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Maze Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2076^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 25% of California middle schools

Summary

Maze Middle is a public middle school serving about 580 students in grades 6-8 within the Hollister School District, which has seen the school's statewide ranking decline significantly over the past decade to the 25th percentile.

The school faces considerable academic challenges, with only 12% of students proficient in math and 36% in English, alongside a chronic absenteeism rate of 25%, which is higher than the district and state averages. A particularly striking finding is the dramatic performance gap within its own district; just 1.78 miles away, the Accelerated Achievement Academy excels with 86% math proficiency and less than 5% chronic absenteeism, suggesting factors like school culture and instructional approaches play a major role. Compared to the other traditional middle school in Hollister, Rancho San Justo, Maze Middle has slightly lower poverty rates but higher absenteeism and similar academic struggles.

While the school spends over $12,500 per student, more than some higher-performing neighbors, the data indicates resources may not be effectively targeted. The analysis suggests that addressing chronic absenteeism is a critical first step, and that the school could benefit from examining the successful strategies used by nearby schools like Brownell Middle in Gilroy or its own district's Accelerated Achievement Academy, particularly in mathematics instruction where scores decline sharply from 6th to 8th grade.

580

Students ?

20.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,584

Per pupil spending ?

65.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

900 Meridian St.
Hollister, CA 95023-4107

(831) 636-4480

District: Hollister

Students who attend Maze Middle usually attend:

High:

Hollister High

Feeder schools for Maze Middle:

Elementary:	Calaveras Elementary
	Sunnyslope Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

84.0%

White:

9.8%

Two or more races:

3.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 15th percentile in 2022 → 25th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 25th (2025) from a 15th-percentile low (2022)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (25th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 25 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg31%

California avg41%

2,076^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 25%▼ down 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 36% (2015) to bottom 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Middle Schools in the Hollister

1069^th of 1,543Hollister 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	23.5	2076 of 2761	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.9	2221 of 2783	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.8	1952 of 2781	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.4	2338 of 2740	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.8	1796 of 2715	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.1	1626 of 2480	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	41.8	1340 of 2508	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	41.9	1317 of 2497	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2015	31.2	1597 of 2477	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	45.4	1283 of 2379	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	51.3	1067 of 2259	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2011	51.4	1060 of 2236	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2010	49.4	1051 of 2179	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2009	51.4	935 of 2063	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2008	45.2	1029 of 2005	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	54.0	809 of 1999	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2006	42.2	965 of 1804	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2005	24.0	1358 of 1777	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	27.9	1244 of 1769	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	21.4	1411 of 1531	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	1308 of 1491	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.7	1256 of 1369	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	39.9	734 of 1478	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	39.5	790 of 1521	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.6	587 of 1540	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.7	386 of 1442	73.2%	★★★★☆
2018	48.0	450 of 1364	67.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	1903 of 2533	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.3	2079 of 2551	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.4	1860 of 2531	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.7	2163 of 2509	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.2	1390 of 2380	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.6	1353 of 2262	40.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.1	1835 of 2395	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.4	1854 of 2388	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.2	1586 of 2374	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	18.3	2082 of 2359	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.1	1368 of 2213	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.8	1219 of 2072	41.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.5	2050 of 2542	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.4	2243 of 2579	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.4	2140 of 2531	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	2067 of 2458	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.9	1467 of 2369	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.0	1521 of 2230	31.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.4	1977 of 2534	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.4	2031 of 2552	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.8	1700 of 2538	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	17.8	2161 of 2527	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	1919 of 2407	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.4	1707 of 2273	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.2	59 of 95	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.1	47 of 94	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.5	813 of 1566	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.4	1125 of 1552	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	44.1	679 of 1531	55.6%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.7	1035 of 1520	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.4	1002 of 1543	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.5	1179 of 1555	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.8	1237 of 1602	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.9	1291 of 1496	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

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+30 vs school

Special Education (2025)48th percentile+23 vs school

Migrant (2025)38th percentile+13 vs school

White (2025)32nd percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)25th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)22nd percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile-5 vs school

Disabled (2022)8th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy36%-13 vs state

