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John Muir Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2319^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 16% of California middle schools

Summary

John Muir Middle is a public school serving 754 students in grades 6-8 in Corcoran, CA, operating within the Corcoran Joint Unified School District, and it faces significant academic challenges with a state ranking in the bottom 20% of schools.

The school's academic performance is notably lower than many nearby schools, with particularly low proficiency in science (7.32%) and math (15.96%) compared to state averages. For example, Woodrow Wilson Junior High and Pixley Middle achieve higher scores despite similar economic circumstances. Furthermore, John Muir Middle has a chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6%, which is more than double the rate of schools like Alpine Vista Middle (8.6%) and Woodrow Wilson Junior High (9.1%), indicating potential issues with student engagement or support systems.

Most concerning is a severe recent decline in services for vulnerable student groups; the school's ranking for serving Special Education students and English Language Learners has plummeted to the 4th percentile. This suggests urgent attention is needed for support programs. While the school's per-student spending is comparable to others, the outcomes lag behind, pointing to a need to examine teaching strategies and resource use, particularly in math and science instruction where performance is critically low across all grade levels.

754

Students ?

19.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,465

Per pupil spending ?

90.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

707 Letts Ave.
Corcoran, CA 93212-1753

(559) 992-8888

District: Corcoran Joint Unified

Students who attend John Muir Middle usually attend:

High:

Corcoran High

Feeder schools for John Muir Middle:

Elementary:	Bret Harte Elementary
	John C. Fremont Elementary
	Mark Twain Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

92.0%

White:

4.2%

African American:

2.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 13th percentile in 2015 → 16th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (20% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!Science scores 25 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg27%

California avg41%

2,319^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 16%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 16% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1142^nd of 1,543Corcoran Joint 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	18.0	2319 of 2761	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	2347 of 2783	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	2100 of 2781	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	2142 of 2740	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.4	739 of 894	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.7	1838 of 2715	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	17.0	2115 of 2480	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.8	2119 of 2508	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.8	2110 of 2497	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.0	2160 of 2477	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	16.3	2097 of 2379	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	20.8	1896 of 2259	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	21.2	1873 of 2236	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	33.1	1495 of 2179	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	35.3	1322 of 2063	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	46.6	1003 of 2005	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2007	39.5	1130 of 1999	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2006	43.6	927 of 1804	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2005	34.1	1120 of 1777	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2004	22.9	1376 of 1769	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	39.8	766 of 1531	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	41.9	166 of 354	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.8	510 of 1491	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	22.9	1224 of 1369	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	25.9	1412 of 1478	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	33.0	1069 of 1521	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.5	1054 of 1540	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.4	260 of 363	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.4	1152 of 1442	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	61.0	292 of 1364	78.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.9	2124 of 2533	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.7	2235 of 2551	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	1833 of 2531	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.5	1951 of 2509	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.3	646 of 738	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.7	1698 of 2380	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	1923 of 2262	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.0	1872 of 2395	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.2	1861 of 2388	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.3	1584 of 2374	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.8	1713 of 2359	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.4	1297 of 2213	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	22.3	1699 of 2072	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.5	354 of 477	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	49.5	157 of 394	60.2%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.4	2051 of 2542	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.7	2079 of 2579	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.3	1740 of 2531	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.2	1730 of 2458	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.5	519 of 721	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.3	1414 of 2369	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	20.4	1888 of 2230	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.8	2203 of 2534	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.5	2110 of 2552	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.0	1988 of 2538	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.6	1986 of 2527	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.9	594 of 763	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.4	1670 of 2407	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	16.8	1980 of 2273	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.5	174 of 194	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	168 of 192	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.3	1511 of 1566	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	1398 of 1552	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	47.2	613 of 1531	60.0%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	16.3	1312 of 1537	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	1189 of 1543	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.0	1129 of 1602	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Disabled (2022)50th percentile+28 vs school

Homeless (2025)26th percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)22nd percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile~ school

White (2024)15th percentile~ school

Male (2025)13th percentile-3 vs school

Military Connected (2025)10th percentile-6 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)4th percentile-11 vs school

Special Education (2025)4th percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy28%-21 vs state

