Summary
Maxwell Middle serves 90 students in grades 6–8 in Maxwell, California, and has the smallest enrollment among the nearby schools in this comparison. Its clearest academic strength is science: in 2025–2026, 53% of students were proficient, compared with 36% statewide and 34% in Maxwell Unified.
Maxwell’s all-grades results led the nearby schools in all three subjects, though math remains its weakest subject relative to the state: 30% were proficient, versus 38% statewide, while ELA was 43% versus 49%. Both results were nearly even with the district’s. Locally, Maxwell’s math result edged George T. Egling Middle by just 0.1 point, and its ELA result led Egling by 3 points. Results vary considerably by grade: Maxwell’s eighth graders reached 63% in ELA, while seventh graders reached 20%; eighth-grade math was also stronger, at 43%. Maxwell’s 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism rate was 9%, below the state’s 18% and the nearby schools’ rates of 11% to 17%, but slightly above the district’s 8.5%.
Science rose sharply in the latest year, from 10% in 2024–2025 to 53% in 2025–2026; ELA and math have also improved since 2022–2023, though they remain below state averages. SchoolDigger places Maxwell at the 58th percentile statewide, with 3 stars, up from the 20th percentile in 2024–2025; George T. Egling Middle is at the 45th percentile and Willows Intermediate at the 15th. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well Maxwell serves male students places that group at the 84th percentile, compared with the school’s overall 58th; its measure for female students rebounded from the 4th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 54th in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, Maxwell’s student-teacher ratio was 20:1, and 69% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the lowest share among the nearby schools compared. With only 90 students, individual grade results may reflect small cohorts.
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