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Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate

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Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate ranks 628 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 7-8

628^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 77% of California middle schools

Summary

Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate is a well-regarded public middle school serving about 300 students in grades 7 and 8 within the Garvey Elementary district in Rosemead, known for its consistent 4-star rating and strong academic support for its student community.

The school excels at helping students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds succeed, ranking in the top 10% of California schools for this group. It achieves this with smaller class sizes and higher per-student funding than many neighboring schools. While performing solidly overall, an interesting comparison exists within its own district: Garvey (Richard) Intermediate achieves slightly higher test scores with a larger class size and lower spending, suggesting factors like teaching methods or school culture also play a key role. The school has also made excellent progress in reducing chronic student absences since the pandemic.

When looking at nearby schools, Muscatel Middle in the Rosemead Elementary district stands out for its higher ranking and exceptional attendance rate, despite a similar student population. Being part of the higher-performing Garvey district is a benefit, as schools in lower-ranked districts like Montebello Unified generally score lower. A key takeaway for parents is that Temple Intermediate is particularly effective for students learning English and those facing economic challenges, though there is room for growth in supporting other student subgroups to match this high level of success.

297

Students ?

16.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,880

Per pupil spending ?

81.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8510 East Fern Ave.
Rosemead, CA 91770-3261

(626) 307-3360

District: Garvey Elementary

Feeder schools for Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate:

Elementary:	Rice (Eldridge) Elementary
	Sanchez (George I.) Elementary
	Willard (Frances E.) Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

53.2%

Hispanic:

44.4%

White:

1.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 70th percentile in 2013 → 77th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (50% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 23% of California middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 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 school50%

District avg52%

California avg41%

628^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 23%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2Middle Schools in the Garvey Elementary

423^rd of 1,543Garvey 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	72.5	628 of 2761	77.3%	★★★★☆
2024	74.5	600 of 2783	78.4%	★★★★☆
2023	75.6	567 of 2781	79.6%	★★★★☆
2022	76.8	551 of 2740	79.9%	★★★★☆
2019	76.2	575 of 2715	78.8%	★★★★☆
2018	74.3	560 of 2480	77.4%	★★★★☆
2017	83.1	393 of 2508	84.3%	★★★★☆
2016	84.0	353 of 2497	85.9%	★★★★☆
2015	71.9	611 of 2477	75.3%	★★★★☆
2013	66.0	713 of 2379	70.0%	★★★★☆
2012	65.7	678 of 2259	70.0%	★★★★☆
2011	64.5	697 of 2236	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2010	70.3	542 of 2179	75.1%	★★★★☆
2009	72.3	462 of 2063	77.6%	★★★★☆
2008	63.3	631 of 2005	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2007	49.9	906 of 1999	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2006	47.7	863 of 1804	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2005	47.7	842 of 1777	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2004	51.1	768 of 1769	56.6%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.4	381 of 739	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	56.6	374 of 743	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	55.9	370 of 715	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	60.1	339 of 733	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.7	312 of 745	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.0	363 of 700	48.1%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	31.6	1005 of 1531	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.0	1164 of 1491	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.4	939 of 1369	31.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	63.0	234 of 1478	84.2%	★★★★☆
2023	33.0	1068 of 1521	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	58.9	315 of 1540	79.5%	★★★★☆
2019	64.8	247 of 1442	82.9%	★★★★☆
2018	72.3	190 of 1364	86.1%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	72.5	588 of 2533	76.8%	★★★★☆
2024	76.3	517 of 2551	79.7%	★★★★☆
2023	78.4	467 of 2531	81.5%	★★★★☆
2022	81.9	398 of 2509	84.1%	★★★★☆
2019	73.6	548 of 2380	77.0%	★★★★☆
2018	71.7	568 of 2262	74.9%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.9	1425 of 2395	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.4	1026 of 2388	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.2	1027 of 2374	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.9	1327 of 2359	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.4	1081 of 2213	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.5	1007 of 2072	51.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	86.3	232 of 2542	90.9%	★★★★★
2024	89.1	204 of 2579	92.1%	★★★★★
2023	89.4	171 of 2531	93.2%	★★★★★
2022	91.1	132 of 2458	94.6%	★★★★★
2019	90.0	135 of 2369	94.3%	★★★★★
2018	88.7	147 of 2230	93.4%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	69.6	627 of 2534	75.3%	★★★★☆
2024	69.5	645 of 2552	74.7%	★★★★☆
2023	69.9	608 of 2538	76.0%	★★★★☆
2022	68.8	642 of 2527	74.6%	★★★★☆
2019	76.5	499 of 2407	79.3%	★★★★☆
2018	74.1	519 of 2273	77.2%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.5	994 of 1566	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.6	849 of 1552	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.4	1130 of 1531	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)91st percentile+14 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)84th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)77th percentile~ school

Male (2025)75th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)48th percentile-29 vs school

Hispanic (2025)41st percentile-37 vs school

Special Education (2025)37th percentile-41 vs school

Disabled (2022)34th percentile-46 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy57%+8 vs state