Mathematics16%-21 vs state

Science7%-25 vs state

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John Muir Middle	Public	6-8	707 Letts Ave.	Corcoran	93212	Kings County	Corcoran Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 992-8888	754	39	19.3	90.7%	32 (4.2%)	20 (2.7%)	694 (92.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	18	2319^th of 2761 public middle schools	16.0%		18	2347^th of 2783 public middle schools	15.7%	28		7.3	7.3		24.8	34.2	24.3	27.7		17.4	18.7	11.8	16.0	$17,465	$2,840	$14,625
Mulcahy Middle	Public	5-8	1001 West Sonora Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7250	745	34	21.9	92.6%	34 (4.6%)	16 (2.1%)	679 (91.1%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (1.1%)	11	2587^th of 2761 public middle schools	6.3%		16.1	2432^nd of 2783 public middle schools	12.6%	155	7.4	11.0	9.7	17.6	19.9	22.5	23.9	21.5	3.7	6.4	7.3	4.5	5.7	$17,205	$2,879	$14,326
Tulare City Community Day	Public	6-8	505 West Maple Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7376	4	1	3.8		1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								0.0					0.0	$36,438	$23,893	$12,545
Los Tules Middle	Public	6-8	801 West Gail Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 687-3156	569	25	22.5	84.9%	31 (5.4%)	15 (2.6%)	501 (88.0%)	16 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	28.3	1882^nd of 2761 public middle schools	31.8%		27.6	1916^th of 2783 public middle schools	31.2%	34		17.2	17.2		44.8	31.6	45.2	40.0		17.6	12.6	17.0	15.5	$17,704	$2,861	$14,843
Cherry Avenue Middle	Public	7-8	540 North Cherry St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7320	483	23	21.1	91.1%	49 (10.1%)	15 (3.1%)	399 (82.6%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	21.4	2170^th of 2761 public middle schools	21.4%		18.3	2330^th of 2783 public middle schools	16.3%	160		14.2	14.2			40.7	28.0	34.7			16.2	6.2	11.5	$18,429	$3,351	$15,078
Alpine Vista Middle	Public	5-8	2975 East Alpine Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7200	617	28	21.8	48.3%	145 (23.5%)	28 (4.5%)	417 (67.6%)	14 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	29.6	1843^rd of 2761 public middle schools	33.2%		23.4	2109^th of 2783 public middle schools	24.2%	266	24.6	25.2	24.9	35.1	42.5	32.7	38.9	37.2	20.0	20.1	12.0	18.5	17.5	$17,186	$2,945	$14,241
Live Oak Middle	Public	7-8	980 North Laspina St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7310	458	21	22.2	65.5%	102 (22.3%)	8 (1.7%)	327 (71.4%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.3%)	38.8	1527^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.7%		42.9	1375^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.6%	152		31.7	31.7			43.3	33.2	38.3			28.1	22.1	25.1	$18,963	$3,330	$15,633
Parkview Middle	Public	5-8	11075 C St.	Armona	93202	Kings County	Armona Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 583-5020	443	22	20.5	83.3%	35 (7.9%)	21 (4.7%)	365 (82.4%)	11 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.0%)	20.8	2193^rd of 2761 public middle schools	20.6%		21.7	2190^th of 2783 public middle schools	21.3%	3	16.8	15.2	16.1	38.9	24.4	29.9	34.6	31.9	33.6	13.2	16.3	20.0	20.8
John F. Kennedy Junior High	Public	7-8	1000 East Florinda St.	Hanford	93232	Kings County	Hanford Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 585-3850	531	25	21.2	82.9%	45 (8.5%)	23 (4.3%)	431 (81.2%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.5%)	46.1	1291^st of 2761 public middle schools	53.2%		35.3	1612^th of 2783 public middle schools	42.1%	321		16.6	16.6			48.6	49.8	49.2			26.7	36.7	31.8	$15,497	$1,828	$13,669
Woodrow Wilson Junior High	Public	7-8	601 West Florinda St.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Hanford Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 585-3870	505	28	18.0	76.2%	71 (14.1%)	21 (4.2%)	383 (75.8%)	10 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.0%)	54.2	1069^th of 2761 public middle schools	61.3%		52.3	1097^th of 2783 public middle schools	60.6%	28		27.9	27.9			49.6	48.5	49.0			37.0	36.2	36.6	$14,814	$1,791	$13,023

Frequently Asked Questions about John Muir Middle

How many students attend John Muir Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 754 students attended John Muir Middle.

What is the racial makeup of John Muir Middle?

Students at John Muir Middle are 92% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% African American.

Is John Muir Middle a good school?

John Muir Middle ranks in the bottom 16.0% of California middle schools.

What district is John Muir Middle in?

Corcoran Joint Unified

What high school do graduates of John Muir Middle attend?

Students who attend John Muir Middle usually go on to attend Corcoran High

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