Summary:
ZIP code 94014 has one listed middle school, Thomas R. Pollicita Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 558 students; the available results compare it with the Jefferson Elementary district and California, not with other local middle schools. The biggest grade-level contrast is in math: sixth grade was 53% proficient, 16 points above the state, while seventh grade was 31%, 7 points below, and eighth grade was 32%, 4 points below.
Pollicita’s strongest all-grades result relative to the state was ELA, at 50% compared with 49%, about 1 point higher in 2025–2026. Its weakest was science: 29% proficient, 7 points below the state’s 36%. Overall math was nearly even but slightly below the state—37.6% versus 38.4%, a gap of about 0.8 points. Chronic absenteeism was a favorable measure: 13% at Pollicita, compared with 15% in the district and 18% statewide in 2025–2026.
Results improved in ELA and math relative to the state over the two reported years, but science fell further behind. Pollicita’s ELA rose 3 points and math rose 5, while science was essentially unchanged; the state gained 3 points in science, widening Pollicita’s gap by 3 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile rose from 44 in 2023–2024 to 60 in 2025–2026, and its rating increased from 2 stars to 3. The student–teacher ratio was 20.2 in 2024–2025. Also for 2024–2025, 46% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible; this is context, not an explanation for achievement results.
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