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Holtville Middle

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Holtville Middle ranks 731 st of 2703 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

731^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,703 California Middle Schools

Better than 73% of California middle schools

Summary

Holtville Middle serves 257 students in grades 6–8 in Holtville, California. In 2025–2026, it had the highest English language arts and math proficiency rates among the eight nearby schools with results, and the second-highest science rate. Its clearest distinction is English language arts: its 62% proficiency rate was 21 percentage points above the nearby-school average.

Holtville Middle is strongest in English language arts and weakest relative to the state in science. Its 2025–2026 English language arts proficiency was 62%, compared with 49% statewide and 53% in Holtville Unified; in math, it was 42%, versus 38% statewide and 37% districtwide. In science, its 35% rate was just below the state’s 36%, though above the district’s 33%. It ranked first among nearby schools in English language arts and math, and second in science, where its rate was 11 percentage points above the local average.

Results have improved since 2022–2023: proficiency rose 13 percentage points in English language arts, 12 in math, and 16 in science. Still, English language arts dipped from 63% in 2024–2025 to 62% in 2025–2026, while science stayed at 35% as the state improved. SchoolDigger ranks the school in the 73rd percentile statewide, with 4 stars and a rank of 731 out of 2,703. Its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 14.1:1, the lowest among nearby schools; 81% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings show particularly strong relative standing for Hispanic students: the school ranked in the 88th percentile for that group in 2025–2026, versus the 73rd percentile overall. Its ranking for Special Education Students was lower, at the 54th percentile in 2024–2025, compared with the school’s overall 76th percentile that year.

257

Students ?

14.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,882

Per pupil spending ?

81.3%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

800 Beale Ave.
Holtville, CA 92250-1404

(760) 356-2811

District: Holtville Unified

Students who attend Holtville Middle usually attend:

High:

Holtville High

Feeder schools for Holtville Middle:

Elementary:	Emmett S. Finley Elementary
	Pine Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.3%

White:

3.1%

Two or more races:

0.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 59th percentile in 2015 → 73rd in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (49% vs 42% meeting standards)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2015

✓Above the California median (73rd percentile)

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school49%

District avg43%

California avg42%

731^st of 2,703

California public middle schools ?

Top 27%▲ up 17 pts since 2016

From top 44% (2016) to top 27% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

303^rd of 968Holtville 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
2026	68.1	731 of 2703	73.0%	★★★★☆
2025	70.2	672 of 2761	75.7%	★★★★☆
2024	58.3	926 of 2783	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.9	1111 of 2781	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.0	944 of 2740	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.6	1062 of 2715	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.7	929 of 2480	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2017	53.6	1016 of 2508	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2016	50.6	1096 of 2497	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2015	53.3	1026 of 2477	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	48.5	1199 of 2379	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	47.8	1149 of 2259	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2011	41.9	1304 of 2236	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	47.2	1106 of 2179	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	37.2	1276 of 2063	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2008	48.3	968 of 2005	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2007	31.1	1359 of 1999	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	38.2	1066 of 1804	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2005	33.3	1145 of 1777	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2004	32.1	1156 of 1769	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	61.2	252 of 1478	82.9%	★★★★☆
2023	80.1	110 of 1521	92.8%	★★★★★
2022	76.9	136 of 1540	91.2%	★★★★★
2019	85.3	98 of 1442	93.2%	★★★★★
2018	90.3	72 of 1364	94.7%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	64.6	735 of 2483	70.4%	★★★★☆
2025	62.4	771 of 2533	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.6	891 of 2551	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.2	910 of 2531	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.5	869 of 2509	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.9	855 of 2380	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.8	879 of 2262	61.1%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	81.9	269 of 2325	88.4%	★★★★☆
2025	84.9	237 of 2395	90.1%	★★★★★
2024	73.8	436 of 2388	81.7%	★★★★☆
2023	67.4	574 of 2374	75.8%	★★★★☆
2022	72.7	429 of 2359	81.8%	★★★★☆
2019	67.5	535 of 2213	75.8%	★★★★☆
2018	69.0	472 of 2072	77.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	74.9	432 of 2493	82.7%	★★★★☆
2025	78.6	372 of 2542	85.4%	★★★★☆
2024	66.0	614 of 2579	76.2%	★★★★☆
2023	62.2	698 of 2531	72.4%	★★★★☆
2022	61.4	708 of 2458	71.2%	★★★★☆
2019	62.7	668 of 2369	71.8%	★★★★☆
2018	65.2	580 of 2230	74.0%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	68.0	665 of 2478	73.2%	★★★★☆
2025	74.4	537 of 2534	78.8%	★★★★☆
2024	57.7	868 of 2552	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.3	1193 of 2538	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.0	882 of 2527	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.3	1069 of 2407	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.0	863 of 2273	62.0%	★★★☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	87.8	7 of 106	93.4%	★★★★★
2024	53.5	38 of 94	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	76.6	14 of 86	83.7%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.1	727 of 1566	53.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	17.7	1491 of 1531	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Migrant (2026)93rd percentile+20 vs school

