Tenaya Middle

Summary:

Tenaya Middle is a public middle school located in Merced, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 563 students. The school is part of the Merced City Elementary School District, which is ranked 1195 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Tenaya Middle consistently performs below the state and district averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 29.16% of Tenaya Middle students were proficient or better in ELA/Literacy, compared to 33.33% for the Merced City Elementary district and 47.04% for the state of California. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was even lower at 10.66%, compared to 20.93% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Additionally, Tenaya Middle has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.1% in 2017-2018 to 40.6% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the state average.

Tenaya Middle's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Asian and African American students performing significantly worse than their peers, while English Language Learner students perform relatively better. The school also has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 94.67% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year. Nearby middle schools, such as Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle and Herbert Hoover Middle, outperform Tenaya Middle in academic proficiency rates, suggesting that addressing the underlying issues at Tenaya Middle, such as chronic absenteeism and socioeconomic factors, could be crucial in improving student outcomes.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 760 West Eighth St.
       Merced, CA  95340-5935


(209) 385-6687

District: Merced City Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
2259th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,080 Help


Students who attend Tenaya Middle usually attend:

High:    El Capitan High

Feeder schools for Tenaya Middle:

Elementary:    Alicia Reyes Elementary
    John C. Fremont Elementary
    Leontine Gracey Elementary
    Margaret Sheehy Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  25.0 Help
Number of students:  563

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
86.1%
Asian:
5.2%
White:
3.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  94.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Tenaya Middle ranks worse than 81.3% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Merced City Elementary School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.93. (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 Tenaya Middle has the smallest middle school student body size in the Merced City Elementary School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (86.1%), Asian (5.2%), White (3.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 94.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Merced City Elementary School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Tenaya Middle is 25, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Merced City Elementary School District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Tenaya Middle is $8,080. 2 middle schools in the Merced City Elementary School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Tenaya Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Tenaya Middle 2259th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Tenaya Middle in the ranking list.)

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Merced City Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Merced City Elementary 1195th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Tenaya Middle

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Rank History for all students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 16.01 1545th 1769 12.7%
2005 24.57 1343rd 1777 24.4%
2006 24.54 1387th 1804 23.1%
2007 30.26 1383rd 1999 30.8%
2008 24.16 1588th 2005 20.8%
2009 21.20 1711th 2063 17.1%
2010 23.44 1751st 2179 19.6%
2011 22.63 1841st 2236 17.7%
2012 22.73 1845th 2259 18.3%
2013 18.56 2039th 2379 14.3%
2015 15.38 2176th 2477 12.2%
2016 20.60 2005th 2497 19.7%
2017 15.24 2214th 2508 11.7%
2018 20.77 1974th 2480 20.4%
2019 15.95 2351st 2715 13.4%
2022 19.93 2229th 2740 18.6%
2023 20.77 2228th 2802 20.5%
2024 19.93 2259th 2777 18.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.02 1100th 1364 19.4%
2019 26.67 1306th 1442 9.4%
2022 46.07 571st 1540 62.9%
2023 41.10 737th 1529 51.8%
2024 36.48 874th 1477 40.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 25.36 1249th 1538 18.8%
2024 23.37 1339th 1550 13.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.96 1624th 2230 27.2%
2019 21.46 1980th 2369 16.4%
2022 26.97 1815th 2458 26.2%
2023 27.92 1855th 2549 27.2%
2024 26.64 1916th 2575 25.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.90 1642nd 2262 27.4%
2019 16.09 2070th 2380 13.0%
2022 22.02 1985th 2509 20.9%
2023 19.72 2105th 2547 17.4%
2024 18.66 2147th 2546 15.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.35 1368th 1369 0.1%
2019 17.86 1459th 1491 2.1%
2022 22.25 1375th 1531 10.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.42 2003rd 2273 11.9%
2019 15.08 2157th 2407 10.4%
2022 17.74 2162nd 2527 14.4%
2023 22.00 2002nd 2558 21.7%
2024 20.90 2044th 2547 19.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 3.74 667th 700 4.7%
2019 9.15 681st 745 8.6%
2023 2.93 692nd 718 3.6%
2024 3.90 701st 741 5.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 9.57 640th 643 0.5%
2024 26.56 478th 626 23.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.05 1587th 2072 23.4%
2019 20.60 1866th 2213 15.7%
2022 28.20 1697th 2359 28.1%
2023 27.04 1760th 2391 26.4%
2024 26.71 1771st 2383 25.7%
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Rank History for White students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.69 1305th 1496 12.8%
2022 10.48 1440th 1555 7.4%
2023 24.40 1185th 1552 23.6%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Tenaya Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 357 75 154 266 1 n/a n/a 0 853
1989 356 73 149 303 0 n/a n/a 0 881
1990 388 65 123 330 1 n/a n/a 0 907
1991 416 68 147 322 1 n/a n/a 0 954
1992 435 84 187 365 3 n/a n/a 0 1074
1993 414 80 246 369 3 n/a n/a 0 1112
1994 421 90 254 394 3 n/a n/a 0 1162
1995 213 86 243 369 5 n/a n/a 0 916
1996 213 86 243 369 5 n/a n/a 0 916
1997 150 65 236 361 5 n/a n/a 0 817
1998 138 45 241 369 2 n/a n/a 0 795
1999 131 47 214 349 1 n/a n/a 0 742
2000 138 58 213 405 1 n/a n/a 0 815
2001 106 68 210 436 2 n/a n/a 0 822
2002 103 67 219 418 0 n/a n/a 0 807
2003 103 67 219 418 0 n/a n/a 0 807
2004 77 65 281 579 3 n/a n/a 0 1005
2005 68 81 228 589 1 n/a n/a 0 967
2006 76 68 188 601 0 n/a n/a 1 934
2007 73 53 145 581 0 n/a n/a 1 853
2008 80 57 145 543 n/a n/a n/a 0 825
2009 72 76 152 604 0 0 1 0 905
2010 69 77 138 602 1 0 3 0 890
2011 53 50 113 631 1 0 10 0 858
2012 47 50 98 695 1 0 11 0 902
2013 39 54 83 693 1 1 7 0 878
2014 37 57 69 739 1 1 11 0 915
2015 32 55 60 714 2 2 13 0 878
2016 20 28 35 451 0 1 8 0 543
2017 21 23 42 490 0 0 6 0 582
2018 28 19 35 464 0 0 2 0 548
2019 25 26 24 510 1 0 7 0 593
2020 22 29 30 512 2 2 11 0 608
2021 21 27 28 467 1 2 8 0 554
2022 23 21 22 487 1 1 7 1 563
2023 20 19 29 485 0 1 9 0 563

