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Accelerated Achievement Academy

Public Grades 5-8

20^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 99% of California middle schools

Summary

Accelerated Achievement Academy is a public middle school in Hollister, California, serving 162 students in grades 5-8. This school stands out as an exceptional performer within the Hollister District, which is ranked 1080 out of 1565 districts in the state.

Accelerated Achievement Academy consistently ranks among the top 5% of middle schools in California, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly higher than the Hollister district and California state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranged from 84.38% to 97.14%, compared to 36.32% to 40.75% for the Hollister district and 47.84% to 49.65% for California. Similarly, in Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 82.86% to 90.63%, compared to 15.18% to 26.31% for the Hollister district and 33.94% to 37.3% for California.

Accelerated Achievement Academy also ranks among the top 3 to 33 middle schools in California for various student subgroups, including female students, male students, Hispanic students, white students, and low socioeconomic status students. This demonstrates the school's ability to provide equitable educational opportunities and support for diverse student populations. While the school has experienced fluctuations in chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 8.0% to 28.6% over the past few years, its spending per student, ranging from $8,249 to $11,295, is generally higher than the Hollister district average, suggesting effective resource allocation to support student learning and achievement.

151

Students ?

27.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,287

Per pupil spending ?

47.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1151 Buena Vista Rd.
Hollister, CA 95023-3329

(831) 636-4460

District: Hollister

Students who attend Accelerated Achievement Academy usually attend:

High:

Hollister High

Feeder schools for Accelerated Achievement Academy:

Elementary:	Calaveras Elementary
	Cerra Vista Elementary
	Hollister Dual Language Academy
	Ladd Lane Elementary
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	R. O. Hardin Elementary
	Sunnyslope Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

72.2%

White:

11.3%

Asian:

10.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 79th percentile in 2013 → 99th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (84% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of California middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 20 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Large classes — about 27 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school84%

District avg31%

California avg41%

20^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 1%▬ steady since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	96.6	239 of 5883	95.9%	★★★★★
2019	99.0	9 of 5789	99.8%	★★★★★
2018	99.0	14 of 5662	99.8%	★★★★★
2017	98.9	25 of 5692	99.6%	★★★★★
2016	97.1	140 of 5614	97.5%	★★★★★
2015	80.5	1092 of 5611	80.5%	★★★★☆
2013	90.4	444 of 5530	92.0%	★★★★★
2012	92.4	264 of 5390	95.1%	★★★★★
2011	96.3	51 of 5377	99.1%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	96.6	179 of 5635	96.8%	★★★★★
2019	98.6	10 of 5492	99.8%	★★★★★
2018	98.8	5 of 5413	99.9%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	99.2	32 of 5084	99.4%	★★★★★
2019	99.8	4 of 4963	99.9%	★★★★★
2018	99.9	3 of 4830	99.9%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	99.4	37 of 5264	99.3%	★★★★★
2019	99.9	4 of 5173	99.9%	★★★★★
2018	99.9	3 of 5084	99.9%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	94.7	322 of 5663	94.3%	★★★★★
2019	99.0	10 of 5510	99.8%	★★★★★
2018	98.1	46 of 5431	99.2%	★★★★★

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	98.9	20 of 2761	99.3%	★★★★★
2024	97.6	74 of 2783	97.3%	★★★★★
2023	98.0	56 of 2781	98.0%	★★★★★
2022	96.0	114 of 2740	95.8%	★★★★★
2019	99.3	12 of 2715	99.6%	★★★★★
2018	99.4	5 of 2480	99.8%	★★★★★
2017	99.3	6 of 2508	99.8%	★★★★★
2016	98.3	14 of 2497	99.4%	★★★★★
2015	98.1	20 of 2477	99.2%	★★★★★
2013	73.4	502 of 2379	78.9%	★★★★☆
2012	78.8	335 of 2259	85.2%	★★★★☆
2011	82.0	255 of 2236	88.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	97.8	33 of 2533	98.7%	★★★★★
2024	95.6	108 of 2551	95.8%	★★★★★
2023	97.3	63 of 2531	97.5%	★★★★★
2022	94.9	127 of 2509	94.9%	★★★★★
2019	99.0	8 of 2380	99.7%	★★★★★
2018	99.3	1 of 2262	100.0%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	99.9	3 of 2395	99.9%	★★★★★
2024	99.4	15 of 2388	99.4%	★★★★★
2023	99.3	13 of 2374	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	99.4	14 of 2359	99.4%	★★★★★
2019	99.9	5 of 2213	99.8%	★★★★★
2018	99.9	5 of 2072	99.8%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	99.9	6 of 2542	99.8%	★★★★★
2024	97.8	49 of 2579	98.1%	★★★★★
2023	98.7	25 of 2531	99.0%	★★★★★
2022	99.4	16 of 2458	99.3%	★★★★★
2019	99.9	7 of 2369	99.7%	★★★★★
2018	99.9	6 of 2230	99.7%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	98.9	18 of 2534	99.3%	★★★★★
2024	98.0	47 of 2552	98.2%	★★★★★
2023	97.7	60 of 2538	97.6%	★★★★★
2022	95.4	124 of 2527	95.1%	★★★★★
2019	99.1	17 of 2407	99.3%	★★★★★
2018	98.6	21 of 2273	99.1%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.8	9 of 1520	99.4%	★★★★★

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)

Elementary school

Hispanic (2022)99th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2022)99th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2022)97th percentile~ school

Male (2022)94th percentile~ school

Middle school

Hispanic (2025)100th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)100th percentile~ school

White (2025)99th percentile~ school

Male (2025)99th percentile~ school

Female (2025)99th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy92%+43 vs state

Mathematics86%+48 vs state

Science65%+33 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 (2025)	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
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	$10,287	$9,398	$889
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	$37,126	$34,008	$3,118
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	$16,528	$15,378	$1,150
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	$15,369	$14,252	$1,117
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	$19,303	$18,282	$1,021
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	$17,912	$17,050	$862
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	$20,270	$19,624	$646
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	$12,197	$10,908	$1,289
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	$11,092	$9,808	$1,284
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	$28,891	$27,100	$1,791

Frequently Asked Questions about Accelerated Achievement Academy

Is Accelerated Achievement Academy a good school?

Yes! Accelerated Achievement Academy is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 20^th of 2761 California middle schools.

What district is Accelerated Achievement Academy in?

Hollister

How many students attend Accelerated Achievement Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 151 students attended Accelerated Achievement Academy.

What high school do graduates of Accelerated Achievement Academy attend?

Students who attend Accelerated Achievement Academy usually go on to attend Hollister High

What is the racial makeup of Accelerated Achievement Academy?

Students at Accelerated Achievement Academy are 72% Hispanic, 11% White, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 1% African American.

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