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Clifton Middle

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Clifton Middle ranks 563 rd of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

563^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 80% of California middle schools

Summary

Clifton Middle is a consistently strong public middle school serving about 630 students in grades 6-8 within the Monrovia Unified district, where it consistently outperforms both district and state averages in English, math, and science.

The school stands out for its effective management of chronic absenteeism, with rates notably lower than the district and state, and for achieving these strong academic results while serving a student population where a majority qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared to its district peer, Santa Fe Computer Science Magnet, Clifton posts significantly higher proficiency scores and lower absenteeism despite similar class sizes and funding, suggesting factors like school culture or teaching quality are key strengths. While schools in wealthier neighboring districts like Arcadia Unified (such as Foothills Middle) score higher, Clifton performs very respectably given its community's economic profile and does so with efficient per-student spending.

Clifton has shown a decade of stable, 4-star performance, though areas for attention include ensuring consistent support for all student subgroups and strengthening math instruction, as scores in that subject do not show the same growth across grade levels as English does. Overall, it is a reliable and effective choice for families in the area.

634

Students ?

22.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,378

Per pupil spending ?

60.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

226 South Ivy Ave.
Monrovia, CA 91016-2836

(626) 471-2600

District: Monrovia Unified

Students who attend Clifton Middle usually attend:

High:

Monrovia High

Feeder schools for Clifton Middle:

Elementary:	Bradoaks Elementary Science Academy
	Mayflower Elementary
	Wild Rose School of Creative

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

62.9%

White:

19.7%

Asian:

6.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 79th percentile in 2015 → 80th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (53% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 20% 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 school53%

District avg46%

California avg41%

563^rd of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 20%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2Middle Schools in the Monrovia Unified

607^th of 1,543Monrovia 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	76.0	563 of 2761	79.6%	★★★★☆
2024	82.8	422 of 2783	84.8%	★★★★☆
2023	81.1	458 of 2781	83.5%	★★★★☆
2022	77.7	532 of 2740	80.6%	★★★★☆
2021	71.3	207 of 894	76.8%	★★★★☆
2019	66.3	760 of 2715	72.0%	★★★★☆
2018	71.4	613 of 2480	75.3%	★★★★☆
2017	77.3	528 of 2508	78.9%	★★★★☆
2016	77.0	511 of 2497	79.5%	★★★★☆
2015	75.4	519 of 2477	79.0%	★★★★☆
2013	68.5	640 of 2379	73.1%	★★★★☆
2012	71.5	533 of 2259	76.4%	★★★★☆
2011	71.1	513 of 2236	77.1%	★★★★☆
2010	67.8	603 of 2179	72.3%	★★★★☆
2009	73.1	440 of 2063	78.7%	★★★★☆
2008	76.2	351 of 2005	82.5%	★★★★☆
2007	72.4	436 of 1999	78.2%	★★★★☆
2006	64.3	555 of 1804	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2005	59.7	610 of 1777	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2004	58.3	614 of 1769	65.3%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	80.8	87 of 643	86.5%	★★★★☆
2018	85.6	49 of 600	91.8%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	54.7	483 of 1531	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	61.6	77 of 354	78.2%	★★★★☆
2019	54.6	476 of 1491	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.6	431 of 1369	68.5%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	55.6	361 of 1540	76.6%	★★★★☆
2021	70.9	45 of 363	87.6%	★★★★☆
2019	61.4	285 of 1442	80.2%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	76.0	523 of 2533	79.4%	★★★★☆
2024	79.2	459 of 2551	82.0%	★★★★☆
2023	78.4	466 of 2531	81.6%	★★★★☆
2022	78.2	463 of 2509	81.5%	★★★★☆
2021	72.9	164 of 738	77.8%	★★★★☆
2019	62.7	778 of 2380	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.9	695 of 2262	69.3%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	76.8	382 of 2395	84.1%	★★★★☆
2024	85.3	213 of 2388	91.1%	★★★★★
2023	88.3	170 of 2374	92.8%	★★★★★
2022	82.1	260 of 2359	89.0%	★★★★☆
2019	56.1	774 of 2213	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.2	593 of 2072	71.4%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.6	567 of 2542	77.7%	★★★★☆
2024	77.5	399 of 2579	84.5%	★★★★☆
2023	77.2	375 of 2531	85.2%	★★★★☆
2022	73.8	430 of 2458	82.5%	★★★★☆
2021	70.1	151 of 721	79.1%	★★★★☆
2019	57.1	822 of 2369	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.1	626 of 2230	71.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	71.9	595 of 2534	76.5%	★★★★☆
2024	83.5	368 of 2552	85.6%	★★★★☆
2023	81.3	408 of 2538	83.9%	★★★★☆
2022	75.1	533 of 2527	78.9%	★★★★☆
2021	67.6	207 of 763	72.9%	★★★★☆
2019	67.4	658 of 2407	72.7%	★★★★☆
2018	75.2	497 of 2273	78.1%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	69.4	218 of 726	70.0%	★★★★☆
2024	47.8	380 of 701	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	61.1	273 of 677	59.7%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.1	563 of 1566	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	85.1	124 of 1552	92.0%	★★★★★
2023	75.7	206 of 1531	86.5%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	83.5	175 of 1520	88.5%	★★★★☆
2024	92.1	45 of 1537	97.1%	★★★★★
2023	81.3	218 of 1543	85.9%	★★★★☆
2022	81.0	229 of 1555	85.3%	★★★★☆
2019	84.8	170 of 1602	89.4%	★★★★☆
2018	81.8	219 of 1496	85.4%	★★★★☆

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)

White (2025)88th percentile+9 vs school

African American (2019)86th percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)84th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)79th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)78th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2022)77th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2025)77th percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)70th percentile-10 vs school

