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Delta Sierra Middle

Public Grades 7-8

2354^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 15% of California middle schools

Summary

Delta Sierra Middle is a public school serving about 560 students in grades 7 and 8 within the Lodi Unified School District in Stockton, facing significant academic and attendance challenges that set it apart from neighboring schools.

The school's academic performance is well below state and district averages, with fewer than 27% of students proficient in English and only about 15% proficient in math. A primary concern is chronic absenteeism, with over 40% of students missing significant school time—a rate more than double the state average and nearly double that of other local middle schools like Christa McAuliffe Middle and Morada Middle. This high level of missed instruction creates a major barrier to learning. While the school serves a community with high economic need, it also receives more funding per student than several higher-performing schools nearby, indicating that resources alone are not solving the core issues.

Interestingly, Delta Sierra Middle is located very close to schools with dramatically different outcomes, such as the exceptional Elkhorn School, highlighting how educational experiences can vary greatly within the same area. The school's challenges are consistent across all student groups, and its low statewide ranking has persisted for years, suggesting deep-rooted systemic issues that require comprehensive, targeted support to address attendance, engagement, and academic achievement.

563

Students ?

18.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,394

Per pupil spending ?

92.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2255 Wagner Heights Rd.
Stockton, CA 95209-4700

(209) 953-8510

District: Lodi Unified

Students who attend Delta Sierra Middle usually attend:

High:

Bear Creek High

Feeder schools for Delta Sierra Middle:

Elementary:	Creekside Elementary
	Oakwood Elementary
	Parklane Elementary
	Sutherland Elementary
	More...
	Wagner-Holt Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

44.2%

Asian:

25.2%

African American:

16.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 8th percentile in 2015 → 15th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (19% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg32%

California avg41%

2,354^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 15%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 8% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 6Middle Schools in the Lodi Unified

980^th of 1,543Lodi 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	17.0	2354 of 2761	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	2524 of 2783	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.1	2571 of 2781	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.0	2492 of 2740	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.2	846 of 894	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	2399 of 2715	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	2094 of 2480	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.2	2137 of 2508	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	14.3	2222 of 2497	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	12.2	2287 of 2477	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	23.1	1923 of 2379	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	30.4	1623 of 2259	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	23.8	1807 of 2236	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	25.2	1713 of 2179	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	26.2	1571 of 2063	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	16.5	1760 of 2005	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	19.1	1666 of 1999	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	17.7	1545 of 1804	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	17.7	1508 of 1777	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	26.5	1280 of 1769	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	533 of 609	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.9	542 of 627	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.5	516 of 613	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.0	563 of 637	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	590 of 643	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.7	533 of 600	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	3.0	709 of 739	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.1	732 of 743	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.2	707 of 715	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	1.4	723 of 733	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	1.7	731 of 745	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.4	679 of 700	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	20.8	1428 of 1531	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	28.7	274 of 354	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.4	1284 of 1491	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.4	1267 of 1369	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	36.7	859 of 1478	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.1	1433 of 1521	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	47.0	550 of 1540	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	32.6	286 of 363	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.9	970 of 1442	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.1	945 of 1364	30.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.5	2222 of 2533	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	2257 of 2551	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.6	2355 of 2531	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	2331 of 2509	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.5	709 of 738	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.1	2068 of 2380	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.8	1983 of 2262	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.7	2021 of 2395	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.7	2126 of 2388	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.8	2190 of 2374	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	2178 of 2359	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.7	2007 of 2213	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.4	1854 of 2072	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.1	2061 of 2542	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	2257 of 2579	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	2275 of 2531	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	2254 of 2458	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.2	667 of 721	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.0	2054 of 2369	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	1865 of 2230	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.2	2192 of 2534	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.6	2423 of 2552	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.2	2357 of 2538	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.3	2279 of 2527	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.3	716 of 763	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.8	2257 of 2407	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.9	1934 of 2273	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	8.2	183 of 192	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.3	188 of 197	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.7	643 of 726	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	4.6	683 of 701	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.9	616 of 677	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	612 of 665	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.2	1411 of 1566	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.6	1369 of 1552	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.0	1261 of 1531	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	1327 of 1520	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	1422 of 1537	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.5	1502 of 1543	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.3	1523 of 1555	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.6	1500 of 1602	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.9	1292 of 1496	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)42nd percentile+33 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)16th percentile~ school

Male (2025)13th percentile~ school

White (2025)13th percentile~ school

African American (2025)12th percentile~ school

Female (2025)12th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)11th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)10th percentile-5 vs school

Disabled (2022)7th percentile~ school

Military Connected (2024)5th percentile-5 vs school

Asian (2025)4th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy27%-22 vs state

Mathematics15%-22 vs state

Science9%-24 vs state

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by a teacher
Monday, April 11, 2022

the kids here are super rude and the campus is so dirty the staff had once found rats in one of the classrooms do not let your kids come to this school ! Close Quote

