Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Summary:

Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts is a public middle school located in Fullerton, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 775 students. The school is part of the Fullerton Elementary District, which is ranked 498 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Ladera Vista's performance on standardized tests is generally on par with the Fullerton Elementary District average, but lags behind the state average. In 2023-2024, the school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates ranged from 54.02% to 54.31%, compared to the district's 57.95% to 62.18% and the state's 45.95% to 47.19%. In Mathematics, Ladera Vista's proficiency rates ranged from 35.11% to 35.26%, compared to the district's 45.62% to 50.34% and the state's 31.57% to 35.54%. The school's performance on the California Science Test (CAST) is also below the district and state averages, with proficiency rates around 33% compared to 39.3% and 28.95% respectively. Ladera Vista's performance varies across different student subgroups, with female and White students generally performing better than their male and Hispanic counterparts.

One concerning trend at Ladera Vista is the steady increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.8% in 2017-2018 to 16.5% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average of 14.3%. Nearby D. Russell Parks Junior High consistently outperforms Ladera Vista across all academic measures and has a lower chronic absenteeism rate, while other nearby schools like Nicolas Junior High struggle with significantly lower academic performance and higher chronic absenteeism rates. Overall, Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts appears to be a middle-performing school within its district and the state, with room for improvement in academic achievement and addressing the rising chronic absenteeism rates.


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Public 7-8

 1700 East Wilshire Dr.
       Fullerton, CA  92831-4115


(714) 447-7765

District: Fullerton Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
802nd of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,894 Help


Feeder schools for Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts:

Elementary:    Acacia Elementary
    Commonwealth Elementary
    Hermosa Drive Elementary
    Maple Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  22.4 Help
Number of students:  822

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
64.4%
White:
19.2%
Asian:
8.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  58.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts ranks better than 71.1% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked middle schools in the Fullerton Elementary School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.83. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a 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 Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts has the largest middle school student body size in the Fullerton Elementary School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (64.4%), White (19.2%), Asian (8.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 58.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts is 22.4, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Fullerton Elementary School District! (See more...)
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Compare Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts employs 36.6 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts is $5,894. 1 middle schools in the Fullerton Elementary School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts:

SchoolDigger ranks Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts 802nd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts in the ranking list.)

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Fullerton Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Fullerton Elementary 498th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

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Rank History for all students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 59.08 603rd 1769 65.9%
2005 57.42 654th 1777 63.2%
2006 65.34 531st 1804 70.6%
2007 69.68 492nd 1999 75.4%
2008 69.94 490th 2005 75.6%
2009 81.22 269th 2063 87.0%
2010 81.14 275th 2179 87.4%
2011 78.23 333rd 2236 85.1%
2012 78.67 338th 2259 85.0%
2013 81.80 268th 2379 88.7%
2015 54.16 1009th 2477 59.3%
2016 55.33 981st 2497 60.7%
2017 53.56 1018th 2508 59.4%
2018 64.41 754th 2480 69.6%
2019 57.55 961st 2715 64.6%
2022 64.66 782nd 2740 71.5%
2023 67.60 731st 2802 73.9%
2024 63.83 802nd 2777 71.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.45 186th 462 59.7%
2019 57.44 274th 554 50.5%
2022 75.52 143rd 665 78.5%
2023 85.15 70th 678 89.7%
2024 68.97 217th 699 69.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.78 479th 1364 64.9%
2019 60.12 300th 1442 79.2%
2022 68.37 210th 1540 86.4%
2023 37.03 888th 1529 41.9%
2024 48.12 487th 1477 67.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 55.25 462nd 1538 70.0%
2024 59.12 414th 1550 73.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.06 827th 2230 62.9%
2019 44.47 1197th 2369 49.5%
2022 55.54 856th 2458 65.2%
2023 57.79 801st 2549 68.6%
2024 52.49 959th 2575 62.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.73 774th 2262 65.8%
2019 53.17 973rd 2380 59.1%
2022 64.08 736th 2509 70.7%
2023 65.84 713th 2547 72.0%
2024 65.78 701st 2546 72.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.47 377th 1369 72.5%
2019 47.72 587th 1491 60.6%
2022 41.15 730th 1531 52.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.73 663rd 2273 70.8%
2019 59.23 822nd 2407 65.8%
2022 63.64 735th 2527 70.9%
2023 67.26 671st 2558 73.8%
2024 58.60 846th 2547 66.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.01 275th 700 60.7%
2019 60.48 343rd 745 54.0%
2022 64.67 298th 733 59.3%
2023 73.14 193rd 718 73.1%
2024 52.87 408th 741 44.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.85 733rd 2072 64.6%
2019 48.38 992nd 2213 55.2%
2022 56.66 812th 2359 65.6%
2023 59.51 740th 2391 69.1%
2024 58.14 774th 2383 67.5%
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Rank History for White students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.20 411th 1496 72.5%
2019 62.91 588th 1602 63.3%
2022 75.50 317th 1555 79.6%
2023 69.22 433rd 1552 72.1%
2024 70.29 421st 1535 72.6%
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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 Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 425 9 56 200 2 n/a n/a 0 692
1989 383 8 51 221 2 n/a n/a 0 665
1990 373 11 52 224 2 n/a n/a 0 662
1991 384 14 54 230 1 n/a n/a 0 683
1992 379 13 60 234 3 n/a n/a 0 689
1993 400 19 66 253 1 n/a n/a 0 739
1994 382 18 59 255 5 n/a n/a 0 719
1995 360 3 86 293 0 n/a n/a 0 742
1996 360 3 86 293 0 n/a n/a 0 742
1997 377 18 83 309 1 n/a n/a 0 788
1998 380 15 69 292 0 n/a n/a 0 756
1999 400 16 72 302 2 n/a n/a 0 792
2000 368 15 69 299 3 n/a n/a 0 754
2001 373 17 74 324 1 n/a n/a 0 789
2002 473 27 91 343 3 n/a n/a 0 937
2003 473 27 91 343 3 n/a n/a 0 937
2004 482 32 121 383 0 n/a n/a 3 1021
2005 456 19 122 414 2 n/a n/a 1 1014
2006 428 23 110 387 2 n/a n/a 4 954
2007 355 21 90 402 1 n/a n/a 45 914
2008 357 19 87 463 1 n/a n/a 0 927
2009 377 8 101 446 4 2 34 0 972
2010 354 19 104 466 2 2 3 0 950
2011 304 21 102 496 1 1 16 0 941
2012 285 23 92 480 3 2 30 0 915
2013 265 22 102 488 6 4 36 0 923
2014 251 15 87 492 3 6 23 0 877
2015 229 20 74 466 1 6 27 0 823
2016 256 22 82 484 3 3 28 0 878
2017 273 19 94 532 4 1 33 0 956
2018 269 11 76 557 3 0 50 0 966
2019 226 12 73 604 3 1 73 0 992
2020 187 13 87 598 3 1 62 0 951
2021 195 13 88 572 1 0 46 0 915
2022 184 12 72 532 1 1 53 0 855
2023 163 11 64 477 0 1 59 0 775
2024 158 14 70 529 0 0 51 0 822

