Navelencia Middle

Summary:

Navelencia Middle is a public middle school located in Reedley, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 327 students. The school is part of the Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District, which is ranked 612 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Navelencia Middle has shown consistent improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 1,453 out of 2,740 California middle schools in 2021-2022 to 763 out of 2,777 in 2023-2024, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics is generally higher than the district and state averages, particularly in 7th grade where the school outperforms the district and state by a significant margin. However, the school's performance in CAST Science assessments is lower than the district and state averages, indicating an area for improvement. Navelencia Middle has also shown strong performance for Hispanic students, ranking 341 out of 2,383 California middle schools in 2023-2024, with a 4-star rating, and exceptional performance for its English Language Learner (ELL) students, ranking 84 out of 1,477 California middle schools in 2023-2024 and earning a 5-star rating. In contrast, the school's Special Education students have struggled, ranking 1,258 out of 1,550 California middle schools in 2023-2024 with a 1-star rating.

Navelencia Middle generally outperforms the nearby General Grant Middle School in academic performance, but lags behind the higher-performing Rafer Johnson Junior High and Ronald W. Reagan Elementary, which are part of the Kingsburg Elementary Charter district. The nearby Parlier Junior High, which serves a similar demographic of students, significantly underperforms Navelencia Middle in academic assessments. Navelencia Middle's high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, coupled with the school's strong performance for Hispanic and ELL students, suggests that the school has been effective in supporting its underprivileged student population.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 22620 East Wahtoke Ave.
       Reedley, CA  93654-9604


(559) 305-7350

District: Kings Canyon Joint Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
763rd of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,021 Help


Students who attend Navelencia Middle usually attend:

High:    Reedley High

Feeder schools for Navelencia Middle:

Elementary:    Alta Elementary
    Great Western Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  23.0 Help
Number of students:  327

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
90.5%
White:
8.0%
Asian:
0.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  90.2% Help


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Compare Details Navelencia Middle ranks better than 72.5% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked middle schools in the Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 65.94. (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 Navelencia Middle has the smallest middle school student body size in the Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (90.5%), White (8%), Asian (0.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 90.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Navelencia Middle is 23, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Navelencia Middle is $7,021. 1 middle schools in the Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Navelencia Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Navelencia Middle 763rd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Navelencia Middle in the ranking list.)

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Kings Canyon Joint Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Kings Canyon Joint Unified 612th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Navelencia Middle

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Rank History for all students at Navelencia Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 32.73 1138th 1769 35.7%
2005 32.57 1162nd 1777 34.6%
2006 37.17 1084th 1804 39.9%
2007 46.13 978th 1999 51.1%
2008 43.79 1067th 2005 46.8%
2009 34.03 1361st 2063 34.0%
2010 50.31 1034th 2179 52.5%
2011 39.25 1380th 2236 38.3%
2012 45.77 1200th 2259 46.9%
2013 57.27 957th 2379 59.8%
2015 55.05 975th 2477 60.6%
2016 56.48 942nd 2497 62.3%
2017 49.72 1114th 2508 55.6%
2018 48.80 1122nd 2480 54.8%
2019 41.62 1395th 2715 48.6%
2021 39.00 515th 894 42.4%
2022 40.30 1453rd 2740 47.0%
2023 60.63 885th 2802 68.4%
2024 65.94 763rd 2777 72.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Navelencia Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.84 1055th 1364 22.7%
2019 37.64 766th 1442 46.9%
2021 30.22 315th 363 13.2%
2022 32.71 1106th 1540 28.2%
2023 69.89 178th 1529 88.4%
2024 79.64 84th 1477 94.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Navelencia Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 25.40 1258th 1550 18.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Navelencia Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.33 760th 2230 65.9%
2019 50.95 989th 2369 58.3%
2021 55.04 251st 721 65.2%
2022 53.18 926th 2458 62.3%
2023 73.97 438th 2549 82.8%
2024 74.96 442nd 2575 82.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Navelencia Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.61 940th 2262 58.4%
2019 41.20 1284th 2380 46.1%
2021 42.10 395th 738 46.5%
2022 38.88 1381st 2509 45.0%
2023 58.65 853rd 2547 66.5%
2024 65.61 708th 2546 72.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Navelencia Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.89 1154th 2273 49.2%
2019 41.66 1255th 2407 47.9%
2021 37.48 441st 763 42.2%
2022 42.03 1277th 2527 49.5%
2023 60.01 819th 2558 68.0%
2024 63.28 754th 2547 70.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Navelencia Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.50 711th 2072 65.7%
2019 50.67 926th 2213 58.2%
2022 52.85 917th 2359 61.1%
2023 76.40 375th 2391 84.3%
2024 79.12 341st 2383 85.7%
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Rank History for White students at Navelencia Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 36.01 1031st 1602 35.6%
2022 30.89 1086th 1555 30.2%
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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 Navelencia Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 82 0 1 75 0 n/a n/a 0 158
1989 68 1 3 85 0 n/a n/a 0 157
1990 74 0 4 103 2 n/a n/a 0 183
1991 88 0 2 99 0 n/a n/a 0 189
1992 92 0 1 91 0 n/a n/a 0 184
1993 89 0 3 96 0 n/a n/a 0 188
1994 90 0 3 111 0 n/a n/a 0 204
1995 71 0 1 111 0 n/a n/a 0 183
1996 71 0 1 111 0 n/a n/a 0 183
1997 75 0 6 109 0 n/a n/a 0 190
1998 167 1 13 225 2 n/a n/a 0 408
1999 171 1 16 245 3 n/a n/a 0 436
2000 149 1 14 245 2 n/a n/a 0 411
2001 138 0 14 256 0 n/a n/a 0 408
2002 128 2 7 293 2 n/a n/a 0 432
2003 128 2 7 293 2 n/a n/a 0 432
2004 110 5 3 328 5 n/a n/a 0 451
2005 63 2 4 323 4 n/a n/a 0 396
2006 57 2 6 331 4 n/a n/a 2 402
2007 52 3 7 300 4 n/a n/a 2 368
2008 54 3 7 311 5 n/a n/a 0 380
2009 61 4 9 342 3 0 8 0 427
2010 53 1 11 328 3 0 2 0 398
2011 47 0 9 286 3 0 1 0 346
2012 50 0 5 271 3 0 2 0 331
2013 34 0 6 251 4 0 6 0 301
2014 29 0 5 265 1 0 6 0 306
2015 24 0 7 263 1 0 2 0 297
2016 24 0 5 299 1 0 2 0 331
2017 35 0 7 305 0 0 5 0 352
2018 31 0 3 340 0 0 10 0 384
2019 40 1 4 329 0 0 8 0 382
2020 31 0 4 320 0 0 6 0 361
2021 22 0 1 330 0 0 4 0 357
2022 29 2 1 324 0 0 3 0 359
2023 26 1 2 296 0 0 2 0 327

