Corte Madera

Summary:

Corte Madera is a highly-rated middle school located in Portola Valley, California, serving grades 4-8 with a student population of 273. The school is part of the Las Lomitas Elementary district, which is ranked 9th out of 1,560 districts in California and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Corte Madera consistently ranks among the top middle schools in California, with a statewide ranking between 16th and 44th out of over 2,700 middle schools in recent years. The school's students perform exceptionally well on Smarter Balanced Assessments, with 84-90% proficiency in English Language Arts and 77-88% proficiency in Mathematics across all grade levels. Corte Madera has a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 3.8% to 9.8% in recent years, and maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11:1 to 12.1:1. In contrast, nearby schools like Crittenden Middle and John F. Kennedy Middle have significantly lower academic performance, with proficiency rates in the 50-60% range for English Language Arts and 30-50% for Mathematics.

Corte Madera's student population is much more racially homogeneous than the nearby schools, with 67-68% of students identifying as white, compared to the more diverse student bodies at Crittenden Middle and John F. Kennedy Middle. Additionally, Corte Madera has a relatively low percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with only 6-7% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, in contrast to John F. Kennedy Middle, which has a free and reduced-price lunch rate of nearly 60%. Corte Madera's consistent high performance and 5-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past decade further solidify its reputation as one of the top-performing middle schools in California.


Detail:

Public 4-8

 4575 Alpine Rd.
       Portola Valley, CA  94028-8040


(650) 851-1777

District: Portola Valley Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
16th of 2,802 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $27,075 Help


Students who attend Corte Madera usually attend:

High:    Woodside High

Feeder schools for Corte Madera:

Elementary:    Ormondale Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  12.1 Help
Number of students:  273

Racial breakdown:

White:
67.0%
Two or more races:
13.6%
Hispanic:
11.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  6.6% Help


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Compare Details Corte Madera ranks better than 98.8% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 98.31. (See more...)
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Compare Details Corte Madera ranks better than 99.4% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 99.26. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (67%), two or more races (13.6%), Hispanic (11.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Corte Madera is 12.1. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Corte Madera is $27,075.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Corte Madera:

SchoolDigger ranks Corte Madera 69th of 5874 California public elementary schools. (See Corte Madera in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Corte Madera 16th of 2802 California public middle schools. (See Corte Madera in the ranking list.)

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Portola Valley Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Portola Valley Elementary 9th of 1563 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Corte Madera

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Corte Madera

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 97.96 83rd 4809 98.3%
2005 95.17 212th 4822 95.6%
2006 97.99 56th 4818 98.8%
2007 96.07 171st 5113 96.7%
2008 95.54 149th 5113 97.1%
2009 94.81 173rd 5193 96.7%
2010 92.98 266th 5314 95.0%
2011 95.02 127th 5377 97.6%
2012 94.37 125th 5390 97.7%
2013 90.95 406th 5530 92.7%
2015 96.63 215th 5611 96.2%
2016 96.96 161st 5614 97.1%
2017 97.39 144th 5692 97.5%
2018 97.49 109th 5662 98.1%
2019 98.05 66th 5789 98.9%
2021 98.11 25th 1417 98.2%
2022 97.81 119th 5883 98.0%
2023 98.31 69th 5874 98.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Corte Madera

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 95.94 162nd 5413 97.0%
2019 97.68 53rd 5492 99.0%
2021 98.11 17th 1267 98.7%
2022 95.66 249th 5635 95.6%
2023 97.85 68th 5617 98.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Corte Madera

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 97.71 74th 5431 98.6%
2019 97.34 94th 5510 98.3%
2021 97.47 32nd 1272 97.5%
2022 97.75 94th 5663 98.3%
2023 97.79 82nd 5650 98.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Corte Madera

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.70 426th 4830 91.2%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Corte Madera

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 93.18 28th 2737 99.0%
2019 94.16 12th 2834 99.6%
2022 92.64 40th 2726 98.5%
2023 93.68 18th 2662 99.3%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Corte Madera

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Rank History for all middle school students at Corte Madera

