Summary:
ZIP code 95380 has one listed middle school, Marvin A. Dutcher Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 810 students, so there are no other local middle schools in this list to compare it with. The school’s most important academic challenge is math: 26% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 38% statewide, and the gap was widest in sixth grade, where 19% were proficient versus 37% statewide.
Marvin A. Dutcher is both the only school represented and the sole option at the top and bottom of this one-school list; the data cannot identify local leaders or laggards. Its relative bright spots are ELA and science compared with Turlock Unified: Dutcher was ahead by 3 percentage points in ELA and 4 points in science, but behind the district by 4 points in math. It still trailed California in all three subjects, by 4 points in ELA, 6 in science, and 13 in math. Eighth-grade ELA was close to the state result, at 49.1% versus 49.5%; math remained below the state in every grade.
Results shifted unevenly from 2024–2025: all-grades ELA fell by 5 points while the state edged up by less than 1 point, and science was nearly unchanged as the state gained 3 points. Math improved by 1 point, leaving its large state gap almost unchanged. SchoolDigger ranks Dutcher at the 46th percentile, 1,457th of 2,703 schools, with 2 stars; it was at the 54th percentile the year before. Chronic absenteeism is a comparatively favorable measure: 13%, versus 22% in the district and 18% statewide. The school’s 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 21.7, and 64% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these are context, not explanations for test results.
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