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William Jefferson Clinton Middle

Q: Is William Jefferson Clinton Middle a good school?

William Jefferson Clinton Middle ranks 1789 th of 2740 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Q: How many students attend William Jefferson Clinton Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 622 students attended William Jefferson Clinton Middle.

Q: What is the racial makeup of William Jefferson Clinton Middle?

Students at William Jefferson Clinton Middle are 93% Hispanic, 6% African American.

Public Grades 6-8

1789^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,740 California Middle Schools

Better than 35% of California middle schools

Summary

Located in Los Angeles, William Jefferson Clinton Middle serves 622 students in grades 6–8. Its 2025–26 proficiency results—34% in English language arts (ELA), 30% in math and 17% in science—are below state and district rates in all three subjects. The clearest bright spot is math: Clinton ranks second among six nearby Los Angeles Unified middle schools overall, and first in eighth-grade math.

Math is Clinton’s strongest subject compared with its local peers, while science is its largest challenge. Clinton’s math proficiency is 8 percentage points above the nearby-school average, and its eighth-grade rate of 33% leads the six schools, ahead of John Adams Middle at 32%. Still, Clinton trails the state by 9 points and the district by 10 in math. ELA is 15 points below the state and 14 below the district; locally, it ranks third of six and is close to the nearby average. Science is 19 points below the state and 15 below the district, ranks fourth locally, and is about 2 points below the nearby average.

Results have improved substantially since 2022–23: ELA rose 12 percentage points, math 11 and science 15, while the gaps with the state narrowed in all three subjects. SchoolDigger gives Clinton a 35th-percentile ranking and two stars for 2025–26, up from the 25th percentile and one star the year before. SchoolDigger’s statewide measure of how well the school serves Special Education Students rose from the 23rd percentile in 2023–24 to the 65th in 2025–26, compared with an overall school percentile of 35. Its measure for African American Students fell from the 19th percentile in 2022–23 to the 0th in 2023–24, a change worth attention. As context, the school’s student–teacher ratio was 17.2 in 2024–25, and 67% of students were directly certified for free meals that year; available data suggest the school likely provides free meals to all students through Community Eligibility.

622

Students ?

17.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$43,023

Per pupil spending ?

67.0%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

All students receive free meals (Community Eligibility, 2024-25)

All students in California receive free school meals.

3500 South Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90007-4333

(323) 235-7200

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend William Jefferson Clinton Middle usually attend:

High:	Dr. Maya Angelou Community High
	Nava College Preparatory Academy
	Santee Education Complex
	Thomas Jefferson Senior High

Feeder schools for William Jefferson Clinton Middle:

Elementary:	Maple Primary Center
	Ricardo Lizarraga Elementary
	Trinity Street Elementary
	West Vernon Avenue Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

93.2%

African American:

5.6%

White:

0.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 7th percentile in 2015 → 35th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 28 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (30% vs 42% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (26% vs 18% California)

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school30%

District avg42%

California avg42%

1,789^th of 2,740

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 35%▲ up 26 pts since 2016

From bottom 9% (2016) to bottom 35% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

51^st of 85Middle Schools in the Los Angeles Unified

715^th of 1,530Los Angeles 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	31.0	1789 of 2740	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	23.7	2066 of 2761	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.8	1961 of 2783	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	2299 of 2781	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	2224 of 2740	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.7	2394 of 2715	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	2370 of 2480	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.8	2355 of 2508	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	12.2	2284 of 2497	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	11.2	2309 of 2477	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	17.8	2064 of 2379	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	12.3	2082 of 2259	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	13.2	2039 of 2236	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	6.6	2097 of 2179	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	9.5	1931 of 2063	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	10.3	1875 of 2005	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	8.7	1893 of 1999	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	10.6	624 of 627	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.0	496 of 613	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	487 of 643	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.5	519 of 600	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	22.5	1361 of 1531	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.6	1315 of 1491	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.6	1160 of 1369	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	40.8	703 of 1478	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	28.3	1337 of 1521	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.5	1117 of 1540	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.2	1278 of 1442	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	1334 of 1364	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	26.4	1819 of 2516	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.5	1968 of 2533	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.7	2063 of 2551	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.3	2202 of 2531	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	2069 of 2509	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	2127 of 2380	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.2	2195 of 2262	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	43.3	1213 of 2357	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	33.8	1511 of 2395	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.6	1350 of 2388	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.0	1755 of 2374	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.2	1654 of 2359	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.7	1862 of 2213	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.9	1971 of 2072	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	42.2	1323 of 2529	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	32.8	1648 of 2542	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.8	1536 of 2579	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.5	1895 of 2531	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.5	1756 of 2458	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	2008 of 2369	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	2102 of 2230	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	34.5	1538 of 2514	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	24.7	1890 of 2534	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.6	1624 of 2552	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.5	2020 of 2538	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.6	1985 of 2527	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	2178 of 2407	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.0	2181 of 2273	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	52.4	566 of 1605	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	33.5	995 of 1566	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.4	1197 of 1552	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	1221 of 1531	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2026)65th percentile+30 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)52nd percentile+23 vs school

Hispanic (2026)49th percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)48th percentile+13 vs school

Male (2026)39th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)28th percentile-7 vs school

Disabled (2022)11th percentile-8 vs school

African American (2024)<1st percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy34%-15 vs state

