Royal Oak Middle

Summary:

Royal Oak Middle is a public middle school located in Covina, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 622 students. It is part of the Charter Oak Unified School District, which is ranked 642 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Royal Oak Middle's academic performance is generally on par with or slightly below the district and state averages, with some notable exceptions. In 8th-grade English Language Arts/Literacy, the school outperforms the state average, with 56.17% of students proficient or better compared to 45.95% statewide. In 8th-grade Mathematics, Royal Oak Middle also outperforms the district and state averages, with 45.13% of students proficient or better compared to 42.42% for the district and 31.57% statewide. However, the school's performance on the CAST Science exam is below the district and state averages, with only 27.45% of 8th-grade students proficient or better.

Royal Oak Middle performs particularly well for its African American and Hispanic student populations, ranking in the top quartile of California middle schools for these subgroups. The school's performance for Asian and White student subgroups is more average, ranking in the middle to lower half of California middle schools. Additionally, Royal Oak Middle's English Language Learner and Special Education student populations perform relatively well, ranking in the top half of California middle schools. However, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 8.2% in 2018-2019 to 26.0% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the state average of 14.3%. This high chronic absenteeism rate may be a contributing factor to the school's academic performance, as regular attendance is closely linked to student achievement.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 303 South Glendora Ave.
       Covina, CA  91724-3235


(626) 967-6354

District: Charter Oak Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
847th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,877 Help


Students who attend Royal Oak Middle usually attend:

High:    Charter Oak High

Feeder schools for Royal Oak Middle:

Elementary:    Badillo Elementary
    Cedargrove Elementary
    Glen Oak Elementary
    Washington Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  19.8 Help
Number of students:  622

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
74.6%
White:
11.1%
Asian:
7.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  65.8% Help


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Compare Details Royal Oak Middle ranks better than 69.5% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 61.56. (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 (74.6%), White (11.1%), Asian (7.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 65.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Royal Oak Middle is 19.8. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Royal Oak Middle is $7,877.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Royal Oak Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Royal Oak Middle 847th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Royal Oak Middle in the ranking list.)

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Charter Oak Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Charter Oak Unified 642nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Royal Oak Middle

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Rank History for all students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 47.25 833rd 1769 52.9%
2005 58.65 637th 1777 64.2%
2006 43.26 935th 1804 48.2%
2007 39.60 1125th 1999 43.7%
2008 36.49 1261st 2005 37.1%
2009 49.57 984th 2063 52.3%
2010 56.84 867th 2179 60.2%
2011 51.84 1040th 2236 53.5%
2012 47.24 1160th 2259 48.6%
2013 45.84 1270th 2379 46.6%
2015 56.54 932nd 2477 62.4%
2016 57.16 933rd 2497 62.6%
2017 57.80 918th 2508 63.4%
2018 59.82 851st 2480 65.7%
2019 62.71 846th 2715 68.8%
2022 64.39 785th 2740 71.4%
2023 67.78 726th 2802 74.1%
2024 61.56 847th 2777 69.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.24 276th 1364 79.8%
2019 28.52 1195th 1442 17.1%
2022 56.87 342nd 1540 77.8%
2023 65.22 215th 1529 85.9%
2024 56.27 321st 1477 78.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 53.65 487th 1538 68.3%
2024 52.27 523rd 1550 66.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.39 663rd 2230 70.3%
2019 61.91 681st 2369 71.3%
2022 72.44 459th 2458 81.3%
2023 73.81 441st 2549 82.7%
2024 65.66 624th 2575 75.8%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 85.18 22nd 336 93.5%
2023 91.53 16th 321 95.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.57 919th 2262 59.4%
2019 56.54 902nd 2380 62.1%
2022 60.77 797th 2509 68.2%
2023 62.76 759th 2547 70.2%
2024 58.07 859th 2546 66.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.27 379th 1369 72.3%
2019 46.04 622nd 1491 58.3%
2022 59.31 414th 1531 73.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.09 711th 2273 68.7%
2019 65.83 683rd 2407 71.6%
2022 66.49 689th 2527 72.7%
2023 69.83 615th 2558 76.0%
2024 62.42 768th 2547 69.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.06 315th 700 55.0%
2019 63.80 310th 745 58.4%
2022 45.59 449th 733 38.7%
2024 23.88 579th 741 21.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.59 150th 600 75.0%
2019 59.62 228th 643 64.5%
2022 93.04 28th 637 95.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.65 570th 2072 72.5%
2019 70.58 479th 2213 78.4%
2022 67.71 552nd 2359 76.6%
2023 76.43 373rd 2391 84.4%
2024 71.90 475th 2383 80.1%
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Rank History for White students at Royal Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.88 686th 1496 54.1%
2019 53.63 727th 1602 54.6%
2022 69.17 441st 1555 71.6%
2023 63.17 531st 1552 65.8%
2024 60.07 588th 1535 61.7%
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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 Royal Oak Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 888 44 69 238 7 n/a n/a 0 1246
1989 912 48 83 259 12 n/a n/a 0 1314
1990 878 66 96 309 14 n/a n/a 0 1363
1991 843 60 107 343 41 n/a n/a 0 1394
1992 849 61 112 379 0 n/a n/a 0 1401
1993 812 50 111 381 7 n/a n/a 0 1361
1994 789 60 109 402 7 n/a n/a 0 1367
1995 737 58 118 465 5 n/a n/a 0 1383
1996 737 58 118 465 5 n/a n/a 0 1383
1997 750 59 119 475 5 n/a n/a 0 1408
1998 707 64 119 529 6 n/a n/a 0 1425
1999 729 74 128 569 4 n/a n/a 0 1504
2000 736 78 128 585 6 n/a n/a 0 1533
2001 721 68 120 644 5 n/a n/a 0 1558
2002 711 90 135 737 2 n/a n/a 19 1694
2003 711 90 135 737 2 n/a n/a 19 1694
2004 706 77 112 752 0 n/a n/a 36 1683
2005 640 68 98 755 2 n/a n/a 40 1603
2006 561 68 111 771 4 n/a n/a 46 1561
2007 489 55 92 658 2 n/a n/a 51 1347
2008 347 38 67 488 3 n/a n/a 0 943
2009 331 33 64 483 2 3 45 0 961
2010 230 29 50 548 7 6 40 0 910
2011 212 30 57 558 7 5 41 0 910
2012 231 39 63 506 7 3 33 0 882
2013 250 33 50 499 5 3 30 0 870
2014 191 27 49 474 3 5 27 0 776
2015 162 21 60 451 3 3 20 0 720
2016 158 15 48 461 5 1 24 0 712
2017 147 18 52 465 7 1 22 0 712
2018 147 31 58 472 6 3 18 0 735
2019 116 21 51 488 3 4 13 0 696
2020 100 21 46 490 1 2 17 0 677
2021 101 28 45 479 2 0 15 0 670
2022 89 20 55 449 1 0 19 0 633
2023 69 15 49 464 2 1 20 2 622