Schools Near Delta Sierra Middle

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)			CSA Spanish Listening (2025)			CSA Spanish Writing (2025)			CSA Spanish Reading (2025)			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	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 4th Grade	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 4th Grade	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
Delta Sierra Middle	Public	7-8	2255 Wagner Heights Rd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8510	563	30	18.5	92.5%	32 (5.7%)	91 (16.2%)	249 (44.2%)	142 (25.2%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.2%)	38 (6.7%)	17	2354^th of 2761 public middle schools	14.7%		13.8	2524^th of 2783 public middle schools	9.3%	170														9.1	9.1				25.4	28.0	26.7				14.4	16.5	15.4	$16,394	$2,647	$13,747
Elkhorn	Public	4-8	10505 North Davis Rd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8312	263	10	25.8	44.5%	38 (14.4%)	18 (6.8%)	61 (23.2%)	122 (46.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (8.4%)	99.5	6^th of 2761 public middle schools	99.8%		99.7	5^th of 2783 public middle schools	99.8%	1													90.0	85.2	86.5	96.7	100.0	93.3	98.8	90.1	95.3	86.7	90.0	86.7	88.4	92.6	89.5	$15,280	$2,095	$13,185
Christa McAuliffe Middle	Public	7-8	3880 Iron Canyon Cir.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-9431	734	36	20.6	58.7%	86 (11.7%)	112 (15.3%)	282 (38.4%)	201 (27.4%)	5 (0.7%)	6 (0.8%)	42 (5.7%)	40.4	1486^th of 2761 public middle schools	46.2%		44.7	1325^th of 2783 public middle schools	52.4%	161														18.7	18.7				45.4	40.0	42.7				31.7	28.3	30.0	$16,324	$2,252	$14,072
Sierra Middle	Public	7-8	6768 Alexandria Pl.	Stockton	95207	San Joaquin County	Lincoln Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8748	591	28	21.0	72.4%	98 (16.6%)	63 (10.7%)	339 (57.4%)	52 (8.8%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	34 (5.8%)	47.6	1247^th of 2761 public middle schools	54.8%		47.7	1225^th of 2783 public middle schools	56.0%	22	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	0.0	4.9	5.0	0.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0		19.6	19.6				54.1	50.0	52.1				34.2	23.7	29.1	$13,807	$906	$12,901
Aspire Benjamin Holt Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	3293 East Morada Ln.	Stockton	95212	San Joaquin County	Aspire Benjamin Holt Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 437-9899	573	20	28.7	68.6%	35 (6.1%)	34 (5.9%)	273 (47.6%)	167 (29.1%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.9%)	55 (9.6%)	60.4	899^th of 2761 public middle schools	67.4%		55.4	1005^th of 2783 public middle schools	63.9%	106														31.8	31.8			50.8	58.9	52.9	54.2			38.7	38.5	33.9	37.1	$12,261	$2,403	$9,858
Henderson	Public	7-8	13451 North Extension Rd.	Lodi	95242	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 331-7331	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Morada Middle	Public	7-8	5001 Eastview Dr.	Stockton	95212	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8490	685	35	19.3	83.1%	16 (2.3%)	55 (8.0%)	300 (43.8%)	285 (41.6%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.9%)	21 (3.1%)	27.8	1906^th of 2761 public middle schools	31.0%		33.3	1696^th of 2783 public middle schools	39.1%	210														16.7	16.7				34.8	33.7	34.2				22.8	21.9	22.3	$16,552	$2,296	$14,256
Team Charter Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	540 East Main St.	Stockton	95202	San Joaquin County	Team Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 462-2282	180	10	18.4	93.9%	3 (1.7%)	33 (18.3%)	131 (72.8%)	3 (1.7%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (3.9%)	11.8	2555^th of 2761 public middle schools	7.5%		12.9	2554^th of 2783 public middle schools	8.2%	1														13.8	13.8			23.3	24.6	17.0	21.7			9.8	1.6	8.6	6.7	$21,100	$4,389	$16,711
Lodi Middle	Public	7-8	945 South Ham Ln.	Lodi	95242	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 331-7540	893	45	19.8	78.9%	150 (16.8%)	12 (1.3%)	584 (65.4%)	116 (13.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	26 (2.9%)	36.3	1604^th of 2761 public middle schools	41.9%		34.2	1658^th of 2783 public middle schools	40.4%	54														20.9	20.9				40.9	34.6	37.7				34.0	22.6	28.3	$15,616	$2,228	$13,388
Millswood Middle	Public	7-8	233 North Mills Ave.	Lodi	95242	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 331-8332	843	42	19.9	69.9%	276 (32.7%)	10 (1.2%)	478 (56.7%)	44 (5.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (3.7%)	36.6	1598^th of 2761 public middle schools	42.1%		36.8	1574^th of 2783 public middle schools	43.4%	24														21.6	21.6				44.8	32.9	38.5				29.2	26.0	27.5	$16,127	$2,221	$13,906

Frequently Asked Questions about Delta Sierra Middle

What district is Delta Sierra Middle in?

Lodi Unified

Is Delta Sierra Middle a good school?

Delta Sierra Middle ranks in the bottom 14.7% of California middle schools.

What high school do graduates of Delta Sierra Middle attend?

Students who attend Delta Sierra Middle usually go on to attend Bear Creek High

What is the racial makeup of Delta Sierra Middle?

Students at Delta Sierra Middle are 44% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 16% African American, 7% Two or more races, 6% White, 1% Pacific Islander.

How many students attend Delta Sierra Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 563 students attended Delta Sierra Middle.

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