Grange Middle

Summary:

Grange Middle is a public middle school located in Fairfield, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 780 students. The school is part of the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, which is ranked 996 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Grange Middle faces several significant challenges. The school has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 13.4% in 2018-2019 to 41.9% in 2021-2022, which is much higher than nearby schools like Green Valley Middle (17.0% in 2022-2023) and Golden West Middle (18.4% in 2022-2023). Academically, Grange Middle's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST is consistently lower than the district and state averages, with significant gaps between different student groups. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch, ranging from 53.1% in 2021-2022 to 72.95% in 2022-2023, which is much higher than nearby schools.

These challenges suggest that Grange Middle may need to implement targeted interventions, such as increased academic support, social-emotional learning programs, and family engagement initiatives, to address the root causes of its performance issues and improve outcomes for all students. Comparing Grange Middle's data to higher-performing nearby schools could also provide valuable insights for potential improvement strategies.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1975 Blossom Ave.
       Fairfield, CA  94533-8010


(707) 438-1900

District: Fairfield-Suisun Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2310th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,366 Help


Students who attend Grange Middle usually attend:

High:    Fairfield High

Feeder schools for Grange Middle:

Elementary:    Anna Kyle Elementary
    Cleo Gordon Elementary
    Laurel Creek Elementary
    Tolenas Academy of Music and Media

Student/teacher ratio:  23.7 Help
Number of students:  780

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
62.7%
African American:
14.9%
Asian:
9.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  72.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Grange Middle ranks worse than 83.2% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.55. (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 (62.7%), African American (14.9%), Asian (9.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 72.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Grange Middle is 23.7. 2 middle schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Grange Middle is $6,366, which is the 2nd highest among 4 middle schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Grange Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Grange Middle 2310th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Grange Middle in the ranking list.)

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Fairfield-Suisun Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Fairfield-Suisun Unified 996th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Grange Middle

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Rank History for all students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 18.71 1478th 1769 16.4%
2005 25.64 1320th 1777 25.7%
2006 30.25 1241st 1804 31.2%
2007 31.41 1351st 1999 32.4%
2008 48.72 958th 2005 52.2%
2009 50.28 963rd 2063 53.3%
2010 40.07 1311th 2179 39.8%
2011 41.22 1329th 2236 40.6%
2012 53.42 1014th 2259 55.1%
2013 48.48 1197th 2379 49.7%
2015 28.06 1703rd 2477 31.2%
2016 23.17 1905th 2497 23.7%
2017 25.15 1843rd 2508 26.5%
2018 20.96 1969th 2480 20.6%
2019 18.24 2263rd 2715 16.6%
2022 29.21 1817th 2740 33.7%
2023 16.31 2455th 2802 12.4%
2024 18.55 2310th 2777 16.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 38.64 409th 665 38.5%
2023 11.44 594th 678 12.4%
2024 15.18 604th 699 13.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.32 1189th 1364 12.8%
2019 22.79 1430th 1442 0.8%
2022 29.18 1289th 1540 16.3%
2023 29.49 1250th 1529 18.2%
2024 34.96 951st 1477 35.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 34.15 941st 1538 38.8%
2024 29.61 1108th 1550 28.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.46 1822nd 2230 18.3%
2019 20.94 1993rd 2369 15.9%
2022 31.63 1635th 2458 33.5%
2023 16.00 2325th 2549 8.8%
2024 18.52 2233rd 2575 13.3%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 27.68 302nd 394 23.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.01 1737th 2262 23.2%
2019 19.59 1960th 2380 17.6%
2022 31.85 1598th 2509 36.3%
2023 16.48 2248th 2547 11.7%
2024 18.53 2151st 2546 15.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.47 934th 1369 31.8%
2019 34.87 865th 1491 42.0%
2022 35.13 891st 1531 41.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.38 1887th 2273 17.0%
2019 16.78 2106th 2407 12.5%
2022 27.02 1769th 2527 30.0%
2023 16.65 2257th 2558 11.8%
2024 18.65 2143rd 2547 15.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.66 636th 700 9.1%
2019 6.38 695th 745 6.7%
2023 2.74 696th 718 3.1%
2024 2.06 721st 741 2.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.67 381st 600 36.5%
2019 29.38 459th 643 28.6%
2022 42.77 328th 637 48.5%
2023 20.81 539th 614 12.2%
2024 22.77 512th 626 18.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.51 1805th 2072 12.9%
2019 16.86 1980th 2213 10.5%
2022 28.38 1691st 2359 28.3%
2023 16.30 2158th 2391 9.7%
2024 17.34 2103rd 2383 11.7%
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Rank History for White students at Grange Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.13 1124th 1496 24.9%
2019 21.19 1281st 1602 20.0%
2022 44.57 836th 1555 46.2%
2023 14.70 1342nd 1552 13.5%
2024 22.47 1207th 1535 21.4%
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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 Grange Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 502 202 131 88 20 n/a n/a 0 943
1989 526 209 126 118 9 n/a n/a 0 988
1990 549 216 163 147 14 n/a n/a 0 1089
1991 588 229 180 142 15 n/a n/a 0 1154
1992 467 219 192 147 23 n/a n/a 0 1048
1993 374 208 205 173 25 n/a n/a 0 985
1994 297 184 185 131 39 n/a n/a 0 836
1995 291 183 133 116 5 n/a n/a 0 728
1996 291 183 133 116 5 n/a n/a 0 728
1997 240 170 123 111 5 n/a n/a 0 649
1998 192 183 120 105 5 n/a n/a 0 605
1999 184 211 121 135 6 n/a n/a 5 662
2000 168 209 109 141 6 n/a n/a 5 638
2001 164 231 113 141 6 n/a n/a 1 656
2002 199 256 109 200 14 n/a n/a 1 779
2003 199 256 109 200 14 n/a n/a 1 779
2004 163 262 92 195 9 n/a n/a 0 721
2005 147 210 99 215 3 n/a n/a 0 674
2006 130 220 91 232 1 n/a n/a 0 674
2007 120 197 94 225 2 n/a n/a 1 639
2008 112 145 73 215 4 n/a n/a 0 549
2009 103 163 52 218 7 9 2 0 554
2010 67 155 74 376 26 4 269 0 971
2011 103 206 88 350 20 13 147 0 927
2012 102 172 98 363 12 18 70 0 835
2013 154 217 130 568 14 26 43 0 1152
2014 143 227 138 599 10 14 52 0 1183
2015 114 222 131 581 9 12 48 0 1117
2016 116 226 131 590 13 12 46 0 1134
2017 116 207 114 560 11 13 40 0 1061
2018 106 166 103 488 8 7 29 0 907
2019 96 152 103 503 6 12 33 0 905
2020 94 150 97 514 2 9 53 0 919
2021 69 116 84 446 2 7 50 0 774
2022 45 89 69 384 1 8 33 0 629
2023 47 116 71 489 0 10 47 0 780

