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East Avenue Middle

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East Avenue Middle ranks 638 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

638^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 77% of California middle schools

Summary

East Avenue Middle is a public middle school serving 581 students in grades 6-8 within the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, maintaining a solid 4-star rating and performing above state averages, particularly in English Language Arts.

The school serves a more economically diverse community than many of its neighbors, with a higher percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch compared to peers like William Mendenhall Middle in the same district. While attendance has improved dramatically, the school faces a significant challenge in mathematics, where proficiency lags behind both the district average and nearby schools in San Ramon Valley Unified and Pleasanton Unified. Performance varies notably by grade, with 6th and 8th-grade math being areas of focus, and science scores have shown unusual year-to-year volatility.

Despite these challenges, East Avenue Middle receives the highest per-student spending among Livermore middle schools, indicating targeted resource allocation. The school shows a positive trajectory in reducing chronic absenteeism and maintains strengths in ELA and special education services, positioning it as a school actively working to support its diverse student body within a highly competitive regional landscape.

581

Students ?

22.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,199

Per pupil spending ?

25.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3951 East Ave.
Livermore, CA 94550-4830

(925) 606-4711

District: Livermore Valley Joint Unified

Students who attend East Avenue Middle usually attend:

High:

Livermore High

Feeder schools for East Avenue Middle:

Elementary:	Arroyo Seco Elementary
	Jackson Avenue Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

41.8%

Hispanic:

32.4%

Asian:

12.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 73rd percentile in 2015 → 77th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (50% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 23% of California middle schools

Worth a look

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

!Large classes — about 22 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school50%

District avg55%

California avg41%

638^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 23%▲ up 4 pts since 2015

From top 27% (2015) to top 23% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Middle Schools in the Livermore Valley Joint Unified

374^th of 1,543Livermore Valley Joint 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	72.1	638 of 2761	76.9%	★★★★☆
2024	68.3	716 of 2783	74.3%	★★★★☆
2023	72.3	633 of 2781	77.2%	★★★★☆
2022	61.3	874 of 2740	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	64.2	278 of 894	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	66.9	749 of 2715	72.4%	★★★★☆
2018	75.6	520 of 2480	79.0%	★★★★☆
2017	79.0	485 of 2508	80.7%	★★★★☆
2016	63.6	783 of 2497	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2015	68.2	681 of 2477	72.5%	★★★★☆
2013	67.3	673 of 2379	71.7%	★★★★☆
2012	68.5	611 of 2259	73.0%	★★★★☆
2011	59.8	830 of 2236	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2010	64.1	684 of 2179	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2009	72.3	461 of 2063	77.7%	★★★★☆
2008	64.4	612 of 2005	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2007	59.4	692 of 1999	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2006	66.0	520 of 1804	71.2%	★★★★☆
2005	81.0	271 of 1777	84.7%	★★★★☆
2004	83.4	228 of 1769	87.1%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.3	533 of 739	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.1	514 of 743	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.0	515 of 715	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	621 of 733	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.2	523 of 745	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	63.1	306 of 700	56.3%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	39.9	762 of 1531	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	45.2	144 of 354	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	43.9	668 of 1491	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.5	387 of 1369	71.7%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	42.1	646 of 1478	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	36.4	912 of 1521	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.0	1198 of 1540	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.0	322 of 363	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.3	948 of 1442	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.2	355 of 1364	74.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	74.7	553 of 2533	78.2%	★★★★☆
2024	69.1	651 of 2551	74.5%	★★★★☆
2023	72.6	565 of 2531	77.7%	★★★★☆
2022	63.2	750 of 2509	70.1%	★★★★☆
2021	64.3	223 of 738	69.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	70.0	622 of 2380	73.9%	★★★★☆
2018	74.1	520 of 2262	77.0%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.5	1294 of 2395	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.2	1009 of 2388	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.2	860 of 2374	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	42.2	1221 of 2359	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.1	1278 of 2213	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.3	956 of 2072	53.9%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.0	1384 of 2542	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.9	1615 of 2579	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.2	1201 of 2531	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	25.2	1890 of 2458	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	44.4	366 of 721	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.5	1446 of 2369	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.4	818 of 2230	63.3%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	64.9	736 of 2534	71.0%	★★★★☆
2024	64.1	739 of 2552	71.0%	★★★★☆
2023	69.8	613 of 2538	75.8%	★★★★☆
2022	58.8	831 of 2527	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	63.3	249 of 763	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.7	789 of 2407	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	74.5	509 of 2273	77.6%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.2	443 of 726	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.6	470 of 701	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	53.0	332 of 677	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.8	353 of 665	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	58.2	266 of 554	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.8	169 of 462	63.4%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.0	524 of 1566	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.2	327 of 1552	78.9%	★★★★☆
2023	56.1	446 of 1531	70.9%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	74.3	344 of 1520	77.4%	★★★★☆
2024	70.0	428 of 1537	72.2%	★★★★☆
2023	74.6	334 of 1543	78.4%	★★★★☆
2022	64.9	502 of 1555	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.4	628 of 1602	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	69.0	460 of 1496	69.3%	★★★☆☆

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)

Female (2025)78th percentile~ school

White (2025)77th percentile~ school

Male (2025)71st percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2025)67th percentile-10 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)56th percentile-18 vs school

Disabled (2022)50th percentile-18 vs school

Hispanic (2025)46th percentile-31 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)46th percentile-31 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)39th percentile-38 vs school

Asian (2025)28th percentile-49 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy62%+13 vs state