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 Royal Oak Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1246 50.1 24.8 n/a
1989 1314 53.9 24.3 n/a
1990 1363 55.9 24.3 n/a
1991 1394 57.7 24.1 n/a
1992 1401 58.6 23.9 17.2
1993 1361 52.0 26.2 19
1994 1367 51.7 26.4 21.6
1995 1383 51.9 26.6 23.6
1996 1383 51.9 26.6 23.6
1997 1408 52.2 27.0 24.3
1998 1425 53.0 26.9 24.6
1999 1504 56.0 26.9 26.7
2000 1533 55.4 27.7 25.2
2001 1558 59.0 26.4 26.4
2002 1694 61.0 27.8 27.3
2003 1694 61.0 27.8 27.3
2004 1683 58.5 28.8 27.3
2005 1603 55.5 28.9 28.7
2006 1561 38.9 40.1 31
2007 1347 46.7 28.8 33.9
2008 943 41.8 22.6 33.6
2009 961 35.3 23.2 33.8
2010 910 33.4 27.2 40.1
2011 910 n/a n/a 39.1
2012 882 30.0 29.4 n/a
2013 870 31.0 28.0 54
2014 776 29.8 26.0 56.1
2015 720 30.0 24.0 57.9
2016 712 30.0 23.7 59.6
2017 712 30.0 23.7 55.2
2018 735 29.4 25.0 58.8
2019 696 30.4 22.8 55.5
2020 677 n/a n/a 59.4
2021 670 30.2 22.1 58.4
2022 633 31.2 20.2 69.5
2023 622 31.3 19.8 65.8

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 Royal Oak Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1246 50.1 24.8 n/a
1989 1314 53.9 24.3 n/a
1990 1363 55.9 24.3 n/a
1991 1394 57.7 24.1 n/a
1992 1401 58.6 23.9 17.2
1993 1361 52.0 26.2 19
1994 1367 51.7 26.4 21.6
1995 1383 51.9 26.6 23.6
1996 1383 51.9 26.6 23.6
1997 1408 52.2 27.0 24.3
1998 1425 53.0 26.9 24.6
1999 1504 56.0 26.9 26.7
2000 1533 55.4 27.7 25.2
2001 1558 59.0 26.4 26.4
2002 1694 61.0 27.8 27.3
2003 1694 61.0 27.8 27.3
2004 1683 58.5 28.8 27.3
2005 1603 55.5 28.9 28.7
2006 1561 38.9 40.1 31
2007 1347 46.7 28.8 33.9
2008 943 41.8 22.6 33.6
2009 961 35.3 23.2 33.8
2010 910 33.4 27.2 40.1
2011 910 n/a n/a 39.1
2012 882 30.0 29.4 n/a
2013 870 31.0 28.0 54
2014 776 29.8 26.0 56.1
2015 720 30.0 24.0 57.9
2016 712 30.0 23.7 59.6
2017 712 30.0 23.7 55.2
2018 735 29.4 25.0 58.8
2019 696 30.4 22.8 55.5
2020 677 n/a n/a 59.4
2021 670 30.2 22.1 58.4
2022 633 31.2 20.2 69.5
2023 622 31.3 19.8 65.8

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 Royal Oak Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,877

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Royal Oak Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 846th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 726th of 2802 Middle schools
 5.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Royal Oak Middle)51.948
 3.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Charter Oak Unified)52.248.9
 3.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Royal Oak Middle)4737.2
 9.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Charter Oak Unified)47.135.3
 11.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Royal Oak Middle)54.158.6
 4.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Charter Oak Unified)53.358.1
 4.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Royal Oak Middle)46.246.9
 0.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Charter Oak Unified)44.646
 1.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Royal Oak Middle)30.331.2
 0.9%
   8th Grade Science (Charter Oak Unified)29.130.7
 1.7%
   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 Students696622
 10.6%
African American2115
 28.6%
American Indian32
 33.3%
Asian5149
 3.9%
Hispanic488464
 4.9%
Pacific Islander41
 75%
White11669
 40.5%
Two or More Races1320
 53.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients55.5%65.8%
 10.3%


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Students who attend Royal Oak Middle usually go on to attend Charter Oak High

Royal Oak Middle ranks 847th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Royal Oak Middle are 75% Hispanic, 11% White, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 622 students attended Royal Oak Middle.


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