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Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High

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Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High ranks 1802 nd of 2703 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

1802^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,703 California Middle Schools

Better than 33% of California middle schools

Summary

Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High enrolls 321 students in grades 6–8 in Arbuckle, near George T. Egling Middle and Williams Upper Elementary. Its results are mixed locally: it leads nearby schools in all-grades science, but trails the state and its district in all three subjects. The most important concern is that proficiency has fallen in English, math and science since 2022–2023, even as state results rose in each subject.

Compared with nearby schools, the school is in the middle for all-grades English and math and strongest in science: its rates are 33% in English, 24% in math and 25% in science, versus nearby-school averages of 34%, 21% and 20%, respectively. But local strength does not mean it is ahead of the state or district: science is 11 points below the state and 2 points below the district, while English is 16 points below the state. Results differ by grade, too. Seventh-grade English is 50%, close to the state’s 51%, while eighth-grade English is 24%—20 points below Egling and 26 points below the state. These all-grades comparisons reflect schools with different grade spans.

The decline since 2022–2023 was 10 percentage points in English, 6 in math and 4 in science; over the same period, state rates rose by 3, 4 and 6 points. SchoolDigger places the school at the 33rd percentile with 2 stars, down from the 52nd percentile and 3 stars the previous year; Egling is at the 45th percentile with 2 stars. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness ranking for Special Education Students is at the 9th percentile, compared with the school’s overall 33rd percentile, a notably weaker standing for this group. Its English Language Learner Students ranking also fell sharply, from the 77th percentile in 2022–2023 to the 53rd in 2023–2024. For context, the student-teacher ratio was 19.6 in 2024–2025, and 73% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, compared with 77% at Egling and 92% at Williams; these figures do not explain achievement. Chronic absenteeism improved from 24% in 2021–2022 to 14% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 18% but above the district’s 13%.

321

Students ?

19.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,153

Per pupil spending ?

72.6%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

938 Wildwood Rd.
Arbuckle, CA 95912-9714

(530) 476-3261

District: Pierce Joint Unified

Students who attend Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High usually attend:

High:

Pierce High

Feeder schools for Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High:

Elementary:	Arbuckle Elementary
	Grand Island Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

81.6%

White:

15.9%

African American:

1.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 51st percentile in 2015 → 33rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (28% vs 42% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 18 percentile points since 2015

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school28%

District avg31%

California avg42%

1,802^nd of 2,703

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 33%▼ down 13 pts since 2016

From bottom 46% (2016) to bottom 33% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

583^rd of 968Pierce Joint 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)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	30.1	1802 of 2703	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	44.8	1335 of 2761	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.6	1260 of 2783	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.2	1129 of 2781	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	37.2	1550 of 2740	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.0	1870 of 2715	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.1	1752 of 2480	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	29.5	1684 of 2508	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	40.8	1345 of 2497	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2015	44.7	1223 of 2477	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	42.7	1357 of 2379	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2012	43.3	1265 of 2259	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	32.0	1585 of 2236	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	36.4	1404 of 2179	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2009	36.0	1310 of 2063	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	30.1	1432 of 2005	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	22.3	1596 of 1999	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	31.4	1215 of 1804	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2005	19.9	1450 of 1777	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	23.0	1369 of 1769	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	33.0	958 of 1531	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	19.3	1425 of 1491	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.1	1348 of 1369	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	40.9	697 of 1478	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.3	352 of 1521	76.9%	★★★★☆
2022	41.8	694 of 1540	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	30.5	1091 of 1442	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.4	1239 of 1364	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	25.9	1810 of 2483	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	45.9	1210 of 2533	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.0	1230 of 2551	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.4	905 of 2531	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.4	1328 of 2509	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.7	1487 of 2380	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.2	1452 of 2262	35.8%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	35.8	1421 of 2325	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	50.2	1015 of 2395	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.0	853 of 2388	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.3	659 of 2374	72.2%	★★★★☆
2022	46.8	1080 of 2359	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	24.2	1745 of 2213	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.6	1637 of 2072	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	37.3	202 of 336	39.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	31.9	1669 of 2493	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	51.0	1050 of 2542	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	52.5	963 of 2579	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.9	794 of 2531	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	45.6	1151 of 2458	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	25.7	1846 of 2369	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.9	1727 of 2230	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	33.6	1540 of 2478	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	42.7	1295 of 2534	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.7	1140 of 2552	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.6	1212 of 2538	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	33.8	1517 of 2527	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.0	1839 of 2407	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.1	1750 of 2273	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	20.9	1450 of 1586	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	37.8	910 of 1482	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	55.8	666 of 1520	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.7	689 of 1537	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.5	852 of 1543	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.1	1097 of 1555	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	56.6	679 of 1602	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.2	883 of 1496	41.0%	★★☆☆☆

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)53rd percentile~ school

Homeless (2022)40th percentile-4 vs school

Hispanic (2026)39th percentile+6 vs school

White (2026)39th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2026)38th percentile+5 vs school

Disabled (2022)37th percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)33rd percentile~ school

Female (2026)27th percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2026)9th percentile-25 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy33%-16 vs state

Science25%-11 vs state

Mathematics24%-14 vs state

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Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High	Public	6-8	938 Wildwood Rd.	Arbuckle	95912	Colusa County	Pierce Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 476-3261	321	16	19.6	72.6%	51 (15.9%)	4 (1.2%)	262 (81.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	30.1	1802^nd of 2703 public middle schools	33.3%		44.8	1335^th of 2761 public middle schools	51.6%	467		25.2	25.2			29.8	50.0	23.6	33.4			17.0	35.4	22.0	24.3	$21,153	$20,060	$1,093
Williams Upper Elementary	Public	4-6	300 Eleventh St.	Williams	95987	Colusa County	Williams Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 473-5304	289	12	24.0	92.0%	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	279 (96.5%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)								(n/a)	15.4		15.4	32.6	28.3	22.7			27.9	24.7	6.5	6.7			12.6	$16,805	$16,522	$283
George T. Egling Middle	Public	4-8	813 Webster St.	Colusa	95932	Colusa County	Colusa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 458-7631	553	31	17.7	77.4%	99 (17.9%)	7 (1.3%)	415 (75.0%)	8 (1.4%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.5%)	39.6	1493^rd of 2703 public middle schools	44.8%		30	1830^th of 2761 public middle schools	33.7%	337	23.6	25.3	24.3	32.4	36.9	38.5	47.1	43.9	39.6	36.1	27.1	28.6	33.7	23.2	29.8	$22,568	$17,842	$4,726

Frequently Asked Questions about Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High

What high school do graduates of Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High attend?

Students who attend Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High usually go on to attend Pierce High

Is Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High a good school?

Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High ranks 1802^nd of 2703 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High in?

Pierce Joint Unified

How many students attend Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 321 students attended Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High.

What is the racial makeup of Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High?

Students at Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High are 82% Hispanic, 16% White, 1% African American.

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