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 Grange Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 943 42.7 22.0 n/a
1989 988 43.8 22.5 n/a
1990 1089 48.0 22.6 n/a
1991 1154 55.8 20.6 n/a
1992 1048 56.7 18.4 16.9
1993 985 39.9 24.7 18.8
1994 836 29.1 28.7 25
1995 728 35.1 20.7 47.5
1996 728 35.1 20.7 47.5
1997 649 31.0 20.9 41.8
1998 605 27.0 22.4 47.3
1999 662 28.0 23.6 51.4
2000 638 28.0 22.8 32.4
2001 656 29.0 22.6 48.7
2002 779 39.0 20.0 45.9
2003 779 39.0 20.0 45.9
2004 721 35.5 20.3 54.4
2005 674 33.0 20.4 55.5
2006 674 33.1 20.4 61
2007 639 32.1 19.9 59.1
2008 549 36.5 15.0 61.7
2009 554 28.4 17.6 74.2
2010 971 44.6 21.7 56.8
2011 927 n/a n/a 70
2012 835 34.4 24.2 n/a
2013 1152 48.1 23.9 79.3
2014 1183 48.5 24.3 83
2015 1117 48.0 23.2 79.2
2016 1134 47.0 24.1 77.3
2017 1061 43.7 24.2 75.6
2018 907 40.7 22.2 83.4
2019 905 38.6 23.4 83.6
2020 919 n/a n/a 74.1
2021 774 34.6 22.3 77.6
2022 629 31.8 19.7 53.1
2023 780 32.7 23.7 72.9

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 Grange Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 943 42.7 22.0 n/a
1989 988 43.8 22.5 n/a
1990 1089 48.0 22.6 n/a
1991 1154 55.8 20.6 n/a
1992 1048 56.7 18.4 16.9
1993 985 39.9 24.7 18.8
1994 836 29.1 28.7 25
1995 728 35.1 20.7 47.5
1996 728 35.1 20.7 47.5
1997 649 31.0 20.9 41.8
1998 605 27.0 22.4 47.3
1999 662 28.0 23.6 51.4
2000 638 28.0 22.8 32.4
2001 656 29.0 22.6 48.7
2002 779 39.0 20.0 45.9
2003 779 39.0 20.0 45.9
2004 721 35.5 20.3 54.4
2005 674 33.0 20.4 55.5
2006 674 33.1 20.4 61
2007 639 32.1 19.9 59.1
2008 549 36.5 15.0 61.7
2009 554 28.4 17.6 74.2
2010 971 44.6 21.7 56.8
2011 927 n/a n/a 70
2012 835 34.4 24.2 n/a
2013 1152 48.1 23.9 79.3
2014 1183 48.5 24.3 83
2015 1117 48.0 23.2 79.2
2016 1134 47.0 24.1 77.3
2017 1061 43.7 24.2 75.6
2018 907 40.7 22.2 83.4
2019 905 38.6 23.4 83.6
2020 919 n/a n/a 74.1
2021 774 34.6 22.3 77.6
2022 629 31.8 19.7 53.1
2023 780 32.7 23.7 72.9

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 Grange Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,366

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Grange Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2263rd of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2455th of 2802 Middle schools
 4.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Grange Middle)28.815.6
 13.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Fairfield-Suisun Unified)4235.8
 6.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Grange Middle)158
 7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Fairfield-Suisun Unified)2825
 3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Grange Middle)30.425.3
 5.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Fairfield-Suisun Unified)46.643.2
 3.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Grange Middle)17.514.8
 2.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Fairfield-Suisun Unified)29.528.2
 1.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Grange Middle)28.822.7
 6.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Fairfield-Suisun Unified)45.239.8
 5.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Grange Middle)16.513.7
 2.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Fairfield-Suisun Unified)28.323.2
 5.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Grange Middle)13.610.5
 3.1%
   8th Grade Science (Fairfield-Suisun Unified)23.422.7
 0.6%
   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 Students905780
 13.8%
African American152116
 23.7%
American Indian60
 100%
Asian10371
 31.1%
Hispanic503489
 2.8%
Pacific Islander1210
 16.7%
White9647
 51%
Two or More Races3347
 42.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients83.6%72.9%
 10.7%


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Students at Grange Middle are 63% Hispanic, 15% African American, 9% Asian, 6% White, 6% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

Grange Middle ranks in the bottom 16.8% of California middle schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 780 students attended Grange Middle.

Students who attend Grange Middle usually go on to attend Fairfield High


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