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Sparks Middle

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Sparks Middle ranks 1817 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

1817^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 34% of California middle schools

Summary

Sparks Middle is a public school serving about 600 students in grades 6-8 within the Hacienda la Puente Unified district in La Puente, CA, where a majority of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with student proficiency in core subjects consistently below both district and state averages; math and science scores are particularly low, lagging about 20 points behind the district. While the school's statewide ranking has been volatile over the past decade, it has recently shown improvement, moving from a 1-star to a 2-star rating. A notable strength is its exceptional program for English Language Learners, which ranks among the top in the state. However, chronic absenteeism, though improving, remains higher than average at 24%, which is a concern as nearby schools like Edgewood Middle and Walnut Grove Intermediate have much lower rates.

Compared to other middle schools in the area, Newton Middle in the same district outperforms Sparks across all subjects. Sparks Middle spends over $20,000 per student, which is relatively high, yet it has a larger class size than some district peers. This suggests the school is working to invest in improvement, and its recent gains and strong ELL results indicate areas of effective practice that could be built upon to help all students succeed.

600

Students ?

25.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,289

Per pupil spending ?

78%

Free/discounted lunch ?

15100 Giordano St.
La Puente, CA 91744-2718

(626) 933-5001

District: Hacienda la Puente Unified

Students who attend Sparks Middle usually attend:

High:

La Puente High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

92.2%

Asian:

5.0%

Two or more races:

1.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 61st percentile in 2013 → 34th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (28% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 27 percentile points since 2013

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg43%

California avg41%

1,817^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 34%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 4Middle Schools in the Hacienda la Puente Unified

777^th of 1,543Hacienda la Puente 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	30.3	1817 of 2761	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	22.5	2148 of 2783	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.7	2273 of 2781	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.1	1768 of 2740	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.6	1597 of 2715	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.6	1339 of 2480	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2017	46.3	1211 of 2508	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2016	46.1	1215 of 2497	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2015	29.9	1632 of 2477	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	58.2	932 of 2379	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2012	62.8	748 of 2259	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2011	68.3	607 of 2236	72.9%	★★★★☆
2010	60.5	780 of 2179	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2009	49.5	986 of 2063	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2008	35.3	1288 of 2005	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	35.0	1256 of 1999	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	26.2	1343 of 1804	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	26.8	1293 of 1777	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	25.0	1319 of 1769	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	4.3	699 of 743	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.4	668 of 715	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	26.6	1202 of 1531	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.6	1442 of 1491	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	30.2	945 of 1369	31.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	53.1	388 of 1478	73.7%	★★★★☆
2023	44.6	591 of 1521	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	70.3	190 of 1540	87.7%	★★★★☆
2019	40.8	659 of 1442	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.5	696 of 1364	49.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.3	1568 of 2533	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	22.8	1981 of 2551	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.1	2159 of 2531	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.7	1673 of 2509	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.1	1395 of 2380	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.8	1096 of 2262	51.5%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.3	1437 of 2395	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.3	1791 of 2388	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	1872 of 2374	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	40.9	1262 of 2359	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	49.3	964 of 2213	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.4	779 of 2072	62.4%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	376 of 477	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.6	305 of 336	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.8	1421 of 2542	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.0	1896 of 2579	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	2011 of 2531	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.7	1377 of 2458	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.9	1083 of 2369	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.9	777 of 2230	65.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	1784 of 2534	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	1984 of 2552	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.5	2015 of 2538	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.0	1650 of 2527	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.6	1535 of 2407	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.8	1430 of 2273	37.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.6	888 of 1566	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.9	1033 of 1552	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.4	967 of 1531	36.8%	★★☆☆☆

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)74th percentile+51 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)44th percentile+10 vs school

Special Education (2025)43rd percentile+9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)40th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)38th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)30th percentile-5 vs school

Disabled (2022)21st percentile-14 vs school

Homeless (2025)21st percentile-13 vs school

Asian (2024)6th percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy40%-9 vs state

