Moreland Middle

Summary:

Moreland Middle is a public middle school in San Jose, California, serving 783 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Moreland District, which is ranked 260 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Moreland Middle consistently outperforms the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, with proficiency rates of 57.08% in ELA and 43.2% in Math, compared to the state averages of 47.04% and 35.54%, respectively. However, the school's performance for Hispanic students and English Language Learners is relatively lower, ranking in the bottom 35-40% of California middle schools. Additionally, Moreland Middle has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, rising from 5.3% in 2017-2018 to 18.0% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the state average of 14.3%.

Compared to nearby high-performing schools, such as Sam H. Lawson Middle, Joaquin Miller Middle, and Redwood Middle, Moreland Middle's academic performance, particularly in ELA and Math, lags behind, and these nearby schools have significantly lower chronic absenteeism rates and lower percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. This suggests the need for targeted interventions and support to address the achievement gaps for underperforming subgroups and the concerning trend in chronic absenteeism at Moreland Middle.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 4600 Student Ln.
       San Jose, CA  95130-1762


(408) 874-3300

District: Moreland

SchoolDigger Rank:
599th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,141 Help


Students who attend Moreland Middle usually attend:

High:    Prospect High

Feeder schools for Moreland Middle:

Elementary:    Country Lane Elementary
    George C. Payne Elementary
    Gussie M. Baker Elementary
    Leroy Anderson Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  17.5 Help
Number of students:  712

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
43.1%
Asian:
25.7%
White:
19.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  44.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Moreland Middle ranks better than 78.4% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 74.4. (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 Student population at Moreland Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (43.1%), Asian (25.7%), White (19.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 44.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Moreland Middle is 17.5. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Moreland Middle is $6,141.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Moreland Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Moreland Middle 599th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Moreland Middle in the ranking list.)

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Moreland:

SchoolDigger ranks Moreland 260th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Moreland Middle

