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Dean L. Shively

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Dean L. Shively ranks 841 st of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

841^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 70% of California middle schools

Summary

Dean L. Shively is a 3-star middle school serving 289 students in grades 6-8 in South El Monte, part of the high-performing Valle Lindo Elementary district, which ranks in the top 25% of all districts in California.

Despite serving a community where over 75% of students are economically disadvantaged, the school consistently achieves above-average academic results, outperforming the state average in English, math, and science. This performance is particularly strong when compared to other local middle schools with similar challenges; for instance, it significantly outpaces Walter F. Dexter Middle in academic proficiency. The school shows notable effectiveness in supporting its Hispanic and low-income student populations, who score in the state's top 20-25 percentiles. Furthermore, it accomplishes this with lower per-student funding than many neighboring schools like Torch Middle or Twin Lakes Elementary, demonstrating efficient use of resources.

While the school excels overall, it faces specific challenges, including a need for improved support for special education students and addressing a performance gap where female students outperform males. Attendance has improved but remains an area of focus. Students show strong academic growth from 6th to 8th grade, especially in math, indicating effective teaching during the middle school years. Among ten nearby schools analyzed, Dean L. Shively ranks third in performance, behind only Muscatel Middle and Garvey (Richard) Intermediate, proving that strong outcomes are achievable in a high-need context.

289

Students ?

24.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$41,017

Per pupil spending ?

75.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1431 North Central Ave.
South El Monte, CA 91733-3388

(626) 580-0610

District: Valle Lindo Elementary

Students who attend Dean L. Shively usually attend:

High:

South El Monte High

Feeder schools for Dean L. Shively:

Elementary:

New Temple

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.0%

Asian:

8.7%

White:

1.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 74th percentile in 2013 → 70th in 2025

Strengths

✓Above the California median (70th percentile)

Worth a look

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

!Large classes — about 24 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school45%

District avg48%

California avg41%

841^st of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 30%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

368^th of 1,543Valle Lindo 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	62.5	841 of 2761	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	57.7	943 of 2783	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.7	855 of 2781	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.8	1087 of 2740	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.4	1257 of 2715	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.1	984 of 2480	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2017	67.6	723 of 2508	71.2%	★★★★☆
2016	71.6	627 of 2497	74.9%	★★★★☆
2015	66.4	737 of 2477	70.2%	★★★★☆
2013	69.7	610 of 2379	74.4%	★★★★☆
2012	59.3	839 of 2259	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2011	46.8	1180 of 2236	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	57.5	853 of 2179	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2009	58.3	791 of 2063	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2008	46.8	1000 of 2005	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	56.5	751 of 1999	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2006	49.1	838 of 1804	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2005	39.6	1003 of 1777	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2004	43.3	915 of 1769	48.3%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	73.1	201 of 733	72.6%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	25.2	1250 of 1531	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	47.7	496 of 1478	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.8	358 of 1521	76.5%	★★★★☆
2022	68.0	213 of 1540	86.2%	★★★★☆
2019	24.7	1385 of 1442	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	67.8	680 of 2533	73.2%	★★★★☆
2024	57.4	875 of 2551	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.9	839 of 2531	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.0	1068 of 2509	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.9	1067 of 2380	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.3	869 of 2262	61.6%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	71.4	508 of 2395	78.8%	★★★★☆
2024	68.6	537 of 2388	77.5%	★★★★☆
2023	75.1	396 of 2374	83.3%	★★★★☆
2022	61.4	695 of 2359	70.5%	★★★★☆
2019	58.8	715 of 2213	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	68.3	486 of 2072	76.5%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	75.1	430 of 2542	83.1%	★★★★☆
2024	70.2	533 of 2579	79.3%	★★★★☆
2023	70.8	497 of 2531	80.4%	★★★★☆
2022	63.8	644 of 2458	73.8%	★★★★☆
2019	59.6	735 of 2369	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.2	553 of 2230	75.2%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.0	964 of 2534	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.8	911 of 2552	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.0	768 of 2538	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	54.5	946 of 2527	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.7	1217 of 2407	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.8	964 of 2273	57.6%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.7	988 of 1566	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.1	1170 of 1552	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)83rd percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)79th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)73rd percentile+4 vs school

Asian (2022)73rd percentile+12 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)66th percentile~ school

Male (2025)62nd percentile-8 vs school

Special Education (2025)37th percentile-33 vs school

Disabled (2022)18th percentile-42 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy52%+4 vs state