Mathematics48%+11 vs state

Science39%+6 vs state

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by a principal
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Temple Intermediate is an awesome school. Not only do we offer top notch academic instruction. We also have electives and extracurricular activities that accommodate just about any interest any student can have. Stop by any time for a tour of the campus, or call with any questions or feedback (626) 307-3360 Close Quote

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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 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
Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate	Public	7-8	8510 East Fern Ave.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	Garvey Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 307-3360	297	18	16.8	81.5%	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	132 (44.4%)	158 (53.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	72.5	628^th of 2761 public middle schools	77.3%		74.5	600^th of 2783 public middle schools	78.4%	28		38.7	38.7				56.1	57.8	56.9				47.1	48.7	47.9	$22,880	$2,450	$20,430
Garvey (Richard) Intermediate	Public	7-8	2720 North Jackson Ave.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	Garvey Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 307-3385	661	29	22.5	78.1%	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	227 (34.3%)	413 (62.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (1.8%)	81.3	456^th of 2761 public middle schools	83.5%		87.6	331^st of 2783 public middle schools	88.1%	125		47.2	47.2				59.5	63.2	61.3				52.3	55.7	54.0	$20,932	$2,398	$18,534
Muscatel Middle	Public	7-8	4201 North Ivar Ave.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	Rosemead Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 287-1139	511	24	20.9	76.7%	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	189 (37.0%)	296 (57.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.1%)	82.5	427^th of 2761 public middle schools	84.5%		87.8	327^th of 2783 public middle schools	88.3%	100		48.0	48.0				66.3	60.6	63.5				56.0	50.2	53.2	$20,073	$1,935	$18,138
Dean L. Shively	Public	6-8	1431 North Central Ave.	South El Monte	91733	Los Angeles County	Valle Lindo Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 580-0610	289	12	24.2	75.8%	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	260 (90.0%)	25 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62.5	841^st of 2761 public middle schools	69.5%		57.7	943^rd of 2783 public middle schools	66.1%	102		40.0	40.0			50.0	50.6	55.6	52.4			33.0	34.2	46.3	38.6	$13,897	$388	$13,509
La Merced Intermediate	Public	6-8	215 East Avenida de la Merced	Montebello	90640	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 722-7262	682	32	21.5	92.4%	13 (1.9%)	6 (0.9%)	650 (95.3%)	12 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25.7	1972^nd of 2761 public middle schools	28.6%		31.1	1765^th of 2783 public middle schools	36.6%	207		15.0	15.0			30.5	30.1	29.3	30.0			19.4	24.2	27.2	23.4	$14,377	$1,105	$13,272
Macy Intermediate	Public	6-8	2101 South Lupine Ave.	Monterey Park	91755	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 722-0260	576	27	21.2	76.0%	14 (2.4%)	5 (0.9%)	474 (82.3%)	79 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	61	879^th of 2761 public middle schools	68.2%		59.1	907^th of 2783 public middle schools	67.4%	28		32.2	32.2			52.2	61.2	51.7	55.1			41.7	30.6	39.1	37.1	$13,327	$917	$12,410
Jefferson Middle	Public	6-8	1372 East Las Tunas Dr.	San Gabriel	91776	Los Angeles County	San Gabriel Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 287-5260	1,013	47	21.6	70.0%	34 (3.4%)	7 (0.7%)	399 (39.4%)	526 (51.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	43 (4.2%)	76.7	546^th of 2761 public middle schools	80.2%		81.6	449^th of 2783 public middle schools	83.9%	97		48.3	48.3			58.9	61.2	64.9	61.5			43.5	51.1	44.4	46.5	$19,478	$2,227	$17,251
Cloverly Elementary	Public	4-6	5476 Cloverly Ave.	Temple City	91780	Los Angeles County	Temple City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 548-5092	460	15	30.6	43.7%	13 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	108 (23.5%)	323 (70.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)								(n/a)	56.7		56.7	61.7	76.6	71.8			70.1	64.1	71.3	69.3			68.3	$16,542	$1,470	$15,072
North Park Academy of the Arts	Public	6-8	4450 South Durfee Ave.	Pico Rivera	90660	Los Angeles County	El Rancho Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 801-7570	512	23	22.2	87.5%	6 (1.2%)	3 (0.6%)	492 (96.1%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19.3	2256^th of 2761 public middle schools	18.3%		24.4	2063^rd of 2783 public middle schools	25.9%	193		14.0	14.0			24.0	34.3	23.9	27.7			13.9	21.5	12.1	16.0	$19,718	$1,140	$18,578
Montebello Intermediate	Public	6-8	1600 Whittier Blvd.	Montebello	90640	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 721-5111	733	34	21.2	90.3%	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	721 (98.4%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24	2052^nd of 2761 public middle schools	25.7%		29.3	1844^th of 2783 public middle schools	33.7%	208		13.8	13.8			32.9	36.2	33.5	34.2			14.8	22.6	15.3	17.5	$12,079	$1,011	$11,068

Frequently Asked Questions about Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate

What is the racial makeup of Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate?

Students at Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate are 53% Asian, 44% Hispanic, 1% White, 1% Two or more races.

What district is Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate in?

Garvey Elementary

Is Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate a good school?

Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate ranks 628^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate?

In the 2024-25 school year, 297 students attended Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate.

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