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Rank History for all students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 70.86 408th 1769 76.9%
2005 70.68 432nd 1777 75.7%
2006 75.21 375th 1804 79.2%
2007 64.96 592nd 1999 70.4%
2008 67.02 539th 2005 73.1%
2009 57.87 801st 2063 61.2%
2010 73.68 466th 2179 78.6%
2011 73.96 439th 2236 80.4%
2012 76.47 389th 2259 82.8%
2013 69.25 620th 2379 73.9%
2015 83.25 366th 2477 85.2%
2016 84.63 337th 2497 86.5%
2017 86.03 333rd 2508 86.7%
2018 83.02 391st 2480 84.2%
2019 83.82 392nd 2715 85.6%
2022 80.49 466th 2740 83.0%
2023 75.74 565th 2802 79.8%
2024 74.40 599th 2777 78.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.92 108th 462 76.6%
2019 76.84 118th 554 78.7%
2022 78.51 119th 665 82.1%
2023 70.48 200th 678 70.5%
2024 60.29 281st 699 59.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.61 255th 1364 81.3%
2019 55.89 346th 1442 76.0%
2022 55.57 360th 1540 76.6%
2023 34.15 1027th 1529 32.8%
2024 43.51 608th 1477 58.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 62.59 368th 1538 76.1%
2024 46.78 628th 1550 59.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.49 1096th 2230 50.9%
2019 36.84 1428th 2369 39.7%
2022 48.91 1056th 2458 57.0%
2023 41.02 1297th 2549 49.1%
2024 53.16 946th 2575 63.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.60 372nd 2262 83.6%
2019 81.12 406th 2380 82.9%
2022 79.61 435th 2509 82.7%
2023 78.68 465th 2547 81.7%
2024 76.60 507th 2546 80.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.96 219th 1369 84.0%
2019 62.14 372nd 1491 75.1%
2022 55.91 462nd 1531 69.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.80 358th 2273 84.2%
2019 83.82 346th 2407 85.6%
2022 79.22 450th 2527 82.2%
2023 69.85 614th 2558 76.0%
2024 69.77 633rd 2547 75.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.77 120th 700 82.9%
2019 79.90 101st 745 86.4%
2022 79.67 117th 733 84.0%
2023 68.00 261st 718 63.6%
2024 74.35 187th 741 74.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 73.08 131st 643 79.6%
2022 74.61 123rd 637 80.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.32 1175th 2072 43.3%
2019 40.76 1224th 2213 44.7%
2022 37.55 1372nd 2359 41.8%
2023 29.55 1672nd 2391 30.1%
2024 32.79 1531st 2383 35.8%
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Rank History for White students at Moreland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.51 148th 1496 90.1%
2019 88.18 117th 1602 92.7%
2022 83.25 184th 1555 88.2%
2023 85.81 140th 1552 91.0%
2024 81.22 210th 1535 86.3%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Reviews:
by a parent
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Open Quote MMS is horrible for special ed students. My son is high-functioning autistic and did well at Payne and Country Lane Elementary. Since he started at MMS he had been ruthlessly bullied by a band of kids who are also in the special ed program. I believe they are there not for learning disabilities but behavioral issues. Despite emails, calls and meetings with school administration, the bulling had continued including verbal abuse, stealing his backpack, pulling his shorts down in PE class, and other incidents. The school seemed unwilling to expel these kids. My son was in a math class at the end of the day with these kids where the teacher has no control over them. There is no learning that goes on in the hour and a half long class, since the teacher constantly had to discipline the disruptive students. He informed me that he has reported these kids to the office but the problem still occurs. I took my son and moved him to EDS. This school has no support for special ed kids, and in my opinion is a toxic environment for them to be in. My son is now at the Easterbook Discover School and is doing much better. Seriously if I could give them zero stars I would. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Moreland Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 326 16 56 20 0 n/a n/a 0 418
1989 344 21 60 23 0 n/a n/a 0 448
1990 338 19 62 31 0 n/a n/a 0 450
1991 366 17 59 26 0 n/a n/a 0 468
1992 407 14 60 32 0 n/a n/a 0 513
1993 418 27 73 33 0 n/a n/a 0 551
1994 389 23 86 50 0 n/a n/a 0 548
1995 403 20 109 83 1 n/a n/a 0 616
1996 403 20 109 83 1 n/a n/a 0 616
1997 393 22 130 92 1 n/a n/a 0 638
1998 405 25 133 99 1 n/a n/a 0 663
1999 398 31 143 93 0 n/a n/a 0 665
2000 429 33 144 90 1 n/a n/a 0 697
2001 449 42 156 90 0 n/a n/a 0 737
2002 445 38 161 95 7 n/a n/a 0 746
2003 445 38 161 95 7 n/a n/a 0 746
2004 430 41 169 108 7 n/a n/a 9 764
2005 381 35 170 111 6 n/a n/a 9 712
2006 348 36 169 114 5 n/a n/a 36 708
2007 376 44 247 243 3 n/a n/a 254 1167
2008 380 37 233 270 3 n/a n/a 0 923
2009 334 28 216 247 2 7 158 0 992
2010 314 34 195 342 2 5 72 0 964
2011 285 33 196 355 3 10 67 0 949
2012 269 40 223 366 2 5 71 0 976
2013 261 31 230 358 4 7 72 0 963
2014 263 26 261 387 6 3 74 0 1020
2015 267 31 269 374 7 4 75 0 1027
2016 256 23 272 350 8 5 82 0 996
2017 244 25 271 334 9 4 83 0 970
2018 226 24 285 361 8 5 77 0 986
2019 220 35 269 340 7 5 68 0 944
2020 237 44 280 370 8 7 63 0 1009
2021 208 36 275 330 7 3 57 2 918
2022 169 27 247 328 5 6 49 2 833
2023 152 26 209 333 1 4 54 4 783
2024 137 16 183 307 2 3 61 3 712