Science40%+7 vs state

Mathematics39%~ state avg

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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 (2025)
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 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	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 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	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
Dean L. Shively	Public	6-8	1431 North Central Ave.	South El Monte	91733	Los Angeles County	Valle Lindo Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 580-0610	289	12	24.2	75.8%	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	260 (90.0%)	25 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62.5	841^st of 2761 public middle schools	69.5%		57.7	943^rd of 2783 public middle schools	66.1%	102		40.0	40.0				50.0	50.6	55.6	52.4				33.0	34.2	46.3	38.6	$41,017	$40,618	$399
Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate	Public	7-8	8510 East Fern Ave.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	Garvey Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 307-3360	297	18	16.8	81.5%	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	132 (44.4%)	158 (53.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	72.5	628^th of 2761 public middle schools	77.3%		74.5	600^th of 2783 public middle schools	78.4%	28		38.7	38.7					56.1	57.8	56.9					47.1	48.7	47.9	$27,065	$25,380	$1,685
North Park Academy of the Arts	Public	6-8	4450 South Durfee Ave.	Pico Rivera	90660	Los Angeles County	El Rancho Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 801-7570	512	23	22.2	87.5%	6 (1.2%)	3 (0.6%)	492 (96.1%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19.3	2256^th of 2761 public middle schools	18.3%		24.4	2063^rd of 2783 public middle schools	25.9%	193		14.0	14.0				24.0	34.3	23.9	27.7				13.9	21.5	12.1	16.0	$17,086	$16,194	$892
Twin Lakes Elementary	Public	3-8	3900 Gilman Rd.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4400	502	27	18.7	88.8%	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	453 (90.2%)	40 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20.4	2209^th of 2761 public middle schools	20.0%		15.6	2453^rd of 2783 public middle schools	11.9%	244	28.6	12.3	16.4	8.7	25.0	47.3	32.8	19.8	31.9	28.8	17.4	21.9	30.4	18.8	13.2	20.3	19.6	$31,394	$19,388	$12,006
La Merced Intermediate	Public	6-8	215 East Avenida de la Merced	Montebello	90640	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 722-7262	682	32	21.5	92.4%	13 (1.9%)	6 (0.9%)	650 (95.3%)	12 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25.7	1972^nd of 2761 public middle schools	28.6%		31.1	1765^th of 2783 public middle schools	36.6%	207		15.0	15.0				30.5	30.1	29.3	30.0				19.4	24.2	27.2	23.4	$15,915	$13,738	$2,177
Muscatel Middle	Public	7-8	4201 North Ivar Ave.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	Rosemead Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 287-1139	511	24	20.9	76.7%	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	189 (37.0%)	296 (57.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.1%)	82.5	427^th of 2761 public middle schools	84.5%		87.8	327^th of 2783 public middle schools	88.3%	100		48.0	48.0					66.3	60.6	63.5					56.0	50.2	53.2
Garvey (Richard) Intermediate	Public	7-8	2720 North Jackson Ave.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	Garvey Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 307-3385	661	29	22.5	78.1%	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	227 (34.3%)	413 (62.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (1.8%)	81.3	456^th of 2761 public middle schools	83.5%		87.6	331^st of 2783 public middle schools	88.1%	125		47.2	47.2					59.5	63.2	61.3					52.3	55.7	54.0	$19,359	$17,534	$1,825
Walter F. Dexter Middle	Public	6-8	11532 East Floral Dr.	Whittier	90601	Los Angeles County	Whittier City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-3090	610	29	21.3	86.7%	19 (3.1%)	3 (0.5%)	568 (93.1%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	27.3	1917^th of 2761 public middle schools	30.6%		28	1904^th of 2783 public middle schools	31.6%	13		20.2	20.2				30.2	42.4	33.0	35.2				16.1	25.1	14.8	18.7	$15,474	$11,742	$3,732
Torch Middle	Public	6-8	751 North Vineland Ave.	City Of Industry	91746	Los Angeles County	Bassett Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-2700	345	16	21.8	90.1%	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.2%)	307 (89.0%)	30 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	34.9	1651^st of 2761 public middle schools	40.2%		34.8	1635^th of 2783 public middle schools	41.3%	16		20.2	20.2				39.3	44.4	36.4	39.9				22.6	26.1	24.6	24.6	$17,469	$13,492	$3,977
Orange Grove Middle	Public	6-8	14505 Orange Grove Ave.	Hacienda Heights	91745	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-7000	287	14	21.0	82.9%	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	255 (88.9%)	17 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	29	1862^nd of 2761 public middle schools	32.6%		31	1769^th of 2783 public middle schools	36.4%	93		19.4	19.4				29.2	32.7	40.2	34.7				13.5	27.7	21.3	21.6	$28,351	$26,368	$1,983

Frequently Asked Questions about Dean L. Shively

What high school do graduates of Dean L. Shively attend?

Students who attend Dean L. Shively usually go on to attend South El Monte High

What district is Dean L. Shively in?

Valle Lindo Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Dean L. Shively?

Students at Dean L. Shively are 90% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 1% White.

How many students attend Dean L. Shively?

In the 2024-25 school year, 289 students attended Dean L. Shively.

Is Dean L. Shively a good school?

Dean L. Shively ranks 841^st of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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