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Granada Middle

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Granada Middle ranks 341 st of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

341^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 88% of California middle schools

Summary

Granada Middle is a well-regarded public school serving 989 students in grades 6-8 within the East Whittier City Elementary district, consistently earning a 4-star rating and showing a decade-long trend of improvement to rank in the top 15% of all California middle schools.

The school excels academically, with its students significantly outperforming both district and state averages in English Language Arts (69% proficient), Mathematics (57%), and Science (48%). It is the highest-performing middle school in its own district, notably outperforming nearby East Whittier Middle and Hillview Middle. Granada Middle also maintains a strong record of student attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate nearly half the state average, and it achieves these excellent results while spending its resources efficiently compared to some neighboring schools.

An interesting finding is the school's pattern of grade-level performance, where 6th graders excel in math, 7th graders in English, and 8th graders show a relative dip, suggesting a focused area for growth. Despite a recent increase in the number of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, the school's academic performance has remained resilient and strong. When compared to top performers in other districts, like D. Russell Parks Junior High in the Fullerton Elementary district, Granada Middle remains highly competitive, offering a compelling value for families in the Whittier area.

989

Students ?

20.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,538

Per pupil spending ?

55.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

15337 Lemon Dr.
Whittier, CA 90604-3251

(562) 464-2330

District: East Whittier City Elementary

Students who attend Granada Middle usually attend:

High:

La Serna High

Feeder schools for Granada Middle:

Elementary:	La Colima Elementary
	Leffingwell Elementary
	Murphy Ranch Elementary
	Scott Avenue Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

79.9%

White:

11.9%

Asian:

3.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 72nd percentile in 2013 → 88th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (61% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 12% of California middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school61%

District avg53%

California avg41%

341^st of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 12%▲ up 8 pts since 2015

From top 20% (2015) to top 12% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3Middle Schools in the East Whittier City Elementary

355^th of 1,543East Whittier City Elementary 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	86.7	341 of 2761	87.6%	★★★★☆
2024	78.6	516 of 2783	81.5%	★★★★☆
2023	81.8	439 of 2781	84.2%	★★★★☆
2022	80.7	459 of 2740	83.2%	★★★★☆
2019	78.8	514 of 2715	81.1%	★★★★☆
2018	79.5	457 of 2480	81.6%	★★★★☆
2017	78.1	515 of 2508	79.5%	★★★★☆
2016	76.6	523 of 2497	79.1%	★★★★☆
2015	76.5	506 of 2477	79.6%	★★★★☆
2013	67.3	676 of 2379	71.6%	★★★★☆
2012	71.7	530 of 2259	76.5%	★★★★☆
2011	59.7	833 of 2236	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2010	57.8	842 of 2179	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2009	54.0	879 of 2063	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2008	74.3	398 of 2005	80.1%	★★★★☆
2007	68.4	519 of 1999	74.0%	★★★★☆
2006	61.1	617 of 1804	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2005	59.0	629 of 1777	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2004	49.7	787 of 1769	55.5%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.4	213 of 739	71.2%	★★★★☆
2023	72.5	195 of 715	72.7%	★★★★☆
2019	52.3	410 of 745	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	63.8	349 of 1531	77.2%	★★★★☆
2019	61.8	378 of 1491	74.6%	★★★★☆
2018	64.6	310 of 1369	77.4%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	36.5	870 of 1478	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.1	574 of 1521	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.3	489 of 1540	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.5	704 of 1442	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.6	407 of 1364	70.2%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	85.4	330 of 2533	87.0%	★★★★☆
2024	78.0	477 of 2551	81.3%	★★★★☆
2023	83.4	370 of 2531	85.4%	★★★★☆
2022	79.7	433 of 2509	82.7%	★★★★☆
2019	78.8	446 of 2380	81.3%	★★★★☆
2018	80.6	393 of 2262	82.6%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.9	90 of 2395	96.2%	★★★★★
2024	88.5	164 of 2388	93.1%	★★★★★
2023	91.5	118 of 2374	95.0%	★★★★★
2022	91.2	124 of 2359	94.7%	★★★★★
2019	89.1	156 of 2213	93.0%	★★★★★
2018	89.7	141 of 2072	93.2%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.4	263 of 2542	89.7%	★★★★☆
2024	73.7	459 of 2579	82.2%	★★★★☆
2023	72.9	456 of 2531	82.0%	★★★★☆
2022	81.8	272 of 2458	88.9%	★★★★☆
2019	76.3	362 of 2369	84.7%	★★★★☆
2018	77.6	329 of 2230	85.2%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	85.6	337 of 2534	86.7%	★★★★☆
2024	76.8	494 of 2552	80.6%	★★★★☆
2023	78.1	470 of 2538	81.5%	★★★★☆
2022	79.5	447 of 2527	82.3%	★★★★☆
2019	76.3	502 of 2407	79.1%	★★★★☆
2018	76.1	481 of 2273	78.8%	★★★★☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.6	71 of 194	63.4%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	67.1	234 of 701	66.6%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	66.3	317 of 1566	79.8%	★★★★☆
2024	61.9	384 of 1552	75.3%	★★★★☆
2023	65.3	332 of 1531	78.3%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	86.1	128 of 1520	91.6%	★★★★★
2024	76.1	311 of 1537	79.8%	★★★★☆
2023	74.9	323 of 1543	79.1%	★★★★☆
2022	82.7	192 of 1555	87.7%	★★★★☆
2019	69.7	456 of 1602	71.5%	★★★★☆
2018	73.0	399 of 1496	73.3%	★★★★☆

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)

Hispanic (2025)96th percentile+9 vs school

White (2025)92nd percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)90th percentile~ school

