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Piute Middle

Q: Is Piute Middle a good school?

Piute Middle ranks in the bottom 2.9% of California middle schools.

Q: How many students attend Piute Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 729 students attended Piute Middle.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Piute Middle?

Students at Piute Middle are 64% Hispanic, 27% African American, 5% White, 4% Two or more races.

Q: What high school do graduates of Piute Middle attend?

Students who attend Piute Middle usually go on to attend Antelope Valley High

Public Grades 6-8

2681^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 3% of California middle schools

Summary

Piute Middle is a public middle school serving 729 students in grades 6-8 within the Lancaster Elementary district, which ranks in the bottom 10% of all districts in California.

The school faces significant academic challenges, with proficiency rates in English (15.3%), Math (3.98%), and Science (8.15%) far below state averages, and it consistently ranks in the bottom 3% of California middle schools. A major contributing factor is a chronic absenteeism rate of 41.1%, which is the highest among nearby schools and more than double the state average, creating a fundamental barrier to learning. Despite having the highest per-student spending in its district at $23,121 and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 17.4 to 1, these resources have not translated into better academic outcomes for its students.

Interesting comparisons within the same district show that the Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering achieves dramatically higher proficiency and lower absenteeism with similar student demographics, suggesting different school models can yield different results. Schools in neighboring districts like Hillview Middle and Joe Walker Middle in the Westside Union Elementary district also perform better with lower per-student spending, indicating potential for learning from other approaches.

729

Students ?

17.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$6,800

Per pupil spending ?

94.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

425 East Avenue H-11
Lancaster, CA 93535-1800

(661) 942-9508

District: Lancaster Elementary

Students who attend Piute Middle usually attend:

High:

Antelope Valley High

Feeder schools for Piute Middle:

Elementary:	Discovery
	El Dorado Elementary
	Linda Verde Elementary
	Mariposa Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

63.6%

African American:

26.7%

White:

4.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2013 → 3rd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (9% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (41% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school9%

District avg19%

California avg41%

2,681^st of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 3 pts since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 5Middle Schools in the Lancaster Elementary

1395^th of 1,543Lancaster 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	7.8	2681 of 2761	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.7	2722 of 2783	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.7	2731 of 2781	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.2	2598 of 2740	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.8	2627 of 2715	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.0	2419 of 2480	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.7	2412 of 2508	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	11.9	2291 of 2497	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.4	2340 of 2477	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	7.7	2276 of 2379	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	13.3	2053 of 2259	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	16.1	1973 of 2236	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	15.9	1939 of 2179	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	19.0	1755 of 2063	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	20.1	1676 of 2005	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	16.1	1749 of 1999	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	12.5	1651 of 1804	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	13.0	1613 of 1777	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	12.1	1629 of 1769	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.2	589 of 609	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	609 of 627	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.6	585 of 613	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	601 of 637	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.3	612 of 643	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.4	585 of 600	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	21.3	1413 of 1531	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.1	1250 of 1491	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.6	1195 of 1369	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	28.0	1339 of 1478	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	29.0	1267 of 1521	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.4	829 of 1540	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.6	1309 of 1442	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	26.7	1166 of 1364	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.0	2483 of 2533	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.8	2514 of 2551	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.3	2492 of 2531	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.2	2389 of 2509	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.3	2344 of 2380	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.2	2231 of 2262	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Foster Care

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	6.6	4 of 4	0.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.8	1 of 3	66.7%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.7	2311 of 2395	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.6	2315 of 2388	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.3	2317 of 2374	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.7	2108 of 2359	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.3	2137 of 2213	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.9	1970 of 2072	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.5	421 of 477	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.2	394 of 394	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	311 of 320	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.3	2445 of 2542	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.7	2522 of 2579	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.9	2484 of 2531	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	2286 of 2458	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.5	2280 of 2369	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.9	2168 of 2230	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.0	2469 of 2534	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.1	2513 of 2552	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.7	2503 of 2538	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.2	2402 of 2527	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.1	2353 of 2407	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.7	2231 of 2273	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.7	178 of 194	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	0.8	552 of 554	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.1	1142 of 1566	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	1373 of 1552	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	1487 of 1531	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.0	1441 of 1520	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.4	1529 of 1537	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.2	1591 of 1602	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.1	1490 of 1496	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)27th percentile+24 vs school

Homeless (2025)12th percentile+9 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)9th percentile+7 vs school

Military Connected (2025)8th percentile+5 vs school

Disabled (2022)8th percentile+3 vs school

White (2025)5th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)4th percentile~ school

African American (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2019)<1st percentile-3 vs school

Foster Care (2024)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy15%-34 vs state

