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John Gutierrez Middle

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John Gutierrez Middle ranks 2012 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

2012^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 27% of California middle schools

Summary

John Gutierrez Middle is a public middle school serving about 570 students in grades 6-8 within the Santa Rita Union Elementary district in Salinas, a district that ranks in the bottom 14% statewide.

The school faces significant academic challenges, with student proficiency in English (34%) and math (18%) well below California averages, though its performance is very similar to its district peer, Gavilan View Middle. A notable strength is its improvement in student attendance; chronic absenteeism has dropped to 14.5%, which is better than the state average and shows positive engagement. However, support for specific student groups, particularly English Learners, has seen a dramatic decline in recent years.

When compared to nearby middle schools in other districts, such as San Benancio Middle or Buena Vista Middle, John Gutierrez Middle lags in academic performance, suggesting that district-level resources and policies are influential factors. The school spends more per student than some higher-performing neighbors, indicating that funding alone does not determine outcomes.

568

Students ?

19.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,773

Per pupil spending ?

80.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1031 Rogge Rd.
Salinas, CA 93906-1305

(831) 443-3300

District: Santa Rita Union Elementary

Students who attend John Gutierrez Middle usually attend:

High:

Everett Alvarez High

Feeder schools for John Gutierrez Middle:

Elementary:	La Joya Elementary
	McKinnon

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.3%

White:

5.6%

Asian:

1.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 28th percentile in 2013 → 27th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (24% vs 41% meeting standards)

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

!Mathematics scores 20 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg23%

California avg41%

2,012^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 27%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 37% (2015) to bottom 27% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2Middle Schools in the Santa Rita Union Elementary

1331^st of 1,543Santa Rita Union Elementary 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	24.8	2012 of 2761	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.7	2137 of 2783	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.2	1969 of 2781	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	2046 of 2740	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.3	1781 of 2715	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.3	1653 of 2480	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	34.2	1554 of 2508	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2016	33.0	1552 of 2497	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	32.6	1550 of 2477	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	29.7	1719 of 2379	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	27.8	1141 of 1531	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	1312 of 1491	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.9	1094 of 1369	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	25.1	1430 of 1478	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.3	1499 of 1521	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	39.4	786 of 1540	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.2	392 of 1442	72.8%	★★★★☆
2018	50.2	414 of 1364	69.6%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.4	1972 of 2533	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.9	2053 of 2551	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.9	2005 of 2531	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.6	1853 of 2509	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.3	1580 of 2380	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.0	1572 of 2262	30.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.8	1618 of 2395	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.0	1761 of 2388	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.8	1518 of 2374	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.1	1583 of 2359	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.8	1317 of 2213	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.7	1311 of 2072	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.8	263 of 477	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.2	300 of 394	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.3	1871 of 2542	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	2122 of 2579	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.6	1686 of 2531	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.0	1859 of 2458	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.6	1548 of 2369	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.0	1419 of 2230	36.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.0	1793 of 2534	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.4	1898 of 2552	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.9	1620 of 2538	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	23.5	1912 of 2527	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.7	1659 of 2407	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.8	1505 of 2273	33.8%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	1348 of 1566	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.7	1177 of 1552	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.2	906 of 1531	40.8%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.7	1195 of 1520	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.3	975 of 1537	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.2	1025 of 1543	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.6	1187 of 1555	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.3	1279 of 1602	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.4	1040 of 1496	30.5%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2025)45th percentile+18 vs school

Hispanic (2025)32nd percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)29th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)25th percentile~ school

Female (2025)22nd percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)21st percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2025)14th percentile-13 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)3rd percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy34%-15 vs state