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

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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 Moreland Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 418 26.1 16.0 n/a
1989 448 28.4 15.7 n/a
1990 450 28.1 16.0 n/a
1991 468 26.4 17.7 n/a
1992 513 26.8 19.1 4.9
1993 551 26.5 20.8 19.2
1994 548 28.5 19.2 21.7
1995 616 28.5 21.6 22.6
1996 616 28.5 21.6 22.6
1997 638 31.2 20.4 21.8
1998 663 31.6 21.0 6.9
1999 665 32.1 20.7 19.5
2000 697 32.6 21.4 19.7
2001 737 33.0 22.3 20.8
2002 746 33.6 22.2 18.8
2003 746 33.6 22.2 18.8
2004 764 32.6 23.4 19.9
2005 712 30.8 23.1 22.2
2006 708 29.0 24.4 26.8
2007 1167 49.0 23.8 34.9
2008 923 53.7 17.2 36.2
2009 992 40.5 21.0 25.8
2010 964 41.6 23.1 39.5
2011 949 n/a n/a 38.4
2012 976 40.1 24.3 n/a
2013 963 38.1 25.2 37
2014 1020 40.9 24.9 39.2
2015 1027 41.0 25.0 39.2
2016 996 41.0 24.2 33
2017 970 43.6 22.2 34.2
2018 986 43.6 22.6 37.2
2019 944 40.5 23.3 33.7
2020 1009 n/a n/a 34.2
2021 918 38.8 23.6 26.4
2022 833 37.8 22.0 35.7
2023 783 37.6 20.7 36.1
2024 712 40.4 17.5 44.8

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 Moreland Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 418 26.1 16.0 n/a
1989 448 28.4 15.7 n/a
1990 450 28.1 16.0 n/a
1991 468 26.4 17.7 n/a
1992 513 26.8 19.1 4.9
1993 551 26.5 20.8 19.2
1994 548 28.5 19.2 21.7
1995 616 28.5 21.6 22.6
1996 616 28.5 21.6 22.6
1997 638 31.2 20.4 21.8
1998 663 31.6 21.0 6.9
1999 665 32.1 20.7 19.5
2000 697 32.6 21.4 19.7
2001 737 33.0 22.3 20.8
2002 746 33.6 22.2 18.8
2003 746 33.6 22.2 18.8
2004 764 32.6 23.4 19.9
2005 712 30.8 23.1 22.2
2006 708 29.0 24.4 26.8
2007 1167 49.0 23.8 34.9
2008 923 53.7 17.2 36.2
2009 992 40.5 21.0 25.8
2010 964 41.6 23.1 39.5
2011 949 n/a n/a 38.4
2012 976 40.1 24.3 n/a
2013 963 38.1 25.2 37
2014 1020 40.9 24.9 39.2
2015 1027 41.0 25.0 39.2
2016 996 41.0 24.2 33
2017 970 43.6 22.2 34.2
2018 986 43.6 22.6 37.2
2019 944 40.5 23.3 33.7
2020 1009 n/a n/a 34.2
2021 918 38.8 23.6 26.4
2022 833 37.8 22.0 35.7
2023 783 37.6 20.7 36.1
2024 712 40.4 17.5 44.8

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 Moreland Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,141

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Moreland Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 392nd of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 565th of 2802 Middle schools
 5.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Moreland Middle)64.858.9
 5.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Moreland)68.861.3
 7.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Moreland Middle)58.545.6
 13%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Moreland)62.849.5
 13.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Moreland Middle)67.956.8
 11.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Moreland)68.365.1
 3.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Moreland Middle)56.245.5
 10.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Moreland)59.151.7
 7.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Moreland Middle)68.455.1
 13.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Moreland)71.763.1
 8.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Moreland Middle)53.637.9
 15.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Moreland)57.644.3
 13.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Moreland Middle)48.945.2
 3.8%
   8th Grade Science (Moreland)54.150.6
 3.6%
   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 Students944783
 17.1%
African American3526
 25.7%
American Indian71
 85.7%
Asian269209
 22.3%
Hispanic340333
 2.1%
Pacific Islander54
 20%
White220152
 30.9%
Two or More Races6854
 20.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients33.7%36.1%
 2.5%


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Moreland Middle ranks 599th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Moreland Middle usually go on to attend Prospect High

Students at Moreland Middle are 43% Hispanic, 26% Asian, 19% White, 9% Two or more races, 2% African American.

In the 2023-24 school year, 712 students attended Moreland Middle.


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