Science45%+12 vs state

Mathematics41%+4 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 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
East Avenue Middle	Public	6-8	3951 East Ave.	Livermore	94550	Alameda County	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 606-4711	581	26	22.4	25.8%	243 (41.8%)	14 (2.4%)	188 (32.4%)	74 (12.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (10.3%)	72.1	638^th of 2761 public middle schools	76.9%		68.3	716^th of 2783 public middle schools	74.3%	78	45.1	45.1	53.8	66.7	64.9	61.6	38.2	45.4	39.6	40.9	$16,199	$252	$15,947
William Mendenhall Middle	Public	6-8	1701 El Padro Dr.	Livermore	94550	Alameda County	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 606-4731	876	36	24.1	6.7%	416 (47.5%)	4 (0.5%)	164 (18.7%)	205 (23.4%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (9.6%)	85.8	354^th of 2761 public middle schools	87.2%		86.9	346^th of 2783 public middle schools	87.6%	8	56.4	56.4	70.0	74.8	57.6	67.4	56.3	60.7	48.6	55.1	$14,293	$249	$14,044
Andrew N. Christensen Middle	Public	6-8	5757 Haggin Oaks Ave.	Livermore	94551	Alameda County	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 606-4702	592	28	20.8	18.1%	231 (39.0%)	9 (1.5%)	158 (26.7%)	141 (23.8%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	48 (8.1%)	79.9	474^th of 2761 public middle schools	82.8%		79.3	488^th of 2783 public middle schools	82.5%	14	48.7	48.7	69.4	59.5	61.8	63.4	52.5	48.8	47.4	49.5	$16,153	$252	$15,901
Eleanor Murray Fallon	Public	6-8	3601 Kohnen Way	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 875-9376	1,683	67	24.9	10.8%	120 (7.1%)	31 (1.8%)	61 (3.6%)	1,367 (81.2%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	100 (5.9%)	97.7	59^th of 2761 public middle schools	97.9%		98.3	39^th of 2783 public middle schools	98.6%	20	65.5	65.5	81.2	87.5	82.3	83.7	78.3	78.1	79.4	78.6	$13,589	$688	$12,901
Harvest Park Middle	Public	6-8	4900 Valley Ave.	Pleasanton	94566	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-4444	1,015	45	22.4	6.1%	259 (25.5%)	12 (1.2%)	53 (5.2%)	626 (61.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (6.2%)	98.2	39^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.6%		98.5	29^th of 2783 public middle schools	99.0%	10	69.4	69.4	83.0	89.7	83.0	85.2	79.2	86.4	79.8	81.7	$16,470	$254	$16,216
Pleasanton Middle	Public	6-8	5001 Case Ave.	Pleasanton	94566	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-4390	944	44	21.3	14.7%	262 (27.8%)	21 (2.2%)	183 (19.4%)	406 (43.0%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	66 (7.0%)	89.7	284^th of 2761 public middle schools	89.7%		92.7	213^th of 2783 public middle schools	92.3%	71	51.8	51.8	68.4	74.3	63.7	68.7	68.4	66.6	58.7	64.3	$16,825	$311	$16,514
Thomas S. Hart Middle	Public	6-8	4433 Willow Rd.	Pleasanton	94588	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-3102	1,129	49	23.1	10.0%	215 (19.0%)	15 (1.3%)	101 (8.9%)	734 (65.0%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	58 (5.1%)	97.6	61^st of 2761 public middle schools	97.8%		97.9	56^th of 2783 public middle schools	98.0%	5	73.5	73.5	83.4	79.7	82.8	82.0	78.7	75.1	78.1	77.4	$16,333	$254	$16,079
Wells Middle	Public	6-8	6800 Penn Dr.	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 828-6227	1,041	44	23.8	22.5%	222 (21.3%)	47 (4.5%)	190 (18.3%)	464 (44.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	111 (10.7%)	83	414^th of 2761 public middle schools	85.0%		80.7	464^th of 2783 public middle schools	83.3%	50	40.5	40.5	71.2	61.7	64.9	66.1	66.9	54.4	47.5	56.8	$15,392	$1,425	$13,967
Windemere Ranch Middle	Public	6-8	11611 East Branch Pkwy.	San Ramon	94582	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 479-7400	1,011	42	23.9	8.2%	60 (5.9%)	18 (1.8%)	33 (3.3%)	850 (84.1%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	42 (4.2%)	98.5	29^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.9%		98.7	24^th of 2783 public middle schools	99.1%	5	78.5	78.5	83.6	86.1	86.2	85.4	77.0	84.4	84.8	82.3	$13,674	$261	$13,413
Gale Ranch Middle	Public	6-8	6400 Main Branch Rd.	San Ramon	94582	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 479-1500	971	43	22.7	9.8%	75 (7.7%)	25 (2.6%)	80 (8.2%)	732 (75.4%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (5.4%)	98.1	44^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.4%		97.7	69^th of 2783 public middle schools	97.5%	25	71.6	71.6	86.4	86.2	82.1	84.7	79.8	82.7	76.0	79.3	$14,384	$303	$14,081

Frequently Asked Questions about East Avenue Middle

What is the racial makeup of East Avenue Middle?

Students at East Avenue Middle are 42% White, 32% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 10% Two or more races, 2% African American.

How many students attend East Avenue Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 581 students attended East Avenue Middle.

What district is East Avenue Middle in?

Livermore Valley Joint Unified

Is East Avenue Middle a good school?

East Avenue Middle ranks 638^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What high school do graduates of East Avenue Middle attend?

Students who attend East Avenue Middle usually go on to attend Livermore High

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