Science18%-14 vs state

Mathematics18%-20 vs state

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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 (2024)
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 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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
John Gutierrez Middle	Public	6-8	1031 Rogge Rd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-3300	568	29	19.4	80.5%	32 (5.6%)	5 (0.9%)	513 (90.3%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.2%)	24.8	2012^th of 2761 public middle schools	27.1%		22.7	2137^th of 2783 public middle schools	23.2%	125	18.3	18.3	31.9	30.5	37.8	33.5	15.9	20.4	16.2	17.7	$18,773	$1,915	$16,858
Gavilan View Middle	Public	6-8	18250 Van Buren Ave.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7212	556	30	18.5	87.6%	19 (3.4%)	2 (0.4%)	508 (91.4%)	16 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.6%)	24.6	2028^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.5%		18.1	2337^th of 2783 public middle schools	16.0%	309	21.1	21.1	34.5	30.2	36.4	33.6	16.5	15.1	16.8	16.1	$19,420	$1,914	$17,506
Harden Middle	Public	7-8	1561 McKinnon St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7300	1,101	52	21.1	82.2%	29 (2.6%)	10 (0.9%)	1,016 (92.3%)	34 (3.1%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	22.1	2150^th of 2761 public middle schools	22.1%		24.1	2078^th of 2783 public middle schools	25.3%	72	19.2	19.2		31.9	29.1	30.5		16.3	14.8	15.6	$17,583	$1,591	$15,992
La Paz Middle	Public	7-8	1300 North Sanborn Rd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7900	1,099	55	20.0	93.4%	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1,092 (99.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22.8	2119^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.3%		23.7	2102^nd of 2783 public middle schools	24.5%	17	16.0	16.0		34.9	28.7	31.9		18.8	15.7	17.3	$17,531	$1,847	$15,684
El Sausal Middle	Public	7-8	1155 East Alisal St.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7200	1,067	48	22.1	91.7%	10 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1,052 (98.6%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	32.8	1723^rd of 2761 public middle schools	37.6%		34.1	1661^st of 2783 public middle schools	40.3%	62	24.5	24.5		36.4	36.9	36.7		23.4	22.3	22.9	$17,859	$1,978	$15,881
Washington Middle	Public	7-8	560 Iverson St.	Salinas	93901	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7100	1,082	51	21.2	81.7%	62 (5.7%)	9 (0.8%)	977 (90.3%)	19 (1.8%)	9 (0.8%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	38.6	1531^st of 2761 public middle schools	44.5%		42.4	1386^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.2%	145	25.2	25.2		46.0	37.7	41.7		27.9	22.7	25.2	$17,463	$1,751	$15,712
North Monterey County Middle	Public	7-8	10301 Seymour St.	Castroville	95012	Monterey County	North Monterey County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 633-3391	624	30	20.8	87.8%	30 (4.8%)	2 (0.3%)	586 (93.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13.1	2513^th of 2761 public middle schools	9.0%		18.5	2317^th of 2783 public middle schools	16.7%	196	12.1	12.1		21.3	26.5	23.9		8.7	7.1	7.9	$15,204	$2,436	$12,768
Buena Vista Middle	Public	6-8	18250 Tara Dr.	Salinas	93908	Monterey County	Spreckels Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 455-8936	321	18	17.5	17.4%	121 (37.7%)	0 (0.0%)	163 (50.8%)	16 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.5%)	69.4	688^th of 2761 public middle schools	75.1%		59.9	889^th of 2783 public middle schools	68.1%	201	41.4	41.4	51.7	54.1	64.0	57.0	46.1	45.0	37.8	42.7	$12,219	$1,010	$11,209
Los Arboles Middle	Public	7-8	294 Hillcrest Ave.	Marina	93933	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 384-3550	408	23	17.8	75.5%	48 (11.8%)	23 (5.6%)	258 (63.2%)	60 (14.7%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.2%)	6 (1.5%)	32.8	1722^nd of 2761 public middle schools	37.6%		24.8	2043^rd of 2783 public middle schools	26.6%	321	24.0	24.0		34.9	38.9	37.0		24.6	20.8	22.6	$21,578	$2,624	$18,954
San Benancio Middle	Public	6-8	43 San Benancio Rd.	Salinas	93908	Monterey County	Washington Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 484-1172	261	12	21.7	10.3%	138 (52.9%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (28.7%)	26 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.4%)	84.8	373^rd of 2761 public middle schools	86.5%		85.2	379^th of 2783 public middle schools	86.4%	6	50.0	50.0	66.2	75.0	59.5	67.3	57.8	52.1	54.1	54.4

Frequently Asked Questions about John Gutierrez Middle

What is the racial makeup of John Gutierrez Middle?

Students at John Gutierrez Middle are 90% Hispanic, 6% White, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

What district is John Gutierrez Middle in?

Santa Rita Union Elementary

What high school do graduates of John Gutierrez Middle attend?

Students who attend John Gutierrez Middle usually go on to attend Everett Alvarez High

How many students attend John Gutierrez Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 568 students attended John Gutierrez Middle.

Is John Gutierrez Middle a good school?

John Gutierrez Middle ranks 2012^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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