Science8%-25 vs state

Mathematics4%-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	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
Piute Middle	Public	6-8	425 East Avenue H-11	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 942-9508	729	42	17.4	94.2%	34 (4.7%)	195 (26.7%)	464 (63.6%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.6%)	7.8	2681^st of 2761 public middle schools	2.9%		7.7	2722^nd of 2783 public middle schools	2.2%	41	8.2	8.2	16.0	13.2	17.0	15.3	3.1	3.3	5.2	4.0	$6,800	$4,348	$2,452
Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering	Public	6-8	831 East Ave. K-2	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 899-7836	414	13	31.9	76.6%	42 (10.1%)	71 (17.1%)	272 (65.7%)	9 (2.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.1%)	64.9	790^th of 2761 public middle schools	71.4%		76.6	552^nd of 2783 public middle schools	80.2%	238	38.6	38.6	51.4	60.9	59.9	57.3	25.0	45.1	43.2	37.5	$3,768	$1,422	$2,346
New Vista Middle	Public	6-8	753 East Avenue K-2	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 726-4271	835	46	18.1	91.3%	38 (4.6%)	312 (37.4%)	450 (53.9%)	8 (1.0%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (2.4%)	7.6	2690^th of 2761 public middle schools	2.6%		9.1	2692^nd of 2783 public middle schools	3.3%	2	4.4	4.4	14.0	14.4	15.9	14.8	4.1	8.6	3.8	5.6	$8,509	$6,032	$2,477
Gifford C. Cole Middle	Public	7-8	3126 East Avenue I	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Eastside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 946-1041	697	33	21.3	82.1%	31 (4.4%)	156 (22.4%)	471 (67.6%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.3%)	12.1	2546^th of 2761 public middle schools	7.8%		16.4	2421^st of 2783 public middle schools	13.0%	125	9.5	9.5		21.0	25.8	23.5		8.5	6.3	7.3	$22,954	$20,562	$2,392
Amargosa Creek Middle	Public	6-8	44333 27th St. West	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 729-6064	859	47	18.4	85.9%	78 (9.1%)	219 (25.5%)	484 (56.3%)	26 (3.0%)	4 (0.5%)	7 (0.8%)	39 (4.5%)	19	2269^th of 2761 public middle schools	17.8%		19.1	2294^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.6%	25	15.8	15.8	20.6	36.7	30.3	30.0	6.4	17.6	9.0	11.3	$6,222	$3,732	$2,490
Endeavour Middle	Public	6-8	43755 45th St. West	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 943-8270	805	40	20.3	81.7%	94 (11.7%)	225 (28.0%)	410 (50.9%)	27 (3.4%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.2%)	9.4	2636^th of 2761 public middle schools	4.5%		11.9	2591^st of 2783 public middle schools	6.9%	45	11.3	11.3	15.5	20.1	16.9	17.4	5.6	8.8	3.1	5.8	$4,064	$1,696	$2,368
Joe Walker Middle	Public	6-8	5632 West Ave. L-8	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Westside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 943-3258	781	33	23.7	59.2%	201 (25.7%)	95 (12.2%)	405 (51.9%)	21 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (7.2%)	37	1584^th of 2761 public middle schools	42.6%		40.7	1437^th of 2783 public middle schools	48.4%	147	24.5	24.5	97.0	39.9	39.1	42.0	75.8	23.8	21.7	25.1	$19,593	$18,604	$989
Hillview Middle	Public	6-8	40525 Peonza Ln.	Palmdale	93551	Los Angeles County	Westside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 722-9993	1,100	45	24.6	53.0%	214 (19.5%)	108 (9.8%)	648 (58.9%)	60 (5.5%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	62 (5.6%)	55.9	1009^th of 2761 public middle schools	63.5%		53.8	1046^th of 2783 public middle schools	62.4%	37	32.5	32.5	87.5	53.3	43.9	52.4	78.4	32.7	31.7	36.2	$19,669	$18,596	$1,073
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy	Public	6-8	39221 22nd St. West	Palmdale	93551	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 947-3075	952	42	22.7	75.3%	46 (4.8%)	187 (19.6%)	659 (69.2%)	24 (2.5%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	26 (2.7%)	15.4	2417^th of 2761 public middle schools	12.5%		17.1	2390^th of 2783 public middle schools	14.1%	27	12.8	12.8	23.0	25.4	27.2	25.4	12.1	13.7	10.3	11.9	$25,534	$24,300	$1,234
Space Aeronautics Gateway to Exploration Magnet Academy	Public	6-8	38060 20th St. East	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 537-6101	747	38	19.4	90.2%	25 (3.3%)	130 (17.4%)	562 (75.2%)	5 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.5%)	18 (2.4%)	15.6	2409^th of 2761 public middle schools	12.7%		10.9	2639^th of 2783 public middle schools	5.2%	230	8.8	8.8	22.1	26.1	31.0	26.5	16.1	8.3	12.3	12.4	$31,172	$29,844	$1,328

Frequently Asked Questions about Piute Middle

How many students attend Piute Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 729 students attended Piute Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Piute Middle?

Students at Piute Middle are 64% Hispanic, 27% African American, 5% White, 4% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Piute Middle attend?

Students who attend Piute Middle usually go on to attend Antelope Valley High

What district is Piute Middle in?

Lancaster Elementary

Is Piute Middle a good school?

Piute Middle ranks in the bottom 2.9% of California middle schools.

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