Mathematics30%-9 vs state

Science17%-19 vs state

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by a student
Friday, April 30, 2010

im berenice im 14 and what i can see in the past 1 1/2 years that i`ve been there itz a good school taken care of the teachers are good teachers they just need more patients because they have very little and some students can get them frustrated and they go off. I`ve learned alot and the best teachers there are is ms. maria ladesma, ms. donna jones,and mr.brian newmark. they really try to teach and hold in their anger alot they really do have a gift to teach Close Quote

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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 Jefferson Clinton Middle	Public	6-8	3500 South Hill St.	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-7200	622	36	17.2	—	4 (0.6%)	35 (5.6%)	580 (93.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	31	1789^th of 2740 public middle schools	34.7%		23.7	2066^th of 2761 public middle schools	25.2%	277	17.1	17.1	31.7	30.9	38.8	34.0	28.1	27.1	33.3	29.6	$43,023	$39,786	$3,237
John Adams Middle	Public	6-8	151 West 30th St.	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 745-3700	676	38	17.7	96.4%	2 (0.3%)	27 (4.0%)	635 (93.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (1.0%)	48.9	1217^th of 2740 public middle schools	55.6%		46.7	1272^nd of 2761 public middle schools	53.9%	55	29.8	29.8	45.8	59.1	43.0	49.1	29.2	36.4	32.0	32.4	$41,002	$38,108	$2,894
George Washington Carver Middle	Public	6-8	4410 McKinley Ave.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-2900	635	39	16.1	—	4 (0.6%)	49 (7.7%)	571 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)	22	2127^th of 2740 public middle schools	22.4%		21	2183^rd of 2761 public middle schools	20.9%	56	14.6	14.6	32.7	26.1	30.1	29.6	17.9	28.0	20.2	21.9	$46,534	$43,434	$3,100
Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12	Public, Charter	6-8	131 East 50th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-7270	496	19	25.6	91.9%	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.4%)	474 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	28.1	1905^th of 2740 public middle schools	30.5%		33.8	1684^th of 2761 public middle schools	39.0%	221	34.0	34.0	25.9	28.6	37.7	30.7	18.6	19.1	28.3	21.9
Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy	Public	6-8	1420 East Adams Blvd.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-2200	572	32	17.6	—	2 (0.3%)	26 (4.5%)	541 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	23.9	2048^th of 2740 public middle schools	25.3%		22.7	2120^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.2%	72	22.3	22.3	37.1	29.5	31.8	32.4	18.1	19.8	19.6	19.2	$36,203	$32,596	$3,607
Synergy Kinetic Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	1420 East Adams Blvd.	Los Angeles	90016	Los Angeles County	Synergy Kinetic Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-2225	481	20	24.0	97.1%	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	477 (99.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47.9	1251^st of 2740 public middle schools	54.3%		48.3	1229^th of 2761 public middle schools	55.5%	22	30.6	30.6	45.0	42.7	45.6	44.4	30.2	40.8	35.6	35.6
Animo Jefferson Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	1655 East 27th St.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Animo Jefferson Charter Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-1857	427	23	18.7	96.0%	8 (1.9%)	6 (1.4%)	412 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24.5	2022^nd of 2740 public middle schools	26.2%		27.1	1924^th of 2761 public middle schools	30.3%	98	17.3	17.3	31.4	37.7	36.8	35.4	23.8	18.2	15.7	19.1
Los Angeles Academy Middle	Public	6-8	644 East 56th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-1800	829	49	17.0	97.7%	7 (0.8%)	66 (8.0%)	742 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.6%)	28.7	1881^st of 2740 public middle schools	31.4%		24.4	2040^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.1%	159	19.1	19.1	27.6	36.5	39.9	35.4	18.1	23.8	29.1	24.3	$47,384	$44,218	$3,166
Para Los Ninos Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	835 Stanford Ave.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Para Los Ninos Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 896-2640	305	15	20.3	94.1%	7 (2.3%)	8 (2.6%)	287 (94.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	25.4	1993^rd of 2740 public middle schools	27.3%		22.9	2103^rd of 2761 public middle schools	23.8%	110	24.3	24.3	24.4	30.0	41.2	32.4	16.3	20.9	22.6	20.1
Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy	Public	6-8	1700 West 46th St.	Los Angeles	90062	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 421-1700	293	23	13.0	95.2%	6 (2.0%)	62 (21.2%)	214 (73.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	13.4	2480^th of 2740 public middle schools	9.5%		13.5	2501^st of 2761 public middle schools	9.4%	21	9.0	9.0	20.2	31.9	23.2	24.9	8.7	13.0	16.1	12.4	$67,764	$63,074	$4,690

Frequently Asked Questions about William Jefferson Clinton Middle

What district is William Jefferson Clinton Middle in?

Los Angeles Unified

What is the racial makeup of William Jefferson Clinton Middle?

Students at William Jefferson Clinton Middle are 93% Hispanic, 6% African American.

What high school do graduates of William Jefferson Clinton Middle attend?

Students who attend William Jefferson Clinton Middle usually go on to attend Dr. Maya Angelou Community High

How many students attend William Jefferson Clinton Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 622 students attended William Jefferson Clinton Middle.

Is William Jefferson Clinton Middle a good school?

William Jefferson Clinton Middle ranks 1789^th of 2740 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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