The school also shows relative effectiveness in supporting its English Language Learner students and maintains a more favorable student-to-teacher ratio than several comparison schools.

While the school's higher per-student spending hasn't yet translated to higher test scores, its success in improving attendance and with ELL students suggests areas of effective practice. It's important to note that specialized schools like the Sherman Thomas STEM Academy operate with very different student populations and resources, making direct comparisons difficult. For parents, Wilson Middle represents a typical school for the area academically but stands out for its strong focus on getting students to school regularly and its supportive environment for English learners.

470

Students ?

21.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$43,685

Per pupil spending ?

89.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1209 Robertson Blvd.
Chowchilla, CA 93610-0907

(559) 665-8070

District: Chowchilla Elementary

Students who attend Wilson Middle usually attend:

High:

Chowchilla Union High

Feeder schools for Wilson Middle:

Elementary:	Merle L. Fuller Elementary
	Ronald Reagan Elementary
	Stephens Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

73.4%

White:

21.1%

Asian:

1.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 28th percentile in 2013 → 24th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg25%

California avg41%

2,112^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 12% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

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	22.9	2112 of 2761	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.4	1978 of 2783	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.8	1777 of 2781	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.6	2009 of 2740	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.8	2154 of 2715	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	1945 of 2480	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	26.7	1778 of 2508	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.7	2073 of 2497	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	15.1	2183 of 2477	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	30.1	1708 of 2379	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	24.5	1798 of 2259	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	35.0	1498 of 2236	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	33.5	1486 of 2179	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	36.7	1288 of 2063	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2008	18.8	1711 of 2005	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	21.4	1615 of 1999	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	28.4	1291 of 1804	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	23.6	1363 of 1777	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	23.1	1367 of 1769	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	21.9	1395 of 1531	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.8	1339 of 1491	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.4	901 of 1369	34.2%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	48.8	469 of 1478	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.2	258 of 1521	83.0%	★★★★☆
2022	48.1	521 of 1540	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	32.7	983 of 1442	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.8	819 of 1364	40.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.9	2087 of 2533	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.1	1899 of 2551	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.8	1554 of 2531	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.5	1750 of 2509	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.5	1928 of 2380	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.0	1773 of 2262	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	1823 of 2395	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.6	1589 of 2388	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.1	1359 of 2374	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.1	1620 of 2359	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.1	1637 of 2213	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.9	1591 of 2072	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	1952 of 2542	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.5	1758 of 2579	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.6	1429 of 2531	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.6	1718 of 2458	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.6	1909 of 2369	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.1	1753 of 2230	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.1	1865 of 2534	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.1	1795 of 2552	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.7	1702 of 2538	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.3	1968 of 2527	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.7	1998 of 2407	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	1877 of 2273	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.0	1457 of 1566	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	30.3	1092 of 1552	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.7	988 of 1531	35.5%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.4	1266 of 1520	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.9	1273 of 1537	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.3	1237 of 1543	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.9	1327 of 1555	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.1	1472 of 1602	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.2	1296 of 1496	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)68th percentile+39 vs school

Male (2025)26th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)24th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)18th percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)17th percentile-7 vs school

Disabled (2022)9th percentile-18 vs school

Special Education (2025)7th percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-19 vs state

