Walter Colton

Public 8

 100 Toda Vista Dr.
       Monterey, CA  93940-4237


(831) 649-1951

District: Monterey Peninsula Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1690th of 2,798 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,780 Help


Students who attend Walter Colton usually attend:

High:    Monterey High

Feeder schools for Walter Colton:

Elementary:    Del Rey Woods Elementary
    La Mesa
    Monte Vista

Student/teacher ratio:  14.1 Help
Number of students:  129

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
67.4%
White:
22.5%
Asian:
4.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  75.2% Help


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Compare Details Walter Colton ranks worse than 60.4% of middle schools in California. It also ranks first among 3 ranked middle schools in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.23. (See more...)
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (67.4%), White (22.5%), Asian (4.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 75.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Walter Colton is 14.1, which is the 2nd best among 3 middle schools in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Walter Colton is $5,780, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Walter Colton:

SchoolDigger ranks Walter Colton 1690th of 2798 California public middle schools. (See Walter Colton in the ranking list.)

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Monterey Peninsula Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Monterey Peninsula Unified 925th of 1560 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Walter Colton

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Rank History for all students at Walter Colton

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 58.76 608th 1769 65.6%
2005 76.87 333rd 1777 81.3%
2006 74.00 392nd 1804 78.3%
2007 69.78 489th 1999 75.5%
2008 73.10 424th 2005 78.9%
2009 63.67 668th 2063 67.6%
2010 63.21 702nd 2179 67.8%
2011 45.48 1215th 2236 45.7%
2012 48.32 1137th 2259 49.7%
2013 44.77 1299th 2379 45.4%
2015 32.64 1549th 2477 37.5%
2016 31.01 1616th 2497 35.3%
2017 21.68 1973rd 2508 21.3%
2018 18.88 2053rd 2480 17.2%
2019 27.08 1913th 2715 29.5%
2022 33.91 1655th 2740 39.6%
2023 33.23 1688th 2788 39.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Walter Colton

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 3.79 539th 554 2.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Walter Colton

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.12 1146th 1364 16.0%
2019 31.81 1026th 1442 28.8%
2022 26.90 1395th 1540 9.4%
2023 28.43 1324th 1523 13.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Walter Colton

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 39.78 772nd 1532 49.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Walter Colton

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.96 1993rd 2230 10.6%
2019 22.46 1952nd 2369 17.6%
2022 36.98 1437th 2458 41.5%
2023 37.05 1459th 2535 42.4%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Walter Colton

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 45.15 165th 336 50.9%
2023 56.20 109th 321 66.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Walter Colton

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.08 1735th 2262 23.3%
2019 27.62 1701st 2380 28.5%
2022 38.46 1395th 2509 44.4%
2023 31.44 1597th 2535 37.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Walter Colton

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.96 1315th 1369 3.9%
2019 28.72 1061st 1491 28.8%
2022 36.25 869th 1531 43.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Walter Colton

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.05 2052nd 2273 9.7%
2019 24.84 1810th 2407 24.8%
2022 28.86 1704th 2527 32.6%
2023 34.55 1514th 2546 40.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Walter Colton

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.71 1950th 2072 5.9%
2019 17.14 1974th 2213 10.8%
2022 38.51 1343rd 2359 43.1%
2023 37.48 1349th 2379 43.3%
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Rank History for White students at Walter Colton

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.55 1222nd 1496 18.3%
2019 32.76 1095th 1602 31.6%
2022 28.90 1119th 1555 28.0%
2023 35.07 994th 1549 35.8%
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by a parent
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Open Quote The second grade classroom my daughter attends is out of control. Every time I visit the classroom or pick her up from school the atmosphere is disorganized and chaotic. I don’t know how my daughter is going to learn anything in a class of 27 students where a significant amount of energy and school resources are spent on “English Learners” (kids that don’t speak English). From basic instruction to the Pledge of Allegiance half the class seems to be taught in Spanish. It’s bad enough that the class size is so large (up from 16 students per second grade class in 2009-2010) but with so many English Learners, and instruction in a foreign language, how is my daughter going to learn anything (except how to speak Spanish). Furthermore, according to the schools owns data (School Accountability Report Card, 2009-2010) Walter Colton School only spends 50% of what other schools in this district spend per student and less than 50% per student state wide. Of that money less than 1% is spent on books and supplies and over 99% is spent on teacher and staff salaries as well as benefit packages. What is going on here? Close Quote



