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Matthew Gage Middle

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Matthew Gage Middle ranks 1338 th of 2740 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 7-8

1338^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,740 California Middle Schools

Better than 51% of California middle schools

Summary

Matthew Gage Middle serves 840 students in grades 7–8 in Riverside, California, and its 2025–2026 SchoolDigger ranking was at the 51st percentile, or 3 stars. It ranked third by percentile among eight nearby schools serving the same grades. The central takeaway is that Gage is comparatively strong in nearby-school ELA and math, but its results remain below state averages in all three subjects, with science the clearest weakness: 27% of students were proficient, compared with 36% statewide.

Gage’s strongest comparisons are in ELA and math: it ranked third of eight nearby grade-span peers in both subjects, with proficiency of 45% in ELA and 34% in math. Its ELA result was about the nearby-school average, while its math result was 5 points above that average. Still, ELA was 5 points below the state and 3 below Riverside Unified; math was 5 points below the state and 1 below the district. Science ranked fourth of eight and was 2 points below the nearby-school average, as well as 9 points below the state and 5 below the district.

Math has improved, while science has not kept pace: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, Gage’s math proficiency rose from 27% to 34%, a 7-point gain, and its gap to the state narrowed from 8 points to 5. Science rose only about 1 point, to 27%, while its state gap widened from 3 points to 9. Gage’s overall SchoolDigger percentile has stayed near the middle, moving from 48 to 55 to 51 over the last three reported years. Its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 21.1, tied for the second-lowest among nearby schools, and 70% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year—the lowest rate among nearby schools. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well Gage serves African American students fell from the 62nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 27th in 2025–2026, well below the school’s overall 51st-percentile ranking.

840

Students ?

21.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,852

Per pupil spending ?

70.1%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

6400 Lincoln Ave.
Riverside, CA 92506-4423

(951) 788-7350

District: Riverside Unified

Students who attend Matthew Gage Middle usually attend:

High:	Polytechnic High
	Riverside STEM Academy

Feeder schools for Matthew Gage Middle:

Elementary:	Alcott Elementary
	Castle View Elementary
	Victoria Elementary
	Washington Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

68.1%

White:

21.7%

African American:

3.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 49th percentile in 2015 → 51st in 2026

Strengths

✓Above the California median (51st percentile)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (37% vs 42% meeting standards)

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school37%

District avg39%

California avg42%

1,338^th of 2,740

California public middle schools ?

Top 49%▼ down 3 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 7Middle Schools in the Riverside Unified

759^th of 1,530Riverside 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
2026	44.8	1338 of 2740	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	47.6	1246 of 2761	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.5	1442 of 2783	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.7	1203 of 2781	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.8	1214 of 2740	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	44.1	1321 of 2715	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.4	1244 of 2480	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	50.4	1093 of 2508	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2016	48.4	1148 of 2497	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2015	42.5	1270 of 2477	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2013	52.0	1101 of 2379	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2012	57.0	893 of 2259	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2011	57.4	895 of 2236	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2010	60.5	779 of 2179	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2009	48.5	1011 of 2063	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2008	64.9	603 of 2005	69.9%	★★★★☆
2007	52.3	854 of 1999	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2006	50.3	808 of 1804	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2005	45.6	882 of 1777	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2004	48.7	802 of 1769	54.7%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	28.3	432 of 594	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	51.0	265 of 609	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.1	238 of 627	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	84.3	64 of 613	89.6%	★★★★☆
2022	64.9	182 of 637	71.4%	★★★★☆
2019	68.7	160 of 643	75.1%	★★★★☆
2018	67.4	155 of 600	74.2%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	42.8	494 of 777	36.4%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	59.3	413 of 1531	73.0%	★★★★☆
2019	21.0	1367 of 1491	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	31.6	892 of 1369	34.8%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	29.7	1236 of 1478	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.7	1087 of 1521	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	47.2	544 of 1540	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	35.7	846 of 1442	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.4	770 of 1364	43.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	43.4	1288 of 2516	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	46.2	1195 of 2533	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	35.5	1495 of 2551	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.5	1144 of 2531	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.9	1092 of 2509	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.6	1326 of 2380	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.0	1179 of 2262	47.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	45.7	1150 of 2357	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	44.9	1185 of 2395	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.9	1346 of 2388	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.4	975 of 2374	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.0	855 of 2359	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	43.9	1131 of 2213	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.0	1126 of 2072	45.7%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	44.2	220 of 442	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	51.8	186 of 477	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.3	125 of 394	68.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	36.4	1522 of 2529	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	42.9	1306 of 2542	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.7	1581 of 2579	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.3	1195 of 2531	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.0	1131 of 2458	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.9	1358 of 2369	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.8	1234 of 2230	44.7%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	44.4	1234 of 2514	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	47.0	1168 of 2534	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.7	1238 of 2552	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.5	1077 of 2538	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.6	1126 of 2527	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.1	1127 of 2407	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.7	1179 of 2273	48.1%	★★☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	12.2	160 of 181	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.7	158 of 194	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.1	152 of 192	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.4	158 of 197	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.1	135 of 193	30.1%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	34.4	501 of 735	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	42.7	426 of 726	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.2	498 of 701	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.5	524 of 665	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	27.9	1215 of 1605	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	35.5	923 of 1566	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.8	1036 of 1552	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.7	777 of 1531	49.2%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	54.4	660 of 1490	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	62.0	577 of 1520	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.5	693 of 1537	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.5	566 of 1543	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.0	672 of 1555	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	51.1	770 of 1602	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.3	654 of 1496	56.3%	★★★☆☆