Science18%-15 vs state

Mathematics12%-25 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 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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
Maze Middle	Public	6-8	900 Meridian St.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Hollister	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 636-4480	580	29	20.2	65.5%	57 (9.8%)	5 (0.9%)	487 (84.0%)	11 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.3%)	23.5	2076^th of 2761 public middle schools	24.8%		20.9	2221^st of 2783 public middle schools	20.2%	145		17.9	17.9		32.4	34.1	39.7	35.8		18.5	12.4	7.1	12.2	$12,584	$1,414	$11,170
San Benito County Opportunity	Public	7-9	191 Alvarado St.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	San Benito County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 636-8408	32	3	10.2	87.5%	1 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.1%)	4.2	2751^st of 2761 public middle schools	0.4%					(n/a)		0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	$22,895	$4,602	$18,293
Rancho San Justo	Public	6-8	1201 Rancho Dr.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Hollister	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 636-4450	653	32	20.4	69.4%	69 (10.6%)	13 (2.0%)	516 (79.0%)	20 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	29 (4.4%)	26.5	1938^th of 2761 public middle schools	29.8%		23.7	2101^st of 2783 public middle schools	24.5%	163		23.9	23.9		32.6	34.6	36.7	34.8		19.9	17.8	12.8	16.6	$12,309	$1,638	$10,671
Accelerated Achievement Academy	Public	5-8	1151 Buena Vista Rd.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Hollister	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 636-4460	151	6	27.4	47.7%	17 (11.3%)	2 (1.3%)	109 (72.2%)	16 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)	98.9	20^th of 2761 public middle schools	99.3%		97.6	74^th of 2783 public middle schools	97.3%	54	65.6	65.4	65.5	84.4	97.1	97.1	90.4	92.2	90.6	82.9	85.3	84.6	85.6	$9,831	$1,025	$8,806
South Valley Middle	Public	6-8	7881 Murray Ave.	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 205-5200	784	34	23.1	55.6%	41 (5.2%)	8 (1.0%)	631 (80.5%)	43 (5.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (7.4%)	29.6	1844^th of 2761 public middle schools	33.2%		35.7	1600^th of 2783 public middle schools	42.5%	244		21.7	21.7		30.1	31.7	33.5	31.7		21.2	27.0	27.0	25.0	$17,082	$1,682	$15,400
Brownell Middle	Public	6-8	7800 Carmel St.	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 205-5100	672	31	21.5	56.3%	99 (14.7%)	10 (1.5%)	474 (70.5%)	42 (6.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (6.4%)	44.7	1338^th of 2761 public middle schools	51.5%		59.6	897^th of 2783 public middle schools	67.8%	441		31.1	31.1		36.0	45.7	40.8	40.7		32.3	28.7	33.6	31.7	$19,040	$1,259	$17,781
Solorsano Middle	Public	6-8	7121 Grenache Way	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 205-5000	749	34	22.0	48.9%	97 (13.0%)	16 (2.1%)	490 (65.4%)	78 (10.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	64 (8.5%)	46	1296^th of 2761 public middle schools	53.1%		51.5	1121^st of 2783 public middle schools	59.7%	175		27.3	27.3		41.3	42.6	41.4	41.8		28.8	37.3	35.2	33.9	$18,120	$1,483	$16,637
John Gutierrez Middle	Public	6-8	1031 Rogge Rd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-3300	568	29	19.4	80.5%	32 (5.6%)	5 (0.9%)	513 (90.3%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.2%)	24.8	2012^th of 2761 public middle schools	27.1%		22.7	2137^th of 2783 public middle schools	23.2%	125		18.3	18.3		31.9	30.5	37.8	33.5		15.9	20.4	16.2	17.7	$18,773	$1,915	$16,858
La Paz Middle	Public	7-8	1300 North Sanborn Rd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7900	1,099	55	20.0	93.4%	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1,092 (99.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22.8	2119^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.3%		23.7	2102^nd of 2783 public middle schools	24.5%	17		16.0	16.0			34.9	28.7	31.9			18.8	15.7	17.3	$17,531	$1,847	$15,684
Gavilan View Middle	Public	6-8	18250 Van Buren Ave.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7212	556	30	18.5	87.6%	19 (3.4%)	2 (0.4%)	508 (91.4%)	16 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.6%)	24.6	2028^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.5%		18.1	2337^th of 2783 public middle schools	16.0%	309		21.1	21.1		34.5	30.2	36.4	33.6		16.5	15.1	16.8	16.1	$19,420	$1,914	$17,506

Frequently Asked Questions about Maze Middle

How many students attend Maze Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 580 students attended Maze Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Maze Middle?

Students at Maze Middle are 84% Hispanic, 10% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What district is Maze Middle in?

Hollister

What high school do graduates of Maze Middle attend?

Students who attend Maze Middle usually go on to attend Hollister High

Is Maze Middle a good school?

Maze Middle ranks in the bottom 24.8% of California middle schools.

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