Summary:
Zip code 90701 has one middle school, Ross (Faye) Middle, serving grades 7–8 with 528 students. With no other listed middle schools nearby for comparison, the most useful benchmarks are California and ABC Unified. In 2025–2026, Ross was slightly above the state in ELA but below it in math and science; its largest academic gaps were with the district, which scored 12 to 16 points higher across all three subjects.
Ross’s clearest strength against the state is ELA: its all-grades result was 51%, compared with 49% statewide, a 2-point lead. That overall result masks a notable grade difference: grade 7 ELA was 7 points above the state, while grade 8 was 4 points below. Ross was close to the state in math and science, trailing by about 1 point in each. Against the district, however, Ross was behind by 12 points in ELA, 16 in math, and 14 in science. There is no school-to-school top or bottom to identify because Ross is the only school in the list.
Math and science improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: math rose from 33% to 37%, and science from 30% to 35%; ELA stayed near 52% (52% to 51%). This brought Ross’s simple average across the three subjects from about 1 point below the state to essentially even, though it is not an official overall score. SchoolDigger ranked Ross at the 63rd percentile in 2025–2026, close to the 62nd percentile the prior year and 65th in 2023–2024. Other context: the student–teacher ratio was 22.4:1, and 67% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 12% in 2025–2026, matching the district and 6 points below the state.
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