Disabled (2022)68th percentile-12 vs school

Special Education (2025)64th percentile-16 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy64%+15 vs state

Mathematics45%+8 vs state

Science41%+9 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, November 21, 2016

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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 (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/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 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	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 3rd Grade	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
Clifton Middle	Public	6-8	226 South Ivy Ave.	Monrovia	91016	Los Angeles County	Monrovia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 471-2600	634	28	22.5	60.3%	125 (19.7%)	29 (4.6%)	399 (62.9%)	39 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (6.2%)	76	563^rd of 2761 public middle schools	79.6%		82.8	422^nd of 2783 public middle schools	84.8%	141		41.2	41.2				61.4	64.1	65.8	63.6				43.0	46.8	46.4	45.4	$16,378	$15,272	$1,106
Santa Fe Computer Science Magnet	Public	6-8	148 West Duarte Rd.	Monrovia	91016	Los Angeles County	Monrovia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 471-2700	424	18	23.3	80.2%	22 (5.2%)	16 (3.8%)	310 (73.1%)	61 (14.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.3%)	45.3	1321^st of 2761 public middle schools	52.2%		50.9	1145^th of 2783 public middle schools	58.9%	176		27.8	27.8				51.5	44.0	35.6	43.8				30.6	33.6	28.0	30.8	$21,229	$19,648	$1,581
Foothills Middle	Public	6-8	171 East Sycamore Ave.	Arcadia	91006	Los Angeles County	Arcadia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 821-8363	650	29	22.6	24.2%	51 (7.8%)	5 (0.8%)	116 (17.8%)	432 (66.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (6.9%)	94.8	159^th of 2761 public middle schools	94.2%		95.5	138^th of 2783 public middle schools	95.0%	21		61.6	61.6				73.0	79.2	73.4	75.1				74.9	72.3	67.9	71.3	$22,013	$20,272	$1,741
First Avenue Middle	Public	6-8	301 South First Ave.	Arcadia	91006	Los Angeles County	Arcadia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 821-8362	771	31	24.7	32.7%	62 (8.0%)	16 (2.1%)	130 (16.9%)	537 (69.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.1%)	92.2	220^th of 2761 public middle schools	92.0%		94.8	162^nd of 2783 public middle schools	94.2%	58		54.9	54.9				71.1	72.5	77.4	73.6				62.8	62.0	70.3	64.9	$20,207	$18,532	$1,675
Richard Henry Dana Middle	Public	6-8	1401 South First Ave.	Arcadia	91006	Los Angeles County	Arcadia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 821-8361	710	29	24.8	29.4%	45 (6.3%)	3 (0.4%)	116 (16.3%)	506 (71.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.6%)	93.3	195^th of 2761 public middle schools	92.9%		94.1	183^rd of 2783 public middle schools	93.4%	12		56.2	56.2				73.0	73.6	75.1	73.8				68.0	66.8	68.2	67.7	$18,876	$17,048	$1,828
Sierra Madre Middle	Public	6-8	160 North Canon Ave.	Sierra Madre	91024	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 396-5910	597	25	23.5	39.2%	198 (33.2%)	28 (4.7%)	181 (30.3%)	116 (19.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	72 (12.1%)	88.6	301^st of 2761 public middle schools	89.1%		89.9	280^th of 2783 public middle schools	89.9%	21		55.4	55.4				67.1	71.4	66.5	68.3				59.5	57.3	61.4	59.3	$22,484	$20,796	$1,688
Olive Middle	Public	6-8	13701 Olive St.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 962-8416	477	28	17.2	87.6%	11 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	429 (89.9%)	33 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	37.1	1576^th of 2761 public middle schools	42.9%		42.2	1389^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.1%	187		23.3	23.3				36.6	41.8	38.2	38.9				26.2	35.9	19.0	27.1	$25,750	$21,464	$4,286
BP STEM Academy	Public	3-8	4733 Landis Ave.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 962-8412	565	32	17.5	88.3%	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	492 (87.1%)	60 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	46.6	1278^th of 2761 public middle schools	53.7%		45.1	1313^th of 2783 public middle schools	52.8%	35	69.2	41.1	46.7	54.2	85.2	81.1	38.1	46.6	47.1	49.0	54.2	67.9	53.9	28.0	32.4	22.2	32.5	$27,264	$23,052	$4,212
Oak Avenue Intermediate	Public	7-8	6623 Oak Ave.	Temple City	91780	Los Angeles County	Temple City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 548-5060	839	35	24.0	38.7%	46 (5.5%)	6 (0.7%)	170 (20.3%)	574 (68.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.1%)	92.4	213^th of 2761 public middle schools	92.3%		91.1	253^rd of 2783 public middle schools	90.9%	40		61.2	61.2					69.6	67.9	68.7					70.4	68.9	69.7	$18,872	$17,410	$1,462
Cloverly Elementary	Public	4-6	5476 Cloverly Ave.	Temple City	91780	Los Angeles County	Temple City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 548-5092	460	15	30.6	43.7%	13 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	108 (23.5%)	323 (70.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)								(n/a)	56.7		56.7		61.7	76.6	71.8			70.1		64.1	71.3	69.3			68.3	$16,278	$14,568	$1,710

Frequently Asked Questions about Clifton Middle

How many students attend Clifton Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 634 students attended Clifton Middle.

What high school do graduates of Clifton Middle attend?

Students who attend Clifton Middle usually go on to attend Monrovia High

What district is Clifton Middle in?

Monrovia Unified

What is the racial makeup of Clifton Middle?

Students at Clifton Middle are 63% Hispanic, 20% White, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 5% African American.

Is Clifton Middle a good school?

Clifton Middle ranks 563^rd of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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