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Alder Middle

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Alder Middle ranks 2020 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

2020^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 27% of California middle schools

Summary

Alder Middle is a public middle school serving 964 students in grades 6-8 in the Fontana Unified School District, located in a high-need community where over 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom third of California middle schools with a 1-star rating and proficiency rates in English (31%) and math (20%) that are lower than both district and state averages. A particularly concerning area is science, where only 16% of students are proficient. The school also struggles with chronic absenteeism, with over 28% of students missing too much school, a rate higher than most other middle schools in Fontana Unified. While spending per student is comparable to the region, the school's performance has declined over the past decade despite increased funding.

When compared to nearby schools with similar student populations, Alder Middle's outcomes are lower. For instance, Wayne Ruble Middle (also in Fontana) and Ben F. Kolb Middle (in Rialto Unified) serve high-need communities but achieve higher proficiency rates. An interesting bright spot is that the school's 8th graders perform better in English than students in lower grades, which is unusual and may point to specific strengths at that level. The wide variation in performance between schools within the same district suggests that local school factors play a major role in student success.

964

Students ?

22.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$26,549

Per pupil spending ?

92.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7555 Alder Ave.
Fontana, CA 92336-2303

(909) 357-5330

District: Fontana Unified

Students who attend Alder Middle usually attend:

High:

Fontana A. B. Miller High

Feeder schools for Alder Middle:

Elementary:	Locust Elementary
	Maple Elementary
	North Tamarind Elementary
	Ted Porter Elementary
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	Virginia Primrose Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.2%

African American:

4.5%

White:

3.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 16th percentile in 2017 → 27th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 27th (2025) from a 16th-percentile low (2017)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (24% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 19% California)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 17 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg31%

California avg41%

2,020^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 27%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 24% (2015) to bottom 27% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 7Middle Schools in the Fontana Unified

1055^th of 1,543Fontana 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	24.8	2020 of 2761	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.3	2115 of 2783	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.9	2262 of 2781	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.6	2148 of 2740	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.0	1921 of 2715	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.2	2042 of 2480	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.0	2106 of 2508	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.2	1904 of 2497	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.2	1890 of 2477	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	38.9	1464 of 2379	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2012	39.5	1374 of 2259	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	43.5	1271 of 2236	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	40.9	1289 of 2179	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	32.2	1411 of 2063	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2008	15.2	1793 of 2005	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	16.1	1748 of 1999	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	15.0	1597 of 1804	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	12.0	1637 of 1777	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	16.5	1531 of 1769	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.7	510 of 609	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.1	440 of 627	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.0	446 of 613	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	529 of 637	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	45.0	325 of 643	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.1	349 of 600	41.8%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	20.9	1424 of 1531	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.4	1285 of 1491	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.9	1180 of 1369	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	39.8	743 of 1478	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.7	659 of 1521	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	45.3	593 of 1540	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.3	780 of 1442	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.9	906 of 1364	33.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.8	1918 of 2533	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	2026 of 2551	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.1	1994 of 2531	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.4	2014 of 2509	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.9	1765 of 2380	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.3	1798 of 2262	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.3	1467 of 2395	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.6	1587 of 2388	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.7	1762 of 2374	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.0	1586 of 2359	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.2	1392 of 2213	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.5	1638 of 2072	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	39.5	188 of 336	44.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.5	1664 of 2542	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.1	1822 of 2579	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.6	2020 of 2531	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.1	1769 of 2458	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.0	1424 of 2369	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.5	1735 of 2230	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	1856 of 2534	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.8	1881 of 2552	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	2175 of 2538	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	1964 of 2527	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.5	1746 of 2407	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.3	2005 of 2273	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	1269 of 1566	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.6	980 of 1552	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.8	1387 of 1531	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	13.6	1363 of 1537	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.1	1429 of 1543	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.3	1494 of 1555	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	1230 of 1602	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	1268 of 1496	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)50th percentile+26 vs school

Homeless (2022)44th percentile+22 vs school

Hispanic (2025)39th percentile+12 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)27th percentile~ school

Female (2025)24th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)19th percentile-8 vs school

African American (2025)16th percentile-11 vs school

White (2024)11th percentile-13 vs school

Disabled (2022)7th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy31%-17 vs state