Female (2025)87th percentile~ school

Male (2025)87th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)80th percentile-8 vs school

Disabled (2022)77th percentile-6 vs school

Asian (2025)71st percentile-16 vs school

Multi-racial (2024)67th percentile-15 vs school

Military Connected (2025)63rd percentile-24 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)41st percentile-40 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy69%+21 vs state

Mathematics57%+20 vs state

Science48%+16 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
Granada Middle	Public	6-8	15337 Lemon Dr.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 464-2330	989	48	20.4	55.2%	118 (11.9%)	12 (1.2%)	790 (79.9%)	36 (3.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.0%)	86.7	341^st of 2761 public middle schools	87.6%		78.6	516^th of 2783 public middle schools	81.5%	175	48.3	48.3	70.5	73.5	64.5	69.5	64.6	61.9	46.5	57.4	$18,538	$1,445	$17,093
Hillview Middle	Public	6-8	10931 South Stamy Rd.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-2000	643	34	19.1	75.3%	45 (7.0%)	5 (0.8%)	563 (87.6%)	21 (3.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (0.9%)	62.9	827^th of 2761 public middle schools	70.0%		66.7	750^th of 2783 public middle schools	73.1%	77	37.7	37.7	59.8	54.8	54.3	56.5	38.1	34.5	35.5	36.1	$18,944	$1,655	$17,289
Reginald M. Benton Middle	Public	6-8	15709 East Olive Branch Rd.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2500	718	28	25.3	55.2%	97 (13.5%)	18 (2.5%)	492 (68.5%)	74 (10.3%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	32 (4.5%)	62.3	846^th of 2761 public middle schools	69.4%		54.2	1036^th of 2783 public middle schools	62.8%	190	40.3	40.3	51.9	61.2	61.5	58.1	32.5	27.9	38.4	33.0	$16,476	$1,201	$15,275
Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate	Public	7-8	16430 Woodbrier Dr.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	Lowell Joint	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 902-4261	687	29	23.3	57.2%	122 (17.8%)	9 (1.3%)	486 (70.7%)	42 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.9%)	74.9	586^th of 2761 public middle schools	78.8%		76.2	566^th of 2783 public middle schools	79.7%	20	39.1	39.1		59.2	73.9	66.4		41.7	45.8	43.7	$14,498	$497	$14,001
Arlie F. Hutchinson Middle	Public	6-8	13900 Estero Rd.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2945	646	29	22.0	59.3%	54 (8.4%)	13 (2.0%)	459 (71.1%)	85 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (5.1%)	82.5	430^th of 2761 public middle schools	84.4%		74.2	606^th of 2783 public middle schools	78.2%	176	48.1	48.1	65.4	66.8	62.6	65.0	54.8	54.6	46.9	52.1	$17,527	$459	$17,068
East Whittier Middle	Public	6-8	14421 East Whittier Blvd.	Whittier	90605	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-7220	985	44	22.3	69.1%	81 (8.2%)	5 (0.5%)	866 (87.9%)	17 (1.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.1%)	73.7	613^th of 2761 public middle schools	77.8%		74.8	594^th of 2783 public middle schools	78.7%	19	42.2	42.2	57.4	58.7	58.5	58.3	45.7	46.2	47.6	46.6	$18,574	$1,445	$17,129
Gordon H. Beatty Middle	Public	6-8	8201 Country Club Dr.	Buena Park	90621	Orange County	Buena Park Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 523-1160	641	29	21.9	73.8%	33 (5.1%)	12 (1.9%)	334 (52.1%)	230 (35.9%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	27 (4.2%)	68.3	710^th of 2761 public middle schools	74.3%		62.5	827^th of 2783 public middle schools	70.3%	117	37.8	37.8	55.5	58.4	55.2	56.4	51.2	44.7	33.2	43.2	$20,103	$1,930	$18,173
Imperial Middle	Public	6-8	1450 South Schoolwood Dr.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2344	495	23	21.0	83.4%	36 (7.3%)	5 (1.0%)	418 (84.4%)	25 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	29.5	1846^th of 2761 public middle schools	33.1%		39	1507^th of 2783 public middle schools	45.8%	339	11.0	11.0	39.7	42.6	33.5	38.4	25.7	25.3	15.0	21.7	$134,765	$17,161	$117,604
Richard L. Graves Middle	Public	6-8	13243 East Los Nietos Rd.	Whittier	90605	Los Angeles County	South Whittier Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 944-0135	484	25	19.5	92.4%	7 (1.4%)	4 (0.8%)	461 (95.2%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	26	1954^th of 2761 public middle schools	29.2%		30.1	1808^th of 2783 public middle schools	35.0%	146	15.5	15.5		32.0	34.1	32.8		23.6	19.2	21.3	$26,922	$3,701	$23,221
D. Russell Parks Junior High	Public	7-8	1710 Rosecrans Ave.	Fullerton	92833	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7785	854	36	23.6	47.7%	124 (14.5%)	10 (1.2%)	332 (38.9%)	325 (38.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.6%)	57 (6.7%)	90.8	258^th of 2761 public middle schools	90.7%		91.9	232^nd of 2783 public middle schools	91.7%	26	51.1	51.1		73.3	72.8	73.0		62.8	60.9	61.9	$17,327	$282	$17,045

Frequently Asked Questions about Granada Middle

How many students attend Granada Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 989 students attended Granada Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Granada Middle?

Students at Granada Middle are 80% Hispanic, 12% White, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Is Granada Middle a good school?

Granada Middle ranks 341^st of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Granada Middle in?

East Whittier City Elementary

What high school do graduates of Granada Middle attend?

Students who attend Granada Middle usually go on to attend La Serna High

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