Summary:
Sierra Vista Middle is a public middle school located in Covina, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 770 students. It is part of the Covina-Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 590 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Sierra Vista Middle faces some academic challenges, with its performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST Science tests generally below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy ranged from 39.92% to 45.45% at Sierra Vista Middle, compared to 43.3% to 49.27% for the district and 45.82% to 47.04% for the state. Similarly, in Mathematics, Sierra Vista Middle's proficiency rates ranged from 24.1% to 43.85%, while the district and state averages were higher. However, the school performs particularly well for African American students, ranking in the top 103 out of 626 California middle schools in 2023-2024, but struggles with White and English Language Learner students, ranking in the bottom half of California middle schools for these subgroups.
Another area of concern for Sierra Vista Middle is its high chronic absenteeism rate, which has risen from 6.0% in 2018-2019 to 29.6% in 2021-2022, well above the district and state averages. When compared to higher-performing schools outside the district, such as Sandburg Middle (Glendora Unified) and Suzanne Middle (Walnut Valley Unified), Sierra Vista Middle lags significantly in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency rates. However, the school performs relatively well for its Special Education students, ranking in the top 452 out of 1,550 California middle schools in 2023-2024, with a 4-star rating.
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Detail:
Public 6-8
District:
Covina-Valley Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
1200th of 2,777 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,309
Students who attend Sierra Vista Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for Sierra Vista Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 23.5
Number of students: 770
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
76.9%
Asian:
9.2%
White:
8.4%
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African American:
3.1%
Two or more races:
1.0%
American Indian:
0.6%
Pacific Islander:
0.5%
Not Specified:
0.1%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 64%
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