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 692 33.1 20.9 n/a
1989 665 33.5 19.8 n/a
1990 662 32.4 20.4 n/a
1991 683 30.7 22.2 n/a
1992 689 31.2 22.0 17.3
1993 739 30.9 23.9 14.9
1994 719 34.6 20.8 19.9
1995 742 34.8 21.3 22.9
1996 742 34.8 21.3 22.9
1997 788 34.6 22.8 21.6
1998 756 34.1 22.2 25
1999 792 35.6 22.2 31.9
2000 754 35.1 21.5 32.1
2001 789 37.8 20.9 32.8
2002 937 42.8 21.9 22.1
2003 937 42.8 21.9 22.1
2004 1021 43.8 23.3 23.4
2005 1014 41.8 24.3 32.2
2006 954 42.8 22.3 28.9
2007 914 39.5 23.1 38
2008 927 45.9 20.2 36.9
2009 972 37.6 21.4 37.2
2010 950 39.3 24.1 39.7
2011 941 n/a n/a 45
2012 915 38.2 23.9 n/a
2013 923 34.0 27.1 45.6
2014 877 35.0 25.0 48.2
2015 823 35.0 23.5 45.1
2016 878 37.0 23.7 44.5
2017 956 40.0 23.8 43.5
2018 966 40.9 23.6 33.5
2019 992 40.3 24.5 50.2
2020 951 n/a n/a 51.7
2021 915 40.0 22.8 49.8
2022 855 38.1 22.4 58.2
2023 775 35.2 21.9 57.5
2024 822 36.6 22.4 58.2

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 Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 692 33.1 20.9 n/a
1989 665 33.5 19.8 n/a
1990 662 32.4 20.4 n/a
1991 683 30.7 22.2 n/a
1992 689 31.2 22.0 17.3
1993 739 30.9 23.9 14.9
1994 719 34.6 20.8 19.9
1995 742 34.8 21.3 22.9
1996 742 34.8 21.3 22.9
1997 788 34.6 22.8 21.6
1998 756 34.1 22.2 25
1999 792 35.6 22.2 31.9
2000 754 35.1 21.5 32.1
2001 789 37.8 20.9 32.8
2002 937 42.8 21.9 22.1
2003 937 42.8 21.9 22.1
2004 1021 43.8 23.3 23.4
2005 1014 41.8 24.3 32.2
2006 954 42.8 22.3 28.9
2007 914 39.5 23.1 38
2008 927 45.9 20.2 36.9
2009 972 37.6 21.4 37.2
2010 950 39.3 24.1 39.7
2011 941 n/a n/a 45
2012 915 38.2 23.9 n/a
2013 923 34.0 27.1 45.6
2014 877 35.0 25.0 48.2
2015 823 35.0 23.5 45.1
2016 878 37.0 23.7 44.5
2017 956 40.0 23.8 43.5
2018 966 40.9 23.6 33.5
2019 992 40.3 24.5 50.2
2020 951 n/a n/a 51.7
2021 915 40.0 22.8 49.8
2022 855 38.1 22.4 58.2
2023 775 35.2 21.9 57.5
2024 822 36.6 22.4 58.2

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 Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $5,894

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 961st of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 731st of 2802 Middle schools
 9.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts)48.158.9
 10.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Fullerton Elementary)58.763.8
 5.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts)35.142.3
 7.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Fullerton Elementary)47.450
 2.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts)54.351.3
 3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Fullerton Elementary)56.457.5
 1.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts)40.434.5
 6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Fullerton Elementary)45.543.7
 1.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts)3732.7
 4.3%
   8th Grade Science (Fullerton Elementary)37.339.1
 1.8%
   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 Students992775
 21.9%
African American1211
 8.3%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian7364
 12.3%
Hispanic604477
 21%
Pacific Islander11
White226163
 27.9%
Two or More Races7359
 19.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients50.2%57.5%
 7.3%


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Students at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts are 64% Hispanic, 19% White, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts ranks 802nd of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 822 students attended Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts.


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