Mathematics21%-16 vs state

Science11%-22 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 (2025)
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 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	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 4th Grade	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
Wilson Middle	Public	7-8	1209 Robertson Blvd.	Chowchilla	93610	Madera County	Chowchilla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 665-8070	470	22	21.4	89.1%	99 (21.1%)	8 (1.7%)	345 (73.4%)	9 (1.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	22.9	2112^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.5%		26.4	1978^th of 2783 public middle schools	28.9%	134		10.9	10.9				27.9	31.6	29.6				25.8	16.5	21.5	$43,685	$42,114	$1,571
Fairmead Elementary	Public	5-6	19421 Avenue 22 3/4	Chowchilla	93610	Madera County	Chowchilla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 665-8040	458	19	24.3	86.5%	85 (18.6%)	13 (2.8%)	339 (74.0%)	10 (2.2%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)								(n/a)	18.0		18.0		28.4	30.2			29.4		22.6	28.1			25.4	$18,411	$17,468	$943
Dairyland Elementary	Public	4-8	12861 Avenue 18 1/2	Chowchilla	93610	Madera County	Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 665-2394	216	10	20.8	58.3%	72 (33.3%)	1 (0.5%)	141 (65.3%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56.3	991^st of 2761 public middle schools	64.1%		62.5	828^th of 2783 public middle schools	70.2%	163	40.0	27.5	32.1	55.6	55.2	51.4	60.8	40.0	52.2	47.2	23.3	48.7	30.9	37.3	37.4	$25,253	$21,008	$4,245
Cesar E. Chavez Middle	Public	6-8	161 South Plainsburg Rd.	Planada	95365	Merced County	Planada Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 382-0768	305	17	17.4	89.8%	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	299 (98.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42.4	1416^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.7%		45.5	1298^th of 2783 public middle schools	53.4%	118		30.1	30.1			40.8	52.5	41.3	44.9			19.8	27.0	29.0	25.1	$22,091	$944	$21,147
Jack G. Desmond Middle	Public	7-8	26490 Martin St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-1775	838	45	18.4	93.6%	21 (2.5%)	6 (0.7%)	803 (95.8%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	22.5	2133^rd of 2761 public middle schools	22.7%		26.5	1973^rd of 2783 public middle schools	29.1%	160		21.3	21.3				29.2	33.7	31.3				12.4	15.7	13.9	$25,336	$22,538	$2,798
Sherman Thomas STEM Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	101 West Adell St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Sherman Thomas STEM Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 871-5490	75	3	27.2	36.0%	19 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (66.7%)	4 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.7%)	96.7	96^th of 2761 public middle schools	96.5%		95.4	139^th of 2783 public middle schools	95.0%	43		80.8	80.8			80.0	79.2	96.2	85.3			68.0	62.5	88.5	73.3
Weaver Middle	Public	6-8	3076 East Childs Ave.	Merced	95341	Merced County	Weaver Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 723-2174	1,073	48	22.1	93.7%	83 (7.7%)	40 (3.7%)	744 (69.3%)	165 (15.4%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	33 (3.1%)	30.8	1804^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.7%		29.3	1842^nd of 2783 public middle schools	33.8%	38		17.3	17.3			34.0	35.5	27.8	32.5			24.6	29.6	28.1	27.3	$21,757	$19,880	$1,877
Thomas Jefferson Middle	Public	7-8	1407 Sunset Ave.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 673-9286	948	50	18.9	87.7%	49 (5.2%)	11 (1.2%)	845 (89.1%)	17 (1.8%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.0%)	23	2102^nd of 2761 public middle schools	23.9%		24.9	2038^th of 2783 public middle schools	26.8%	64		15.5	15.5				38.1	34.3	36.1				14.0	11.9	12.9	$22,577	$19,906	$2,671
Martin Luther King Junior Middle	Public	7-8	601 Lilly St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-4681	865	49	17.6	96.9%	16 (1.8%)	7 (0.8%)	829 (95.8%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	13.6	2492^nd of 2761 public middle schools	9.7%		14.9	2482^nd of 2783 public middle schools	10.8%	10		11.3	11.3				22.6	22.6	22.6				12.5	9.8	11.1	$24,395	$21,500	$2,895
Herbert Hoover Middle	Public	7-8	800 East 26th St.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6631	629	21	29.6	87.3%	102 (16.2%)	19 (3.0%)	459 (73.0%)	19 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.3%)	25.8	1967^th of 2761 public middle schools	28.8%		28.2	1893^rd of 2783 public middle schools	32.0%	74		15.0	15.0				34.0	35.3	34.7				22.4	16.9	19.7	$21,503	$20,524	$979

Frequently Asked Questions about Wilson Middle

What is the racial makeup of Wilson Middle?

Students at Wilson Middle are 73% Hispanic, 21% White, 2% Asian, 2% African American, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend Wilson Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 470 students attended Wilson Middle.

Is Wilson Middle a good school?

Wilson Middle ranks in the bottom 23.5% of California middle schools.

What district is Wilson Middle in?

Chowchilla Elementary

What high school do graduates of Wilson Middle attend?

Students who attend Wilson Middle usually go on to attend Chowchilla Union High

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2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesNov 14, 2025

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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