Mendota Junior High

Summary:

Mendota Junior High is a public middle school in Mendota, California, serving 576 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the Mendota Unified School District, which is ranked 1201 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mendota Junior High faces significant academic challenges, consistently performing below the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy, Mathematics, and the California Science Test. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates were 41.4% in ELA, 17.15% in Math, and 10.79% in Science, compared to the state averages of 47.04%, 35.54%, and 30.7%, respectively. The school's performance has been relatively stagnant, with only minor fluctuations in proficiency rates. Additionally, Mendota Junior High has experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 12.7% in 2018-2019 to 24.0% in 2022-2023. This high rate of chronic absenteeism is likely impacting the school's academic performance.

Interestingly, the nearby Dairyland Elementary, located approximately 19 miles away, consistently outperforms Mendota Junior High in academic assessments and has a lower chronic absenteeism rate. Dairyland Elementary also has a lower percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 75.93% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, compared to Mendota Junior High's 98.61%. In contrast, Kerman Middle and Firebaugh Middle, which are closer in proximity to Mendota Junior High, also struggle academically and have similar socioeconomic challenges.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 1258 East Belmont Ave.
       Mendota, CA  93640-2049


(559) 655-4301

District: Mendota Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1745th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,557 Help


Students who attend Mendota Junior High usually attend:

High:    Mendota High

Feeder schools for Mendota Junior High:

Elementary:    McCabe Elementary
    Mendota Elementary
    Washington Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  21.1 Help
Number of students:  576

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
98.4%
White:
1.4%
Asian:
0.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  98.6% Help


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Compare Details Mendota Junior High ranks worse than 62.8% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.59. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (98.4%), White (1.4%), Asian (0.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 98.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mendota Junior High is 21.1. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mendota Junior High is $12,557.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mendota Junior High:

SchoolDigger ranks Mendota Junior High 1745th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Mendota Junior High in the ranking list.)

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Mendota Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Mendota Unified 1201st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Mendota Junior High

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Rank History for all students at Mendota Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 34.05 1107th 1769 37.4%
2005 36.50 1074th 1777 39.6%
2006 30.42 1238th 1804 31.4%
2007 28.98 1417th 1999 29.1%
2008 29.35 1456th 2005 27.4%
2009 26.30 1567th 2063 24.0%
2010 30.32 1562nd 2179 28.3%
2011 30.40 1630th 2236 27.1%
2012 25.04 1789th 2259 20.8%
2013 32.38 1633rd 2379 31.4%
2015 11.89 2296th 2477 7.3%
2016 17.60 2118th 2497 15.2%
2017 17.66 2122nd 2508 15.4%
2018 24.08 1851st 2480 25.4%
2019 32.01 1714th 2715 36.9%
2021 19.31 759th 894 15.1%
2022 28.76 1837th 2740 33.0%
2023 27.91 1911th 2802 31.8%
2024 31.59 1745th 2777 37.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mendota Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.26 627th 1364 54.0%
2019 40.65 670th 1442 53.5%
2021 31.99 299th 363 17.6%
2022 43.89 629th 1540 59.2%
2023 41.40 724th 1529 52.6%
2024 40.52 715th 1477 51.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Mendota Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 22.28 1384th 1538 10.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mendota Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.74 1425th 2230 36.1%
2019 45.53 1167th 2369 50.7%
2021 28.59 552nd 721 23.4%
2022 39.68 1346th 2458 45.2%
2023 38.23 1406th 2549 44.8%
2024 40.10 1371st 2575 46.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Mendota Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.85 1848th 2262 18.3%
2019 32.01 1558th 2380 34.5%
2021 20.28 625th 738 15.3%
2022 27.15 1759th 2509 29.9%
2023 24.75 1900th 2547 25.4%
2024 30.14 1663rd 2546 34.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Mendota Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 34.62 215th 354 39.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Mendota Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.64 1601st 2273 29.6%
2019 30.60 1581st 2407 34.3%
2021 19.48 652nd 763 14.5%
2022 30.34 1634th 2527 35.3%
2023 31.03 1624th 2558 36.5%
2024 32.14 1598th 2547 37.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mendota Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.01 1388th 2072 33.0%
2019 43.32 1154th 2213 47.9%
2022 39.94 1294th 2359 45.1%
2023 38.55 1319th 2391 44.8%
2024 41.89 1238th 2383 48.0%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Mendota Junior High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 3 2 2 292 0 n/a n/a 0 299
1990 9 2 5 302 1 n/a n/a 0 319
1991 9 3 7 317 0 n/a n/a 0 336
1992 11 3 3 339 0 n/a n/a 0 356
1993 6 0 1 332 0 n/a n/a 0 339
1994 12 1 0 358 2 n/a n/a 0 373
1995 3 0 3 341 0 n/a n/a 0 347
1996 3 0 3 341 0 n/a n/a 0 347
1997 3 1 1 327 0 n/a n/a 0 332
1998 2 7 3 313 0 n/a n/a 0 325
1999 1 2 1 330 0 n/a n/a 0 334
2000 4 3 0 323 0 n/a n/a 0 330
2001 2 2 0 298 0 n/a n/a 0 302
2002 0 2 1 323 0 n/a n/a 0 326
2003 0 2 1 323 0 n/a n/a 0 326
2004 1 0 2 331 0 n/a n/a 0 334
2005 2 0 2 313 0 n/a n/a 0 317
2006 3 0 2 320 0 n/a n/a 0 325
2007 4 1 7 384 0 n/a n/a 0 396
2008 2 1 4 412 1 n/a n/a 0 420
2009 0 0 2 3 420 2 1 0 428
2010 2 1 0 385 12 0 9 0 409
2011 0 0 0 288 0 0 132 0 420
2012 0 0 0 354 0 0 65 0 419
2013 4 0 0 410 0 0 3 0 417
2014 4 0 0 424 0 0 0 0 428
2015 4 0 0 430 0 0 0 0 434
2016 8 0 0 411 0 0 1 0 420
2017 12 1 0 418 0 0 4 0 435
2018 7 1 0 478 0 0 5 0 491
2019 10 1 0 506 0 0 3 0 520
2020 15 1 0 552 0 0 0 0 568
2021 9 0 2 550 0 0 1 0 562
2022 8 0 0 551 0 0 1 0 560
2023 8 0 1 567 0 0 0 0 576