Mathematics21%-17 vs state

Science13%-20 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 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
Sparks Middle	Public	6-8	15100 Giordano St.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-5001	600	24	25.3	78.0%	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	553 (92.2%)	30 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	30.3	1817^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.2%		22.5	2148^th of 2783 public middle schools	22.8%	331	13.0	13.0	31.2	44.0	43.2	39.7	18.8	22.3	20.5	20.6	$24,289	$22,326	$1,963
Sierra Vista Middle	Public	6-8	15801 Sierra Vista Ct.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-4000	270	13	20.7	80.0%	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	254 (94.1%)	11 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	34.5	1665^th of 2761 public middle schools	39.7%		30.6	1789^th of 2783 public middle schools	35.7%	124	16.9	16.9	24.0	46.6	35.4	35.9	13.5	45.5	20.5	27.4	$28,976	$27,114	$1,862
Edgewood Middle	Public	6-8	1625 West Durness	West Covina	91790	Los Angeles County	West Covina Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 939-4900	597	29	20.8	82.4%	19 (3.2%)	12 (2.0%)	478 (80.1%)	76 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	29.3	1850^th of 2761 public middle schools	33.0%		31.2	1759^th of 2783 public middle schools	36.8%	91	20.0	20.0	30.8	35.0	34.2	33.5	31.4	23.0	18.0	23.5	$20,135	$17,440	$2,695
Walnut Grove Intermediate	Public	7-8	614 East Vine	West Covina	91790	Los Angeles County	West Covina Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 919-7018	259	16	16.3	90.0%	4 (1.5%)	9 (3.5%)	197 (76.1%)	40 (15.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	36.8	1592^nd of 2761 public middle schools	42.3%		45.9	1282^nd of 2783 public middle schools	53.9%	310	18.2	18.2		35.3	42.5	39.2		28.7	29.4	29.1	$31,713	$29,250	$2,463
Torch Middle	Public	6-8	751 North Vineland Ave.	City Of Industry	91746	Los Angeles County	Bassett Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-2700	345	16	21.8	90.1%	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.2%)	307 (89.0%)	30 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	34.9	1651^st of 2761 public middle schools	40.2%		34.8	1635^th of 2783 public middle schools	41.3%	16	20.2	20.2	39.3	44.4	36.4	39.9	22.6	26.1	24.6	24.6	$17,469	$13,492	$3,977
Grandview College Preparatory Academy	Public	6-8	795 North Grandview Ln.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-4901	388	20	19.0	84.8%	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.3%)	339 (87.4%)	29 (7.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	29.5				21.7	2189^th of 2783 public middle schools	21.3%	(n/a)	19.9	19.9	31.4	44.2	32.9	35.6	14.1	28.9	21.3	21.0	$29,946	$28,080	$1,866
Charles D. Jones Middle	Public	6-8	14250 East Merced Ave.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 962-8312	423	26	16.0	95.7%	5 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	376 (88.9%)	39 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	28.4	1881^st of 2761 public middle schools	31.9%		26.5	1975^th of 2783 public middle schools	29.0%	94	25.0	25.0	38.1	33.8	34.3	35.4	24.1	15.6	15.0	18.3	$24,249	$19,692	$4,557
Orange Grove Middle	Public	6-8	14505 Orange Grove Ave.	Hacienda Heights	91745	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-7000	287	14	21.0	82.9%	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	255 (88.9%)	17 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	29	1862^nd of 2761 public middle schools	32.6%		31	1769^th of 2783 public middle schools	36.4%	93	19.4	19.4	29.2	32.7	40.2	34.7	13.5	27.7	21.3	21.6	$28,351	$26,368	$1,983
Newton Middle	Public	6-8	15616 Newton St.	Hacienda Heights	91745	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-2400	565	24	23.0	67.4%	15 (2.7%)	4 (0.7%)	471 (83.4%)	65 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	46.4	1286^th of 2761 public middle schools	53.4%		47.5	1235^th of 2783 public middle schools	55.6%	51	26.5	26.5	42.9	52.7	50.0	48.6	27.3	26.5	29.1	27.7	$25,295	$23,490	$1,805
Sierra Vista Middle	Public	6-8	13400 Foster Ave.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 962-1300	709	36	19.7	91.3%	7 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	622 (87.7%)	71 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	43.8	1362^nd of 2761 public middle schools	50.7%		41.9	1395^th of 2783 public middle schools	49.9%	33	25.1	25.1	42.4	41.9	40.8	41.7	31.3	30.0	35.0	32.2	$23,769	$19,774	$3,995

Frequently Asked Questions about Sparks Middle

Is Sparks Middle a good school?

Sparks Middle ranks 1817^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Sparks Middle attend?

Students who attend Sparks Middle usually go on to attend La Puente High

What district is Sparks Middle in?

Hacienda la Puente Unified

What is the racial makeup of Sparks Middle?

Students at Sparks Middle are 92% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

How many students attend Sparks Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 600 students attended Sparks Middle.

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