Nicolet Middle

Summary:

Nicolet Middle is a public middle school located in Banning, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 975 students. The school is part of the Banning Unified School District, which is ranked 1404 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Nicolet Middle faces significant challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 18.4% in 2017-2018 to 49.1% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the state average and nearby schools. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by standardized tests, is consistently lower than the state and district averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 21.04% of Nicolet Middle students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 47.04% statewide, and only 6.79% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 35.54% statewide. The school also struggles with the performance of various student subgroups, such as Asian, African American, Hispanic, and White students, as well as English Language Learners, Special Education students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

When compared to nearby schools in the Hemet Unified, Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified, and San Jacinto Unified districts, Nicolet Middle consistently performs worse academically and has higher chronic absenteeism rates. The school's high percentage of students from low-income families, as indicated by the free and reduced-price lunch rates ranging from 89.64% to 93.4%, likely contributes to these challenges, and the relatively high student-teacher ratio may also be a factor. Addressing these issues will require a comprehensive school improvement plan and targeted interventions to support the needs of Nicolet Middle's students.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 101 East Nicolet St.
       Banning, CA  92220-5551


(951) 922-0280

District: Banning Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2499th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $4,765 Help


Students who attend Nicolet Middle usually attend:

High:    Banning High

Feeder schools for Nicolet Middle:

Elementary:    Cabazon Elementary
    Central Elementary
    Florida Street Discovery Center
    Hemmerling Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  21.4 Help
Number of students:  975

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
72.9%
White:
8.4%
African American:
7.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  89.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Nicolet Middle ranks worse than 90% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.23. (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 (72.9%), White (8.4%), African American (7.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 89.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Nicolet Middle is 21.4. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Nicolet Middle is $4,765.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Nicolet Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Nicolet Middle 2499th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Nicolet Middle in the ranking list.)

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Banning Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Banning Unified 1404th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Nicolet Middle

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Rank History for all students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 16.60 1529th 1769 13.6%
2005 24.57 1344th 1777 24.4%
2006 19.78 1488th 1804 17.5%
2007 29.41 1404th 1999 29.8%
2008 36.31 1265th 2005 36.9%
2009 29.43 1482nd 2063 28.2%
2010 19.93 1851st 2179 15.1%
2011 24.32 1789th 2236 20.0%
2012 38.71 1401st 2259 38.0%
2013 27.01 1804th 2379 24.2%
2015 16.34 2143rd 2477 13.5%
2016 15.69 2184th 2497 12.5%
2017 16.36 2169th 2508 13.5%
2018 12.57 2265th 2480 8.7%
2019 10.81 2529th 2715 6.9%
2022 9.51 2652nd 2740 3.2%
2023 13.06 2589th 2802 7.6%
2024 14.23 2499th 2777 10.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 5.03 532nd 554 4.0%
2022 3.31 653rd 665 1.8%
2024 12.40 625th 699 10.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.41 977th 1364 28.4%
2019 26.51 1317th 1442 8.7%
2022 24.65 1476th 1540 4.2%
2023 26.20 1437th 1529 6.0%
2024 34.57 974th 1477 34.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 30.63 1064th 1538 30.8%
2024 19.11 1476th 1550 4.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.93 2021st 2230 9.4%
2019 13.41 2190th 2369 7.6%
2022 12.01 2350th 2458 4.4%
2023 15.00 2355th 2549 7.6%
2024 16.72 2302nd 2575 10.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 23.87 285th 336 15.2%
2023 21.73 280th 321 12.8%
2024 26.66 311th 394 21.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.70 2047th 2262 9.5%
2019 11.91 2212th 2380 7.1%
2022 10.10 2430th 2509 3.1%
2023 13.26 2377th 2547 6.7%
2024 15.83 2267th 2546 11.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.69 925th 1369 32.4%
2019 29.80 1040th 1491 30.2%
2022 22.94 1343rd 1531 12.3%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 4.21 193rd 193 0.0%
2023 8.83 191st 197 3.0%
2024 12.67 173rd 191 9.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.80 2157th 2273 5.1%
2019 9.28 2316th 2407 3.8%
2022 9.77 2465th 2527 2.5%
2023 13.55 2360th 2558 7.7%
2024 13.04 2369th 2547 7.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 1.39 687th 700 1.9%
2019 1.06 738th 745 0.9%
2022 0.73 732nd 733 0.1%
2023 3.80 684th 718 4.7%
2024 6.30 685th 741 7.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.91 513th 600 14.5%
2019 19.28 576th 643 10.4%
2022 16.36 583rd 637 8.5%
2023 23.41 503rd 614 18.1%
2024 30.61 436th 626 30.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.59 1847th 2072 10.9%
2019 13.40 2061st 2213 6.9%
2022 11.84 2270th 2359 3.8%
2023 16.08 2164th 2391 9.5%
2024 17.41 2099th 2383 11.9%
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Rank History for Native American students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 21.10 15th 16 6.3%
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Rank History for White students at Nicolet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 4.09 1469th 1496 1.8%
2019 3.90 1576th 1602 1.6%
2022 2.82 1545th 1555 0.6%
2023 6.18 1496th 1552 3.6%
2024 3.91 1514th 1535 1.4%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Nicolet Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1995 156 73 100 219 43 n/a n/a 0 591
1996 156 73 100 219 43 n/a n/a 0 591
1997 133 83 80 196 51 n/a n/a 0 543
1998 152 91 77 196 33 n/a n/a 0 549
1999 151 80 72 200 37 n/a n/a 1 541
2000 147 72 72 206 39 n/a n/a 0 536
2001 134 73 72 217 48 n/a n/a 4 548
2002 116 83 50 277 34 n/a n/a 11 571
2003 116 83 50 277 34 n/a n/a 11 571
2004 121 72 42 282 29 n/a n/a 4 550
2005 160 79 66 407 36 n/a n/a 10 758
2006 165 78 77 393 29 n/a n/a 11 753
2007 153 71 62 440 36 n/a n/a 10 772
2008 149 56 59 435 36 n/a n/a 0 735
2009 111 78 63 413 34 2 27 0 728
2010 105 86 47 422 39 3 22 0 724
2011 92 69 47 436 38 1 20 0 703
2012 94 73 48 421 34 3 13 0 686
2013 85 63 50 414 33 1 14 0 660
2014 156 87 57 604 36 0 21 0 961
2015 136 96 59 638 26 4 11 0 970
2016 138 91 55 573 33 2 21 0 913
2017 112 75 55 629 33 1 28 0 933
2018 109 71 52 676 27 1 34 0 970
2019 112 72 44 712 19 2 30 0 991
2020 112 62 45 678 15 1 37 0 950
2021 98 67 41 685 25 0 37 0 953
2022 90 67 52 677 20 1 31 1 939
2023 82 72 56 711 25 1 26 2 975

