Summary:
Zip code 91006 has two Arcadia Unified middle schools, Richard Henry Dana Middle and Foothills Middle, both serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 710 and 650 students, respectively. In 2025–2026, both schools were above state proficiency rates in English language arts (ELA), math and science. The two-school average was 73% in ELA, 72% in math and 62% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important area-wide finding is that both schools outperform the state in all three subjects, with the biggest average advantage in math: 34 percentage points.
Foothills leads the two-school group in all-grade results across the three subjects, while Dana ranks second. Foothills’ lead is narrow in ELA and math—1 and 2 percentage points—but wider in science, at 8 points. Dana’s notable exception is eighth-grade math, where it is 1 point ahead of Foothills; Foothills leads in the other supplied grade-and-subject comparisons. The schools’ science results show the clearest contrast: Foothills is at 66%, while Dana is at 58%.
Recent results show math improving at both schools, while ELA slipped: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Dana’s math rose 3 points and Foothills’ rose 2, while ELA fell 1 point at each. Science increased 2 points at Dana and 5 at Foothills, roughly matching the state’s 3-point gain overall. SchoolDigger ranks Foothills 153rd of 2,703 schools and Dana 197th of 2,703 in 2025–2026; earlier ranks were 138th and 183rd, respectively, though the number of schools ranked changed. The schools also differ modestly in characteristics: in 2024–2025, the free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 24% at Foothills and 29% at Dana, and student-teacher ratios were 22.6 and 24.8. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was low at both schools—1.8% at Foothills and 3.4% at Dana, versus 18.3% statewide.
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