Mathematics20%-17 vs state

Science16%-16 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 (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	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 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
Alder Middle	Public	6-8	7555 Alder Ave.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5330	964	43	22.4	92.1%	32 (3.3%)	43 (4.5%)	870 (90.2%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.8%)	24.8	2020^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.8%		23.3	2115^th of 2783 public middle schools	24.0%	95													16.3	16.3	27.0	28.3	37.5	31.3	22.5	18.7	20.3	20.4	$26,549	$22,654	$3,895
Fontana Middle	Public	6-8	8425 Mango Ave.	Fontana	92335	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5370	1,049	38	27.6	91.7%	32 (3.1%)	37 (3.5%)	962 (91.7%)	12 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	16.9	2360^th of 2761 public middle schools	14.5%		19.2	2292^nd of 2783 public middle schools	17.6%	68													9.7	9.7	27.4	27.7	19.8	25.0	21.1	16.4	10.3	15.9	$31,287	$27,010	$4,277
Wayne Ruble Middle	Public	6-8	6762 Juniper Ave.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5530	1,394	54	26.0	77.0%	75 (5.4%)	158 (11.3%)	998 (71.6%)	124 (8.9%)	3 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	32 (2.3%)	57.9	953^rd of 2761 public middle schools	65.5%		52.1	1105^th of 2783 public middle schools	60.3%	152													33.3	33.3	45.8	55.4	58.2	53.1	35.0	36.0	33.1	34.7	$38,166	$32,980	$5,186
Rialto Middle	Public	6-8	1262 West Rialto Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 879-7308	1,017	46	21.8	87.9%	11 (1.1%)	90 (8.8%)	888 (87.3%)	10 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	15 (1.5%)	32.1	1753^rd of 2761 public middle schools	36.5%		30.1	1810^th of 2783 public middle schools	35.0%	57													24.3	24.3	38.0	41.8	39.2	39.7	18.7	22.8	16.7	19.4	$23,124	$21,290	$1,834
Ben F. Kolb Middle	Public	6-8	2351 North Spruce St.	Rialto	92377	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7849	917	37	24.9	81.5%	27 (2.9%)	106 (11.6%)	743 (81.0%)	8 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.7%)	24 (2.6%)	42.4	1413^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.8%		35.3	1613^th of 2783 public middle schools	42.0%	200													23.5	23.5	46.8	51.8	41.5	46.6	30.9	25.4	21.2	25.8	$20,731	$18,990	$1,741
Almeria Middle	Public	6-8	7723 Almeria Ave.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5350	772	37	20.8	82.4%	28 (3.6%)	54 (7.0%)	645 (83.5%)	29 (3.8%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	10 (1.3%)	21.1	2181^st of 2761 public middle schools	21.0%		19.3	2283^rd of 2783 public middle schools	18.0%	102													17.9	17.9	23.9	28.9	28.0	27.3	14.7	18.9	19.4	18.0	$21,485	$17,884	$3,601
Ethel Kucera Middle	Public	6-8	2140 West Buena Vista Dr.	Rialto	92377	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 574-7044	978	39	24.7	75.6%	45 (4.6%)	78 (8.0%)	818 (83.6%)	18 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.6%)	12 (1.2%)	36.6	1599^th of 2761 public middle schools	42.1%		29.3	1841^st of 2783 public middle schools	33.8%	242													20.9	20.9	46.6	42.1	43.8	44.2	25.5	20.3	19.1	21.7	$20,908	$18,850	$2,058
Warren F. Frisbie Middle	Public	6-8	1442 North Eucalyptus Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7887	1,000	40	24.8	87.8%	8 (0.8%)	71 (7.1%)	902 (90.2%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	8 (0.8%)	18.3	2303^rd of 2761 public middle schools	16.6%		15.8	2444^th of 2783 public middle schools	12.2%	141													11.5	11.5	28.8	40.9	22.0	30.1	15.0	13.6	7.8	11.9	$23,663	$21,938	$1,725
Harry S. Truman Middle	Public	6-8	16224 Mallory Dr.	Fontana	92335	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5190	883	37	23.8	89.2%	29 (3.3%)	18 (2.0%)	805 (91.2%)	20 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.1%)	27.4	1914^th of 2761 public middle schools	30.7%		26	2000^th of 2783 public middle schools	28.1%	86													26.0	26.0	35.2	28.8	36.1	33.3	19.2	14.4	21.0	18.2	$26,888	$22,532	$4,356
Joe Baca	Public	7-8	1640 South Lilac Ave.	Bloomington	92316	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5014	705	39	18.1	91.8%	20 (2.8%)	32 (4.5%)	641 (90.9%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	17	2356^th of 2761 public middle schools	14.7%		17.4	2373^rd of 2783 public middle schools	14.7%	17	6.5	0.0	3.4	12.9	3.6	8.5	9.7	10.7	10.2	0.0	3.6	1.7	14.7	14.7		22.2	25.9	24.1		16.9	12.2	14.5	$27,398	$24,714	$2,684

Frequently Asked Questions about Alder Middle

What high school do graduates of Alder Middle attend?

Students who attend Alder Middle usually go on to attend Fontana A. B. Miller High

Is Alder Middle a good school?

Alder Middle ranks 2020^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What district is Alder Middle in?

Fontana Unified

How many students attend Alder Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 964 students attended Alder Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Alder Middle?

Students at Alder Middle are 90% Hispanic, 4% African American, 3% White.

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