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 Nicolet Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 591 26.0 22.7 87.5
1996 591 26.0 22.7 87.5
1997 543 24.1 22.5 94.8
1998 549 24.2 22.7 74.5
1999 541 25.2 21.5 77.4
2000 536 23.0 23.3 75.7
2001 548 24.3 22.6 80.1
2002 571 24.6 23.2 84.6
2003 571 24.6 23.2 84.6
2004 550 19.2 28.6 87.7
2005 758 30.1 25.2 82.4
2006 753 37.0 20.4 83.4
2007 772 32.8 23.5 82.8
2008 735 38.0 19.3 83.1
2009 728 34.9 19.2 80.5
2010 724 39.0 18.5 85.5
2011 703 n/a n/a 93.9
2012 686 28.8 23.7 81.3
2013 660 26.5 24.8 84.1
2014 961 45.5 21.0 87.1
2015 970 40.0 24.2 85.4
2016 913 32.0 28.5 91.8
2017 933 45.5 20.5 88.6
2018 970 n/a n/a 85.7
2019 991 43.3 22.8 89.2
2020 950 n/a n/a 90.7
2021 953 40.9 23.2 92.1
2022 939 41.4 22.6 93.4
2023 975 45.5 21.4 89.6

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 Nicolet Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 591 26.0 22.7 87.5
1996 591 26.0 22.7 87.5
1997 543 24.1 22.5 94.8
1998 549 24.2 22.7 74.5
1999 541 25.2 21.5 77.4
2000 536 23.0 23.3 75.7
2001 548 24.3 22.6 80.1
2002 571 24.6 23.2 84.6
2003 571 24.6 23.2 84.6
2004 550 19.2 28.6 87.7
2005 758 30.1 25.2 82.4
2006 753 37.0 20.4 83.4
2007 772 32.8 23.5 82.8
2008 735 38.0 19.3 83.1
2009 728 34.9 19.2 80.5
2010 724 39.0 18.5 85.5
2011 703 n/a n/a 93.9
2012 686 28.8 23.7 81.3
2013 660 26.5 24.8 84.1
2014 961 45.5 21.0 87.1
2015 970 40.0 24.2 85.4
2016 913 32.0 28.5 91.8
2017 933 45.5 20.5 88.6
2018 970 n/a n/a 85.7
2019 991 43.3 22.8 89.2
2020 950 n/a n/a 90.7
2021 953 40.9 23.2 92.1
2022 939 41.4 22.6 93.4
2023 975 45.5 21.4 89.6

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 Nicolet Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $4,765

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Nicolet Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2529th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2589th of 2802 Middle schools
 0.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Nicolet Middle)1815.5
 2.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Banning Unified)17.815.5
 2.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Nicolet Middle)8.57.5
 1.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Banning Unified)8.67.5
 1.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Nicolet Middle)18.421.9
 3.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Banning Unified)17.921.8
 4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Nicolet Middle)7.97.6
 0.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Banning Unified)7.87.6
 0.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Nicolet Middle)27.519
 8.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Banning Unified)26.618.2
 8.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Nicolet Middle)8.94.7
 4.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Banning Unified)8.34.6
 3.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Nicolet Middle)12.214.3
 2.1%
   8th Grade Science (Banning Unified)11.513.7
 2.1%
   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 Students991975
 1.6%
African American7272
American Indian1925
 31.6%
Asian4456
 27.3%
Hispanic712711
 0.1%
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White11282
 26.8%
Two or More Races3026
 13.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients89.2%89.6%
 0.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Nicolet Middle

Students at Nicolet Middle are 73% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% African American, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 3% American Indian.

Nicolet Middle ranks in the bottom 10.0% of California middle schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 975 students attended Nicolet Middle.

Students who attend Nicolet Middle usually go on to attend Banning High


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