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William Mendenhall Middle

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William Mendenhall Middle ranks 309 th of 2740 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

309^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,740 California Middle Schools

Better than 89% of California middle schools

Summary

William Mendenhall Middle serves 876 students in grades 6–8 in Livermore’s Livermore Valley Joint Unified, within a comparison group of 11 nearby middle schools. Its 2025–26 results were above district and California averages in all three tested subjects, but the most important comparison for local families is that most nearby schools had higher proficiency.

Mendenhall’s strongest comparison is with its district and the state: in 2025–26, proficiency was 69% in ELA, 58% in math, and 61% in science—about 8, 6, and 14 points above district rates, and 19, 20, and 25 points above state rates. Against the 10 other nearby schools, however, its averages were 8 points lower in ELA and 11 points lower in math, while science was about the same. It ranked fourth-lowest in ELA, third-lowest in math, and fifth-lowest in science among the 11 schools. Attendance is a clear bright spot: chronic absenteeism was 4% in 2025–26, versus 12% districtwide and 18% statewide; only two nearby schools had lower rates.

Over time, math proficiency rose 3 points from 2022–23 to 2025–26, while ELA was essentially flat and science fell 1 point; the school’s lead over the state narrowed in all three subjects as statewide results improved. SchoolDigger ranked Mendenhall 301st of 2,703 schools, at the 89th percentile with 4 stars; its standing was steady over the past three years, but the other 10 nearby schools averaged the 92nd percentile. The student-teacher ratio was 24.1 in 2024–25, the third-highest in the comparison group. About 7% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, the second-lowest rate among schools with comparable measures. One notable subgroup result is SchoolDigger’s ranking for Low Socio Economic Status Students: the school was at the 44th percentile in 2025–26, down from the 83rd percentile in 2023–24, compared with its overall 89th-percentile standing.

876

Students ?

24.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,732

Per pupil spending ?

6.7%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

1701 El Padro Dr.
Livermore, CA 94550-6215

(925) 606-4731

District: Livermore Valley Joint Unified

Students who attend William Mendenhall Middle usually attend:

High:

Granada High

Feeder schools for William Mendenhall Middle:

Elementary:	Emma C. Smith Elementary
	Sunset Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

47.5%

Asian:

23.4%

Hispanic:

18.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 90th percentile in 2016 → 89th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (63% vs 42% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 11% of California middle schools

Worth a look

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

!Large classes — about 24 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school63%

District avg55%

California avg42%

309^th of 2,740

California public middle schools ?

Top 11%▼ down 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3Middle Schools in the Livermore Valley Joint Unified

402^nd of 1,530Livermore 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
2026	87.3	309 of 2740	88.7%	★★★★☆
2025	85.8	354 of 2761	87.2%	★★★★☆
2024	86.9	346 of 2783	87.6%	★★★★☆
2023	90.5	270 of 2781	90.3%	★★★★★
2022	88.4	310 of 2740	88.7%	★★★★☆
2021	88.8	77 of 894	91.4%	★★★★★
2019	91.3	232 of 2715	91.5%	★★★★★
2018	90.8	220 of 2480	91.1%	★★★★★
2017	88.0	290 of 2508	88.4%	★★★★☆
2016	89.6	238 of 2497	90.5%	★★★★★
2015	90.6	205 of 2477	91.7%	★★★★★
2013	80.7	305 of 2379	87.2%	★★★★☆
2012	74.6	456 of 2259	79.8%	★★★★☆
2011	72.9	465 of 2236	79.2%	★★★★☆
2010	78.5	343 of 2179	84.3%	★★★★☆
2009	75.3	388 of 2063	81.2%	★★★★☆
2008	73.6	413 of 2005	79.4%	★★★★☆
2007	81.5	276 of 1999	86.2%	★★★★☆
2006	79.6	296 of 1804	83.6%	★★★★☆
2005	87.0	164 of 1777	90.8%	★★★★★
2004	88.8	139 of 1769	92.1%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	77.0	168 of 777	78.4%	★★★★☆
2025	79.7	127 of 739	82.8%	★★★★☆
2024	72.9	203 of 743	72.7%	★★★★☆
2023	76.1	151 of 715	78.9%	★★★★☆
2022	79.3	125 of 733	82.9%	★★★★☆
2019	79.7	109 of 745	85.4%	★★★★☆
2018	76.8	145 of 700	79.3%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	69.2	283 of 1531	81.5%	★★★★☆
2021	72.2	54 of 354	84.7%	★★★★☆
2019	71.7	265 of 1491	82.2%	★★★★☆
2018	66.9	280 of 1369	79.5%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	58.3	297 of 1521	80.5%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	88.9	257 of 2516	89.8%	★★★★☆
2025	87.6	297 of 2533	88.3%	★★★★☆
2024	90.0	247 of 2551	90.3%	★★★★★
2023	92.1	197 of 2531	92.2%	★★★★★
2022	87.7	284 of 2509	88.7%	★★★★☆
2021	86.5	81 of 738	89.0%	★★★★☆
2019	91.7	182 of 2380	92.4%	★★★★★
2018	90.1	214 of 2262	90.5%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	73.9	451 of 2357	80.9%	★★★★☆
2025	67.0	593 of 2395	75.2%	★★★★☆
2024	78.3	354 of 2388	85.2%	★★★★☆
2023	88.4	167 of 2374	93.0%	★★★★★
2022	77.8	336 of 2359	85.8%	★★★★☆
2019	89.0	159 of 2213	92.8%	★★★★★
2018	88.6	158 of 2072	92.4%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	39.5	1415 of 2529	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	60.1	782 of 2542	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	75.5	436 of 2579	83.1%	★★★★☆
2023	96.4	65 of 2531	97.4%	★★★★★
2022	46.8	1117 of 2458	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.9	311 of 721	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.8	640 of 2369	73.0%	★★★★☆
2018	80.1	283 of 2230	87.3%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	83.2	368 of 2514	85.4%	★★★★☆
2025	81.7	412 of 2534	83.7%	★★★★☆
2024	81.5	401 of 2552	84.3%	★★★★☆
2023	87.0	313 of 2538	87.7%	★★★★☆
2022	87.1	316 of 2527	87.5%	★★★★☆
2021	89.3	67 of 763	91.2%	★★★★★
2019	89.5	252 of 2407	89.5%	★★★★☆
2018	90.0	230 of 2273	89.9%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	67.8	254 of 735	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	63.6	269 of 726	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.2	259 of 701	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.8	281 of 677	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.0	335 of 665	49.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.8	231 of 554	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	79.4	79 of 462	82.9%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	75.6	231 of 1605	85.6%	★★★★☆
2025	63.5	365 of 1566	76.7%	★★★★☆
2024	75.4	222 of 1552	85.7%	★★★★☆
2023	61.6	381 of 1531	75.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	59.7	585 of 1490	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	57.7	635 of 1520	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.2	585 of 1537	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	70.8	406 of 1543	73.7%	★★★★☆
2022	69.6	431 of 1555	72.3%	★★★★☆
2019	77.2	319 of 1602	80.1%	★★★★☆
2018	75.3	349 of 1496	76.7%	★★★★☆