Hispanic (2026)88th percentile+15 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)83rd percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)83rd percentile+10 vs school

Male (2026)73rd percentile~ school

Female (2026)70th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)54th percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy62%+12 vs state

Mathematics42%+3 vs state

Science35%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CSA Spanish Overall (2026)			CSA Spanish Listening (2026)			CSA Spanish Writing (2026)			CSA Spanish Reading (2026)			CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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 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
Holtville Middle	Public	6-8	800 Beale Ave.	Holtville	92250	Imperial County	Holtville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 356-2811	257	18	14.1	81.3%	8 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	245 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	68.1	731^st of 2703 public middle schools	73.0%		70.2	672^nd of 2761 public middle schools	75.7%	59														34.6	34.6		65.3	59.0	60.0	61.7		41.8	44.7	38.8	41.8	$27,882	$26,964	$918
Kennedy Middle	Public	7-8	900 North Sixth St.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	El Centro Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 352-0444	434	25	17.0	90.6%	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.7%)	422 (97.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	33.7	1668^th of 2703 public middle schools	38.3%		39.3	1510^th of 2761 public middle schools	45.3%	158														20.4	20.4			38.1	42.7	40.4			21.8	31.8	26.7	$32,148	$30,352	$1,796
Heber	Public	5-8	1052 Heber Ave.	Heber	92249	Imperial County	Heber Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 337-6530	549	26	20.7	68.9%	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	544 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	57.3	976^th of 2703 public middle schools	63.9%		56.1	999^th of 2761 public middle schools	63.8%	23													28.5	38.7	34.2	46.6	47.1	53.5	50.7	49.7	26.7	25.6	40.3	45.0	35.3	$38,124	$35,016	$3,108
Enrique Camarena Junior High	Public	7-8	800 East Rivera Ave.	Calexico	92231	Imperial County	Calexico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 768-3808	674	31	21.9	85.5%	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	667 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25	1983^rd of 2703 public middle schools	26.6%		25.9	1958^th of 2761 public middle schools	29.1%	25														15.0	15.0			32.4	35.8	34.2			20.4	25.6	23.2	$23,141	$20,020	$3,121
Wilson Junior High	Public	7-8	600 South Wilson	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	El Centro Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 352-5341	605	33	18.6	75.7%	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	592 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	40.3	1473^rd of 2703 public middle schools	45.5%		44.2	1353^rd of 2761 public middle schools	51.0%	120	19.2	4.0	11.8	30.8	20.0	25.5	30.8	8.0	19.6	15.4	12.0	13.7		31.3	31.3			39.7	45.7	42.6			23.5	32.5	27.8	$23,482	$21,774	$1,708
Frank M. Wright Middle	Public	6-8	885 North Imperial Ave.	Imperial	92251	Imperial County	Imperial Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 355-3240	1,116	49	22.6	54.7%	77 (6.9%)	5 (0.4%)	1,014 (90.9%)	10 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.7%)	55.5	1033^rd of 2703 public middle schools	61.8%		55	1031^st of 2761 public middle schools	62.7%	2														36.6	36.6		50.3	55.0	50.8	52.0		36.0	35.5	32.6	34.7	$20,525	$19,282	$1,243
William Moreno Junior High	Public	7-8	1202 Kloke Rd.	Calexico	92231	Imperial County	Calexico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 768-3960	618	29	21.5	93.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	615 (99.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15.7	2374^th of 2703 public middle schools	12.2%		14.9	2444^th of 2761 public middle schools	11.5%	70														13.1	13.1			24.3	27.6	26.1			17.8	13.8	15.7	$23,837	$20,614	$3,223
Padilla-Pace Middle	Public	6-8	715 South Ceasar Chavez	Brawley	92227	Imperial County	Brawley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 351-5060	445	21	21.0	83.8%	19 (4.3%)	4 (0.9%)	418 (93.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37.4	1559^th of 2703 public middle schools	42.3%					(n/a)														18.7	18.7		50.0	45.2	45.5	46.7		38.5	19.7	14.9	23.6	$25,724	$23,608	$2,116
Barbara Worth Junior High	Public	6-8	385 D St.	Brawley	92227	Imperial County	Brawley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 344-2153	881	41	21.5	86.6%	23 (2.6%)	6 (0.7%)	844 (95.8%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	27.7	1897^th of 2703 public middle schools	29.8%		30.5	1810^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.4%	87														22.1	22.1		31.6	43.7	37.4	37.5		22.8	23.4	12.8	19.5	$21,131	$19,510	$1,621

Frequently Asked Questions about Holtville Middle

How many students attend Holtville Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 257 students attended Holtville Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Holtville Middle?

Students at Holtville Middle are 95% Hispanic, 3% White.

What district is Holtville Middle in?

Holtville Unified

Is Holtville Middle a good school?

Holtville Middle ranks 731^st of 2703 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Holtville Middle attend?

Students who attend Holtville Middle usually go on to attend Holtville High

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