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Mendota Junior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 299 15.9 18.8 n/a
1990 319 15.7 20.3 n/a
1991 336 15.7 21.4 n/a
1992 356 16.0 22.2 88.2
1993 339 16.0 21.2 95
1994 373 17.0 21.9 76.4
1995 347 16.7 20.8 85
1996 347 16.7 20.8 85
1997 332 15.0 22.1 92.5
1998 325 14.0 23.2 90.8
1999 334 14.0 23.9 87.4
2000 330 14.0 23.6 90
2001 302 13.0 23.2 89.7
2002 326 14.0 23.3 92.3
2003 326 14.0 23.3 92.3
2004 334 15.5 21.5 97.3
2005 317 15.0 21.1 80.8
2006 325 14.0 23.2 78.8
2007 396 6.7 59.1 99.2
2008 420 17.3 24.3 90.2
2009 428 15.9 23.8 94.2
2010 409 19.0 21.5 91.7
2011 420 n/a n/a 86.4
2012 419 17.0 24.6 n/a
2013 417 20.0 20.8 93.3
2014 428 19.5 21.9 98.1
2015 434 18.0 24.1 99.3
2016 420 21.0 20.0 98.6
2017 435 22.0 19.7 99.3
2018 491 22.8 21.4 98.2
2019 520 24.3 21.3 98.1
2020 568 n/a n/a 98.1
2021 562 25.8 21.7 97.3
2022 560 25.6 21.8 97.3
2023 576 27.2 21.1 98.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Mendota Junior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 299 15.9 18.8 n/a
1990 319 15.7 20.3 n/a
1991 336 15.7 21.4 n/a
1992 356 16.0 22.2 88.2
1993 339 16.0 21.2 95
1994 373 17.0 21.9 76.4
1995 347 16.7 20.8 85
1996 347 16.7 20.8 85
1997 332 15.0 22.1 92.5
1998 325 14.0 23.2 90.8
1999 334 14.0 23.9 87.4
2000 330 14.0 23.6 90
2001 302 13.0 23.2 89.7
2002 326 14.0 23.3 92.3
2003 326 14.0 23.3 92.3
2004 334 15.5 21.5 97.3
2005 317 15.0 21.1 80.8
2006 325 14.0 23.2 78.8
2007 396 6.7 59.1 99.2
2008 420 17.3 24.3 90.2
2009 428 15.9 23.8 94.2
2010 409 19.0 21.5 91.7
2011 420 n/a n/a 86.4
2012 419 17.0 24.6 n/a
2013 417 20.0 20.8 93.3
2014 428 19.5 21.9 98.1
2015 434 18.0 24.1 99.3
2016 420 21.0 20.0 98.6
2017 435 22.0 19.7 99.3
2018 491 22.8 21.4 98.2
2019 520 24.3 21.3 98.1
2020 568 n/a n/a 98.1
2021 562 25.8 21.7 97.3
2022 560 25.6 21.8 97.3
2023 576 27.2 21.1 98.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Mendota Junior High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $12,557

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Mendota Junior High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1714th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1911th of 2802 Middle schools
 5.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Mendota Junior High)41.937.9
 4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Mendota Unified)41.637.5
 4.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Mendota Junior High)18.712
 6.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Mendota Unified)18.611.9
 6.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Mendota Junior High)38.534.9
 3.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Mendota Unified)38.334.7
 3.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Mendota Junior High)29.817.5
 12.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Mendota Unified)29.717.4
 12.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Mendota Junior High)19.213.8
 5.4%
   8th Grade Science (Mendota Unified)19.113.8
 5.3%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students520576
 10.8%
African American10
 100%
American Indian00
Asian01
Hispanic506567
 12.1%
Pacific Islander00
White108
 20%
Two or More Races30
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients98.1%98.6%
 0.5%


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Mendota Junior High ranks 1745th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Mendota Junior High usually go on to attend Mendota High

In the 2022-23 school year, 576 students attended Mendota Junior High.

Students at Mendota Junior High are 98% Hispanic, 1% White.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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