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 96.98 27th 1769 98.5%
2005 96.36 27th 1777 98.5%
2006 94.72 45th 1804 97.5%
2007 96.71 19th 1999 99.0%
2008 98.34 4th 2005 99.8%
2009 95.96 11th 2063 99.5%
2010 96.71 7th 2179 99.7%
2011 92.59 42nd 2236 98.1%
2012 88.29 125th 2259 94.5%
2013 88.99 106th 2379 95.5%
2015 98.48 14th 2477 99.4%
2016 96.58 52nd 2497 97.9%
2017 97.35 51st 2508 98.0%
2018 96.88 61st 2480 97.5%
2019 97.91 39th 2715 98.6%
2021 98.08 23rd 894 97.4%
2022 98.22 44th 2740 98.4%
2023 99.26 16th 2802 99.4%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Corte Madera

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 96.35 51st 2262 97.7%
2019 96.48 51st 2380 97.9%
2021 96.84 23rd 738 96.9%
2022 97.69 51st 2509 98.0%
2023 98.84 17th 2547 99.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Corte Madera

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 96.52 80th 2273 96.5%
2019 98.27 38th 2407 98.4%
2021 98.22 22nd 763 97.1%
2022 98.14 39th 2527 98.5%
2023 99.20 14th 2558 99.5%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Corte Madera

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.59 214th 2072 89.7%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Corte Madera

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 94.83 15th 1496 99.0%
2019 95.45 17th 1602 98.9%
2022 94.21 26th 1555 98.3%
2023 95.94 8th 1552 99.5%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Corte Madera

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 183 0 7 3 0 n/a n/a 0 193
1989 157 1 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 164
1990 167 1 3 5 0 n/a n/a 0 176
1991 152 5 10 6 0 n/a n/a 0 173
1992 153 4 14 3 0 n/a n/a 0 174
1993 145 2 11 2 0 n/a n/a 0 160
1994 152 1 15 1 0 n/a n/a 0 169
1995 163 2 14 3 0 n/a n/a 0 182
1996 163 2 14 3 0 n/a n/a 0 182
1997 169 1 13 3 0 n/a n/a 0 186
1998 168 2 17 3 0 n/a n/a 0 190
1999 326 4 18 11 0 n/a n/a 4 363
2000 336 9 18 13 0 n/a n/a 0 376
2001 335 8 15 16 0 n/a n/a 0 374
2002 329 3 36 12 0 n/a n/a 0 380
2003 329 3 36 12 0 n/a n/a 0 380
2004 317 7 25 11 1 n/a n/a 1 362
2005 310 6 23 18 0 n/a n/a 5 362
2006 300 5 24 27 1 n/a n/a 3 360
2007 271 10 35 33 1 n/a n/a 4 354
2008 295 9 34 30 1 n/a n/a 0 369
2009 298 9 29 35 2 2 9 0 384
2010 312 8 28 35 0 2 12 0 397
2011 310 7 27 32 0 2 8 0 386
2012 313 4 17 35 0 1 15 0 385
2013 294 5 24 34 0 2 27 0 386
2014 262 5 25 41 0 3 33 0 369
2015 242 5 26 43 0 4 29 0 349
2016 244 5 22 51 0 4 30 0 356
2017 244 4 21 55 0 4 33 0 361
2018 233 5 17 56 0 3 29 0 343
2019 204 4 24 46 0 2 29 0 309
2020 199 2 22 50 0 0 32 0 305
2021 185 0 19 37 0 0 31 0 272
2022 171 1 17 33 0 0 33 0 255
2023 183 2 18 32 1 0 37 0 273

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 Corte Madera

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 193 11.6 16.6 n/a
1989 164 10.7 15.3 n/a
1990 176 10.4 16.9 n/a
1991 173 9.6 18.0 n/a
1992 174 9.8 17.7 n/a
1993 160 9.4 17.0 0
1994 169 11.2 15.1 0
1995 182 13.7 13.3 0
1996 182 13.7 13.3 0
1997 186 13.5 13.8 0
1998 190 13.8 13.8 0
1999 363 21.6 16.8 0
2000 376 21.5 17.5 0
2001 374 22.5 16.6 0
2002 380 27.0 14.1 0
2003 380 27.0 14.1 0
2004 362 27.0 13.4 0
2005 362 27.9 13.0 2
2006 360 28.5 12.6 2.2
2007 354 25.4 13.9 9.1
2008 369 30.9 11.9 n/a
2009 384 26.7 12.5 8.6
2010 397 28.0 14.1 3.5
2011 386 n/a n/a 2.6
2012 385 30.5 12.6 6.5
2013 386 27.6 13.9 4.1
2014 369 27.8 13.2 7.3
2015 349 25.0 13.9 7.7
2016 356 21.0 16.9 6.7
2017 361 25.9 13.9 8.9
2018 343 25.5 13.4 9.3
2019 309 23.4 13.1 8.4
2020 305 n/a n/a 7.5
2021 272 23.0 11.8 6.3
2022 255 23.0 11.0 6.3
2023 273 22.4 12.1 6.6