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

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Navelencia Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 158 8.6 18.3 n/a
1989 157 7.5 20.9 n/a
1990 183 8.1 22.5 n/a
1991 189 9.7 19.4 n/a
1992 184 9.9 18.5 50.5
1993 188 8.3 22.7 60.6
1994 204 9.2 22.2 55.4
1995 183 9.1 20.1 68.9
1996 183 9.1 20.1 68.9
1997 190 9.3 20.4 61.6
1998 408 15.5 26.3 59.8
1999 436 17.4 25.1 67.2
2000 411 17.5 23.5 69.6
2001 408 18.5 22.1 70.1
2002 432 18.0 24.0 77.5
2003 432 18.0 24.0 77.5
2004 451 18.8 24.0 67.6
2005 396 15.4 25.7 79.8
2006 402 15.6 25.8 73.5
2007 368 14.6 25.2 81.4
2008 380 18.0 21.1 77.1
2009 427 14.8 24.0 75.2
2010 398 15.3 26.0 81.9
2011 346 n/a n/a 76
2012 331 13.0 25.4 n/a
2013 301 13.4 22.4 97
2014 306 13.8 22.0 79.7
2015 297 13.0 22.8 87.9
2016 331 14.0 23.6 85.2
2017 352 15.0 23.4 83
2018 384 13.5 28.4 86.5
2019 382 13.5 28.2 86.9
2020 361 n/a n/a 90.3
2021 357 13.2 27.0 91.6
2022 359 13.9 25.8 89.7
2023 327 14.2 23.0 90.2

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 Navelencia Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 158 8.6 18.3 n/a
1989 157 7.5 20.9 n/a
1990 183 8.1 22.5 n/a
1991 189 9.7 19.4 n/a
1992 184 9.9 18.5 50.5
1993 188 8.3 22.7 60.6
1994 204 9.2 22.2 55.4
1995 183 9.1 20.1 68.9
1996 183 9.1 20.1 68.9
1997 190 9.3 20.4 61.6
1998 408 15.5 26.3 59.8
1999 436 17.4 25.1 67.2
2000 411 17.5 23.5 69.6
2001 408 18.5 22.1 70.1
2002 432 18.0 24.0 77.5
2003 432 18.0 24.0 77.5
2004 451 18.8 24.0 67.6
2005 396 15.4 25.7 79.8
2006 402 15.6 25.8 73.5
2007 368 14.6 25.2 81.4
2008 380 18.0 21.1 77.1
2009 427 14.8 24.0 75.2
2010 398 15.3 26.0 81.9
2011 346 n/a n/a 76
2012 331 13.0 25.4 n/a
2013 301 13.4 22.4 97
2014 306 13.8 22.0 79.7
2015 297 13.0 22.8 87.9
2016 331 14.0 23.6 85.2
2017 352 15.0 23.4 83
2018 384 13.5 28.4 86.5
2019 382 13.5 28.2 86.9
2020 361 n/a n/a 90.3
2021 357 13.2 27.0 91.6
2022 359 13.9 25.8 89.7
2023 327 14.2 23.0 90.2

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 Navelencia Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,021

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Navelencia Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1395th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 885th of 2802 Middle schools
 19.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Navelencia Middle)38.751.5
 12.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Kings Canyon Joint Unified)42.143.8
 1.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Navelencia Middle)32.843.4
 10.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Kings Canyon Joint Unified)3636.9
 0.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Navelencia Middle)42.141.8
 0.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Kings Canyon Joint Unified)53.850
 3.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Navelencia Middle)33.628.7
 4.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Kings Canyon Joint Unified)41.631.7
 9.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Navelencia Middle)49.660.8
 11.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Kings Canyon Joint Unified)55.453.8
 1.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Navelencia Middle)27.335.5
 8.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Kings Canyon Joint Unified)41.435.8
 5.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Navelencia Middle)24.629.3
 4.6%
   8th Grade Science (Kings Canyon Joint Unified)28.225
 3.2%
   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 Students382327
 14.4%
African American11
American Indian00
Asian42
 50%
Hispanic329296
 10%
Pacific Islander00
White4026
 35%
Two or More Races82
 75%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients86.9%90.2%
 3.3%


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Navelencia Middle ranks 763rd of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Navelencia Middle usually go on to attend Reedley High

Students at Navelencia Middle are 91% Hispanic, 8% White.

In the 2022-23 school year, 327 students attended Navelencia Middle.


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