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 Tenaya Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 853 32.9 25.9 n/a
1989 881 35.5 24.8 n/a
1990 907 36.0 25.1 n/a
1991 954 39.9 23.9 n/a
1992 1074 40.5 26.5 49.5
1993 1112 46.4 24.0 57.4
1994 1162 46.4 25.0 62.4
1995 916 35.5 25.8 72.4
1996 916 35.5 25.8 72.4
1997 817 31.0 26.4 79.1
1998 795 34.6 23.0 78.2
1999 742 31.0 23.9 80.3
2000 815 36.0 22.6 75
2001 822 38.6 21.3 77.1
2002 807 37.6 21.5 77
2003 807 37.6 21.5 77
2004 1005 43.5 23.1 84.4
2005 967 41.0 23.6 84.5
2006 934 39.3 23.8 79.8
2007 853 36.2 23.6 83.8
2008 825 39.0 21.2 78.1
2009 905 34.3 23.6 82.9
2010 890 35.5 25.0 88
2011 858 n/a n/a 90.1
2012 902 35.2 25.5 99.7
2013 878 32.5 26.9 88.4
2014 915 32.8 27.8 89.6
2015 878 32.0 27.4 94.4
2016 543 24.0 22.6 93.9
2017 582 20.4 28.5 92.3
2018 548 19.6 27.8 92
2019 593 18.6 31.7 89.5
2020 608 n/a n/a 91
2021 554 21.9 25.2 86.5
2022 563 21.2 26.5 78
2023 563 22.4 25.0 94.7

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 Tenaya Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 853 32.9 25.9 n/a
1989 881 35.5 24.8 n/a
1990 907 36.0 25.1 n/a
1991 954 39.9 23.9 n/a
1992 1074 40.5 26.5 49.5
1993 1112 46.4 24.0 57.4
1994 1162 46.4 25.0 62.4
1995 916 35.5 25.8 72.4
1996 916 35.5 25.8 72.4
1997 817 31.0 26.4 79.1
1998 795 34.6 23.0 78.2
1999 742 31.0 23.9 80.3
2000 815 36.0 22.6 75
2001 822 38.6 21.3 77.1
2002 807 37.6 21.5 77
2003 807 37.6 21.5 77
2004 1005 43.5 23.1 84.4
2005 967 41.0 23.6 84.5
2006 934 39.3 23.8 79.8
2007 853 36.2 23.6 83.8
2008 825 39.0 21.2 78.1
2009 905 34.3 23.6 82.9
2010 890 35.5 25.0 88
2011 858 n/a n/a 90.1
2012 902 35.2 25.5 99.7
2013 878 32.5 26.9 88.4
2014 915 32.8 27.8 89.6
2015 878 32.0 27.4 94.4
2016 543 24.0 22.6 93.9
2017 582 20.4 28.5 92.3
2018 548 19.6 27.8 92
2019 593 18.6 31.7 89.5
2020 608 n/a n/a 91
2021 554 21.9 25.2 86.5
2022 563 21.2 26.5 78
2023 563 22.4 25.0 94.7

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 Tenaya Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,080

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Tenaya Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2351st of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2228th of 2802 Middle schools
 7.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Tenaya Middle)28.130.8
 2.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Merced City Elementary)38.736.7
 1.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Tenaya Middle)12.912
 0.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Merced City Elementary)20.317.7
 2.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Tenaya Middle)2926
 3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Merced City Elementary)41.934.1
 7.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Tenaya Middle)10.611.4
 0.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Merced City Elementary)19.717.2
 2.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Tenaya Middle)13.513.8
 0.3%
   8th Grade Science (Merced City Elementary)17.913.3
 4.6%
   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 Students593563
 5.1%
African American2619
 26.9%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian2429
 20.8%
Hispanic510485
 4.9%
Pacific Islander01
White2520
 20%
Two or More Races79
 28.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients89.5%94.7%
 5.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Tenaya Middle

In the 2022-23 school year, 563 students attended Tenaya Middle.

Students at Tenaya Middle are 86% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% White, 3% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Tenaya Middle usually go on to attend El Capitan High

Tenaya Middle ranks in the bottom 18.7% of California middle schools.


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