Enrollment information for Walter Colton

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 420 68 69 45 3 n/a n/a 0 605
1989 423 69 107 78 1 n/a n/a 0 678
1990 426 85 113 126 4 n/a n/a 0 754
1991 452 92 126 144 7 n/a n/a 0 821
1992 523 81 135 144 5 n/a n/a 0 888
1993 518 72 119 78 6 n/a n/a 0 793
1994 460 63 113 93 2 n/a n/a 0 731
1995 441 66 107 115 5 n/a n/a 0 734
1996 441 66 107 115 5 n/a n/a 0 734
1997 478 54 83 121 6 n/a n/a 0 742
1998 475 48 91 121 8 n/a n/a 0 743
1999 470 50 82 133 8 n/a n/a 0 743
2000 463 52 92 144 6 n/a n/a 0 757
2001 434 44 87 161 6 n/a n/a 0 732
2002 391 49 86 181 10 n/a n/a 7 724
2003 391 49 86 181 10 n/a n/a 7 724
2004 411 45 80 181 9 n/a n/a 0 726
2005 406 27 77 173 9 n/a n/a 17 709
2006 392 18 87 194 3 n/a n/a 42 736
2007 365 25 79 225 6 n/a n/a 50 750
2008 373 31 68 234 7 n/a n/a 0 713
2009 363 34 67 259 4 6 57 0 790
2010 373 30 83 284 6 6 24 0 806
2011 299 31 77 326 8 7 38 0 786
2012 230 36 58 322 4 12 36 0 698
2013 196 34 58 352 1 10 37 0 688
2014 217 33 48 397 0 6 36 0 737
2015 175 33 62 417 1 4 32 0 724
2016 168 30 62 398 2 4 23 0 687
2017 165 23 59 410 3 5 29 0 694
2018 142 17 48 352 1 7 28 0 595
2019 142 16 41 335 2 7 26 0 569
2020 137 24 40 334 5 9 4 0 553
2021 120 23 23 327 3 7 6 0 509
2022 73 8 14 210 1 4 3 0 313
2023 29 4 6 87 1 1 1 0 129

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Walter Colton

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 605 30.9 19.5 n/a
1989 678 33.6 20.1 n/a
1990 754 36.7 20.5 n/a
1991 821 38.6 21.2 n/a
1992 888 39.2 22.6 29.4
1993 793 35.5 22.3 23.2
1994 731 35.0 20.9 20
1995 734 31.5 23.3 19.2
1996 734 31.5 23.3 19.2
1997 742 33.0 22.5 23.2
1998 743 32.5 22.9 22.9
1999 743 33.0 22.5 22.3
2000 757 32.0 23.7 20.7
2001 732 30.0 24.4 22.4
2002 724 26.5 27.3 24.8
2003 724 26.5 27.3 24.8
2004 726 28.2 25.7 25.8
2005 709 31.0 22.9 8.4
2006 736 35.7 20.6 33.3
2007 750 30.8 24.4 37.3
2008 713 41.0 17.4 40.7
2009 790 34.2 21.7 37.6
2010 806 35.0 23.0 37.1
2011 786 n/a n/a 44.8
2012 698 34.0 20.5 n/a
2013 688 35.6 19.2 68
2014 737 35.3 20.8 57.9
2015 724 35.0 20.6 62.3
2016 687 33.0 20.8 66.2
2017 694 32.8 21.1 63.7
2018 595 31.3 18.9 65.4
2019 569 26.4 21.4 65
2020 553 n/a n/a 62.4
2021 509 25.0 20.3 65
2022 313 18.6 16.8 72.5
2023 129 9.1 14.1 75.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Walter Colton

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 605 30.9 19.5 n/a
1989 678 33.6 20.1 n/a
1990 754 36.7 20.5 n/a
1991 821 38.6 21.2 n/a
1992 888 39.2 22.6 29.4
1993 793 35.5 22.3 23.2
1994 731 35.0 20.9 20
1995 734 31.5 23.3 19.2
1996 734 31.5 23.3 19.2
1997 742 33.0 22.5 23.2
1998 743 32.5 22.9 22.9
1999 743 33.0 22.5 22.3
2000 757 32.0 23.7 20.7
2001 732 30.0 24.4 22.4
2002 724 26.5 27.3 24.8
2003 724 26.5 27.3 24.8
2004 726 28.2 25.7 25.8
2005 709 31.0 22.9 8.4
2006 736 35.7 20.6 33.3
2007 750 30.8 24.4 37.3
2008 713 41.0 17.4 40.7
2009 790 34.2 21.7 37.6
2010 806 35.0 23.0 37.1
2011 786 n/a n/a 44.8
2012 698 34.0 20.5 n/a
2013 688 35.6 19.2 68
2014 737 35.3 20.8 57.9
2015 724 35.0 20.6 62.3
2016 687 33.0 20.8 66.2
2017 694 32.8 21.1 63.7
2018 595 31.3 18.9 65.4
2019 569 26.4 21.4 65
2020 553 n/a n/a 62.4
2021 509 25.0 20.3 65
2022 313 18.6 16.8 72.5
2023 129 9.1 14.1 75.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Walter Colton

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $5,780

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Walter Colton

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1913th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1688th of 2788 Middle schools
 9.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Walter Colton)35.840.9
 5.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Monterey Peninsula Unified)29.134.5
 5.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.449.2
 2.2%
7th Grade Mathematics (Walter Colton)25.219.7
 5.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Monterey Peninsula Unified)16.515.7
 0.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.932
 5.8%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Walter Colton)30.136.8
 6.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Monterey Peninsula Unified)29.834.5
 4.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Walter Colton)14.212.1
 2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Monterey Peninsula Unified)1214.1
 2.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Walter Colton)20.822.7
 2%
   8th Grade Science (Monterey Peninsula Unified)16.915.9
 1%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students569129
 77.3%
African American164
 75%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian416
 85.4%
Hispanic33587
 74%
Pacific Islander71
 85.7%
White14229
 79.6%
Two or More Races261
 96.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients65%75.2%
 10.2%


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Students at Walter Colton are 67% Hispanic, 22% White, 5% Asian, 3% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 129 students attended Walter Colton.

Students who attend Walter Colton usually go on to attend Monterey High

Walter Colton ranks 1690th of 2798 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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