Summary:
Rutherford B. Gaston Senior Middle is a public middle school located in Fresno, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 821 students. The school is part of the Fresno Unified School District, which is ranked 1082 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Rutherford B. Gaston Senior Middle consistently performs significantly below the Fresno Unified and California state averages in standardized test scores across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 15.39% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 34.72% for Fresno Unified and 47.04% for California. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was just 6.81%, compared to 25.14% for Fresno Unified and 35.54% for California. The school has also struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 13.6% in 2020-2021 to 42.2% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school's student subgroups, such as female, male, Asian, African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, all perform poorly compared to their peers across the state, with many subgroups ranking in the bottom 10-20% of California middle schools.
When comparing Rutherford B. Gaston Senior Middle to nearby schools within the Fresno Unified District, such as Scandinavian Middle, Kings Canyon Middle, and Sequoia Middle, the academic performance gap is significant, with these nearby schools consistently outperforming Rutherford B. Gaston Senior Middle across all subject areas and grade levels. The only exception is Edison Computech, a magnet school located just 0.44 miles from Rutherford B. Gaston Senior Middle, which consistently ranks among the top 10% of California middle schools, with proficiency rates that are 40-60 percentage points higher than Rutherford B. Gaston Senior Middle and the district average.
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Detail:
Public 7-8
District:
Fresno Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
2679th of 2,777 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,249
Students who attend Rutherford B. Gaston Senior Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for Rutherford B. Gaston Senior Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 16.5
Number of students: 821
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
74.4%
African American:
13.3%
Asian:
5.5%
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Two or more races:
3.0%
White:
2.9%
American Indian:
0.6%
Pacific Islander:
0.1%
Not Specified:
0.1%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 97.7%
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