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)

Disabled (2022)73rd percentile+17 vs school

White (2026)56th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2026)51st percentile~ school

Male (2026)51st percentile~ school

Homeless (2026)50th percentile~ school

Female (2026)49th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)40th percentile-11 vs school

Asian (2026)36th percentile-15 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)32nd percentile-19 vs school

African American (2026)27th percentile-24 vs school

Special Education (2026)24th percentile-27 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)16th percentile-32 vs school

Military Connected (2026)12th percentile-40 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy45%-5 vs state

Mathematics34%-5 vs state

Science27%-9 vs state

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Matthew Gage Middle	Public	7-8	6400 Lincoln Ave.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7350	840	40	21.1	70.1%	182 (21.7%)	31 (3.7%)	572 (68.1%)	22 (2.6%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	28 (3.3%)	44.8	1338^th of 2740 public middle schools	51.2%		47.6	1246^th of 2761 public middle schools	54.9%	92	27.4	27.4		45.0	44.4	44.7		32.1	35.3	33.8	$19,852	$1,043	$18,809
Sierra Middle	Public	7-8	4950 Central Ave.	Riverside	92504	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7501	829	37	22.2	88.5%	63 (7.6%)	46 (5.5%)	690 (83.2%)	13 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	14 (1.7%)	33.2	1709^th of 2740 public middle schools	37.6%		31.9	1762^nd of 2761 public middle schools	36.2%	53	29.3	29.3		40.3	40.8	40.6		23.2	19.1	21.2	$19,903	$939	$18,964
Central Middle	Public	7-8	4795 Magnolia Ave.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7282	621	29	21.1	83.3%	77 (12.4%)	43 (6.9%)	474 (76.3%)	11 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	35.3	1653^rd of 2740 public middle schools	39.7%		34.6	1658^th of 2761 public middle schools	39.9%	5	24.0	24.0		48.1	36.8	42.3		27.9	22.9	25.3	$21,755	$745	$21,010
Chemawa Middle	Public	7-8	8830 Magnolia Ave.	Riverside	92503	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 352-8244	885	37	23.6	89.0%	67 (7.6%)	39 (4.4%)	726 (82.0%)	23 (2.6%)	4 (0.5%)	6 (0.7%)	18 (2.0%)	25.3	1998^th of 2740 public middle schools	27.1%		27.6	1910^th of 2761 public middle schools	30.8%	88	22.0	22.0		33.4	37.3	35.4		17.2	20.4	18.8	$18,834	$883	$17,951
University Heights Middle	Public	7-8	1155 Massachusetts Ave.	Riverside	92507	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7388	870	39	22.5	91.4%	56 (6.4%)	53 (6.1%)	697 (80.1%)	33 (3.8%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	23 (2.6%)	30.3	1817^th of 2740 public middle schools	33.7%		30.7	1805^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.6%	12	24.2	24.2		35.2	42.6	38.9		19.0	23.8	21.4	$19,454	$931	$18,523
Frank Augustus Miller Middle	Public	7-8	17925 Krameria Ave.	Riverside	92504	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 789-8181	844	36	23.6	56.9%	262 (31.0%)	41 (4.9%)	405 (48.0%)	94 (11.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (4.6%)	81.5	442^nd of 2740 public middle schools	83.9%		79.7	480^th of 2761 public middle schools	82.6%	38	46.9	46.9		70.1	65.1	67.6		52.3	51.8	52.0	$19,024	$617	$18,407
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Wells Middle	Public	6-8	10000 Wells Ave.	Riverside	92505	Riverside County	Alvord Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 358-1705	768	34	22.2	95.8%	15 (2.0%)	7 (0.9%)	731 (95.2%)	12 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	12.3	2521^st of 2740 public middle schools	8.0%		12.7	2527^th of 2761 public middle schools	8.5%	6	13.3	13.3	15.5	29.9	20.2	21.7	9.6	17.8	6.5	11.1	$24,022	$1,554	$22,468
Amelia Earhart Middle	Public	7-8	20202 Aptos St.	Riverside	92508	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 697-5700	743	32	23.2	56.1%	213 (28.7%)	46 (6.2%)	370 (49.8%)	68 (9.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	43 (5.8%)	74.1	590^th of 2740 public middle schools	78.5%		77.5	529^th of 2761 public middle schools	80.8%	61	45.2	45.2		61.5	58.8	60.2		48.5	46.7	47.6	$20,623	$586	$20,037
Arizona Middle	Public	6-8	11045 Arizona Ave.	Riverside	92505	Riverside County	Alvord Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 358-1675	804	37	21.6	88.3%	58 (7.2%)	52 (6.5%)	634 (78.9%)	42 (5.2%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	9 (1.1%)	36.1	1622^nd of 2740 public middle schools	40.8%		39.5	1500^th of 2761 public middle schools	45.7%	122	34.5	34.5	32.7	41.5	41.1	38.3	23.3	27.4	26.7	25.8	$23,822	$1,554	$22,268

Frequently Asked Questions about Matthew Gage Middle

What district is Matthew Gage Middle in?

Riverside Unified

What is the racial makeup of Matthew Gage Middle?

Students at Matthew Gage Middle are 68% Hispanic, 22% White, 4% African American, 3% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

How many students attend Matthew Gage Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 840 students attended Matthew Gage Middle.

What high school do graduates of Matthew Gage Middle attend?

Students who attend Matthew Gage Middle usually go on to attend Polytechnic High

Is Matthew Gage Middle a good school?

Matthew Gage Middle ranks 1338^th of 2740 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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