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)

Female (2026)90th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)86th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2026)85th percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)82nd percentile-7 vs school

Hispanic (2026)81st percentile-8 vs school

English Language Learner (2023)80th percentile-10 vs school

Asian (2026)78th percentile-10 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)65th percentile-23 vs school

White (2026)61st percentile-28 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)44th percentile-45 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy69%+19 vs state

Science61%+25 vs state

Mathematics58%+20 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				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	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
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%)	87.3	309^th of 2740 public middle schools	88.7%		85.8	354^th of 2761 public middle schools	87.2%	45	61.1	61.1	77.1	64.0	65.6	68.8	61.5	54.4	58.8	58.2	$14,732	$263	$14,469
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%)	67.9	744^th of 2740 public middle schools	72.8%		72.1	638^th of 2761 public middle schools	76.9%	106	39.3	39.3	58.9	57.6	58.0	58.2	42.5	43.5	42.7	42.9	$16,502	$273	$16,229
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%)	97.8	50^th of 2740 public middle schools	98.2%		98.2	39^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.6%	11	73.2	73.2	84.1	83.4	83.2	83.6	79.0	78.4	84.4	80.6	$16,242	$226	$16,016
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%)	91.9	215^th of 2740 public middle schools	92.2%		89.7	284^th of 2761 public middle schools	89.7%	69	59.3	59.3	76.3	70.7	72.0	73.0	63.5	67.7	65.6	65.6	$16,653	$334	$16,319
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%)	97.3	64^th of 2740 public middle schools	97.7%		97.7	59^th of 2761 public middle schools	97.9%	5	68.5	68.5	82.2	84.4	82.0	82.9	75.5	76.6	79.4	77.3	$14,540	$649	$13,891
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%)	80.6	457^th of 2740 public middle schools	83.3%		79.9	474^th of 2761 public middle schools	82.8%	17	46.0	46.0	73.2	68.7	57.0	66.3	56.3	60.3	44.0	53.3	$16,838	$266	$16,572
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	78^th of 2740 public middle schools	97.2%		97.6	61^st of 2761 public middle schools	97.8%	17	70.6	70.6	78.9	83.9	79.5	80.8	79.3	76.9	74.8	77.0	$15,983	$226	$15,757
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%)	79.6	483^rd of 2740 public middle schools	82.4%		83	414^th of 2761 public middle schools	85.0%	69	28.6	28.6	68.5	70.2	61.4	66.9	60.4	60.1	53.8	58.3	$15,949	$1,328	$14,621
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%)	98.6	25^th of 2740 public middle schools	99.1%		98.5	29^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.9%	4	84.5	84.5	83.7	86.7	89.9	86.9	81.0	79.6	85.4	82.1	$13,649	$112	$13,537
Pine Valley Middle	Public	6-8	3000 Pine Valley Rd.	San Ramon	94583	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 479-7700	973	39	24.9	6.8%	289 (29.7%)	11 (1.1%)	96 (9.9%)	480 (49.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	93 (9.6%)	97.2	73^rd of 2740 public middle schools	97.3%		97	87^th of 2761 public middle schools	96.8%	14	71.9	71.9	78.6	84.8	84.6	82.7	72.3	73.8	78.7	75.1	$13,779	$173	$13,606

Frequently Asked Questions about William Mendenhall Middle

How many students attend William Mendenhall Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 876 students attended William Mendenhall Middle.

What high school do graduates of William Mendenhall Middle attend?

Students who attend William Mendenhall Middle usually go on to attend Granada High

Is William Mendenhall Middle a good school?

William Mendenhall Middle ranks 309^th of 2740 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of William Mendenhall Middle?

Students at William Mendenhall Middle are 47% White, 23% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races.

What district is William Mendenhall Middle in?

Livermore Valley Joint Unified

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2024–25 school spending data (updated)NewNov 2, 2026

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2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026

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