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 Corte Madera

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 193 11.6 16.6 n/a
1989 164 10.7 15.3 n/a
1990 176 10.4 16.9 n/a
1991 173 9.6 18.0 n/a
1992 174 9.8 17.7 n/a
1993 160 9.4 17.0 0
1994 169 11.2 15.1 0
1995 182 13.7 13.3 0
1996 182 13.7 13.3 0
1997 186 13.5 13.8 0
1998 190 13.8 13.8 0
1999 363 21.6 16.8 0
2000 376 21.5 17.5 0
2001 374 22.5 16.6 0
2002 380 27.0 14.1 0
2003 380 27.0 14.1 0
2004 362 27.0 13.4 0
2005 362 27.9 13.0 2
2006 360 28.5 12.6 2.2
2007 354 25.4 13.9 9.1
2008 369 30.9 11.9 n/a
2009 384 26.7 12.5 8.6
2010 397 28.0 14.1 3.5
2011 386 n/a n/a 2.6
2012 385 30.5 12.6 6.5
2013 386 27.6 13.9 4.1
2014 369 27.8 13.2 7.3
2015 349 25.0 13.9 7.7
2016 356 21.0 16.9 6.7
2017 361 25.9 13.9 8.9
2018 343 25.5 13.4 9.3
2019 309 23.4 13.1 8.4
2020 305 n/a n/a 7.5
2021 272 23.0 11.8 6.3
2022 255 23.0 11.0 6.3
2023 273 22.4 12.1 6.6

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 Corte Madera

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $27,075

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Corte Madera

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 66th of 5789 Elementary schoolsRanks 69th of 5874 Elementary schools
 0%
Ranks 39th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 16th of 2802 Middle schools
 0.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Corte Madera)89.186.2
 2.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Portola Valley Elementary)89.186.2
 2.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.543.7
 5.7%
4th Grade Mathematics (Corte Madera)84.487.9
 3.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Portola Valley Elementary)84.487.9
 3.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (California)44.940.8
 4.1%
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Corte Madera)88.284.5
 3.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Portola Valley Elementary)88.283.1
 5.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.746.7
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Corte Madera)83.877.6
 6.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Portola Valley Elementary)83.876.3
 7.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3833.4
 4.6%
5th Grade Science (Corte Madera)80.974.1
 6.7%
   5th Grade Science (Portola Valley Elementary)80.972.9
 8%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.9
 0.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Corte Madera)85.584.6
 0.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Portola Valley Elementary)85.584.6
 0.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Corte Madera)74.686.8
 12.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Portola Valley Elementary)74.686.8
 12.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Corte Madera)88.290.6
 2.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Portola Valley Elementary)88.288.9
 0.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Corte Madera)8788.7
 1.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Portola Valley Elementary)8787
 0.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Corte Madera)85.787.5
 1.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Portola Valley Elementary)85.787.5
 1.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Corte Madera)77.687.5
 9.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Portola Valley Elementary)77.687.5
 9.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Corte Madera)67.479.2
 11.8%
   8th Grade Science (Portola Valley Elementary)67.479.2
 11.8%
   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 Students309273
 11.7%
African American42
 50%
American Indian01
Asian2418
 25%
Hispanic4632
 30.4%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White204183
 10.3%
Two or More Races2937
 27.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients8.4%6.6%
 1.8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Corte Madera

Yes! Corte Madera is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 16th of 2802 California middle schools.

Students at Corte Madera are 67% White, 14% Two or more races, 12% Hispanic, 7% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 273 students attended Corte Madera.

Students who attend Corte Madera usually go on to attend Woodside High


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