Landmark Middle

Summary:

Landmark Middle is a public middle school in Moreno Valley, California, serving 813 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Moreno Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 1248 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Landmark Middle faces significant challenges, including a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, from 11.0% in 2018-2019 to 27.8% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the state average of 14.6%. Academically, the school consistently underperforms compared to the district and state, with only 28.12% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and just 16.1% proficient or better in Mathematics in 2023-2024. The school's performance also varies greatly across different student subgroups, with African American and Multi-racial students performing relatively better, while Hispanic, White, and Low Socioeconomic Status students, as well as English Language Learners and Disabled students, struggle and rank in the bottom 30% of California middle schools.

Compared to nearby middle schools, such as Palm Middle and Mountain View Middle, which have higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics, Landmark Middle's performance is generally lower. Additionally, the nearby Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM, a public charter school, outperforms Landmark Middle in both subjects, suggesting that alternative educational models may be worth exploring to improve student outcomes at the school.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 15261 Legendary Dr.
       Moreno Valley, CA  92555-5801


(951) 571-4220

District: Moreno Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2072nd of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,977 Help


Students who attend Landmark Middle usually attend:

High:    Vista del Lago High

Feeder schools for Landmark Middle:

Elementary:    Armada Elementary
    Hendrick Ranch Elementary
    La Jolla Elementary
    Ridge Crest Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  18.2 Help
Number of students:  813

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
68.3%
African American:
16.0%
Asian:
4.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  62.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Landmark Middle ranks worse than 74.6% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 4th among 6 ranked middle schools in the Moreno Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.17. (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 Landmark Middle has the smallest middle school student body size in the Moreno Valley Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (68.3%), African American (16%), Asian (4.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 62.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Landmark Middle is 18.2, which is the lowest among 6 middle schools in the Moreno Valley Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Landmark Middle is $7,977. 4 middle schools in the Moreno Valley Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Landmark Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Landmark Middle 2072nd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Landmark Middle in the ranking list.)

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Moreno Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Moreno Valley Unified 1248th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Landmark Middle

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Rank History for all students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 24.01 1343rd 1769 24.1%
2005 27.15 1288th 1777 27.5%
2006 24.64 1381st 1804 23.4%
2007 23.58 1571st 1999 21.4%
2008 24.47 1577th 2005 21.3%
2009 26.15 1572nd 2063 23.8%
2010 30.16 1568th 2179 28.0%
2011 33.39 1549th 2236 30.7%
2012 31.40 1598th 2259 29.3%
2013 29.52 1723rd 2379 27.6%
2015 28.90 1664th 2477 32.8%
2016 21.14 1981st 2497 20.7%
2017 20.08 2021st 2508 19.4%
2018 15.77 2155th 2480 13.1%
2019 17.07 2311th 2715 14.9%
2022 20.47 2200th 2740 19.7%
2023 25.43 2027th 2802 27.7%
2024 24.17 2072nd 2777 25.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.79 431st 462 6.7%
2019 4.64 535th 554 3.4%
2022 12.27 584th 665 12.2%
2023 19.96 555th 678 18.1%
2024 41.23 417th 699 40.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.56 869th 1364 36.3%
2019 28.36 1210th 1442 16.1%
2022 28.96 1299th 1540 15.6%
2023 29.91 1226th 1529 19.8%
2024 35.27 935th 1477 36.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 31.59 1026th 1538 33.3%
2024 38.56 811th 1550 47.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.33 1954th 2230 12.4%
2019 23.18 1923rd 2369 18.8%
2022 26.53 1837th 2458 25.3%
2023 27.84 1861st 2549 27.0%
2024 26.51 1922nd 2575 25.4%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 57.57 109th 336 67.6%
2024 18.89 361st 394 8.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.83 1948th 2262 13.9%
2019 17.43 2029th 2380 14.7%
2022 21.36 2015th 2509 19.7%
2023 28.42 1725th 2547 32.3%
2024 26.29 1835th 2546 27.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.15 1081st 1369 21.0%
2019 24.11 1247th 1491 16.4%
2022 24.24 1291st 1531 15.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.76 2054th 2273 9.6%
2019 16.53 2112th 2407 12.3%
2022 20.12 2045th 2527 19.1%
2023 23.15 1952nd 2558 23.7%
2024 22.22 1992nd 2547 21.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.21 482nd 600 19.7%
2019 31.03 446th 643 30.6%
2022 32.33 428th 637 32.8%
2023 39.28 351st 614 42.8%
2024 36.31 370th 626 40.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.37 1777th 2072 14.2%
2019 20.67 1864th 2213 15.8%
2022 24.56 1832nd 2359 22.3%
2023 32.82 1528th 2391 36.1%
2024 28.17 1706th 2383 28.4%
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Rank History for White students at Landmark Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.48 1313th 1496 12.2%
2019 9.48 1480th 1602 7.6%
2022 29.70 1106th 1555 28.9%
2023 34.09 1017th 1552 34.5%
2024 26.63 1126th 1535 26.6%
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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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Data source: California Department of Education

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by a citizen
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Open Quote It deserves a lower score after what I have been through when I was a student years ago. IThey let juvenile delinquents run amok and never give them their just reward. I speak from experience. I was once a victim of unpunished bullying. I have advice for parents whose kids are about start school there: get them the heck out of this place ASAP. They'll have a better future anywhere but here. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Landmark Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1992 601 166 81 263 8 n/a n/a 0 1119
1993 682 222 79 312 3 n/a n/a 0 1298
1994 784 229 121 363 5 n/a n/a 0 1502
1995 755 244 127 351 0 n/a n/a 0 1477
1996 755 244 127 351 0 n/a n/a 0 1477
1997 667 235 119 369 1 n/a n/a 0 1391
1998 657 246 102 425 2 n/a n/a 0 1432
1999 580 281 92 462 1 n/a n/a 0 1416
2000 567 296 90 522 2 n/a n/a 0 1477
2001 466 280 88 549 1 n/a n/a 0 1384
2002 373 312 77 573 1 n/a n/a 10 1346
2003 373 312 77 573 1 n/a n/a 10 1346
2004 345 326 76 648 1 n/a n/a 7 1403
2005 292 326 78 675 2 n/a n/a 7 1380
2006 262 376 87 799 5 n/a n/a 9 1538
2007 226 333 90 756 5 n/a n/a 9 1419
2008 218 346 80 749 6 n/a n/a 0 1399
2009 196 337 77 746 3 14 12 0 1385
2010 174 319 83 754 4 11 11 0 1356
2011 155 313 65 758 6 12 18 0 1327
2012 159 318 69 841 5 9 25 0 1426
2013 147 310 73 845 2 11 16 0 1404
2014 130 312 72 806 3 8 17 0 1348
2015 112 260 73 770 4 6 19 0 1244
2016 114 256 61 741 3 5 21 0 1201
2017 108 239 63 758 3 6 26 0 1203
2018 94 229 55 791 3 9 36 0 1217
2019 75 222 41 769 4 8 41 0 1160
2020 71 224 35 701 4 11 40 0 1086
2021 50 182 33 662 6 6 45 0 984
2022 47 150 30 562 3 7 51 0 850
2023 39 130 40 555 3 6 40 0 813

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 Landmark Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 1119 n/a n/a 20.9
1993 1298 52.0 25.0 22.3
1994 1502 62.0 24.2 30.6
1995 1477 56.8 26.0 31.1
1996 1477 56.8 26.0 31.1
1997 1391 54.7 25.4 33.9
1998 1432 57.0 25.1 44.1
1999 1416 57.0 24.8 52.4
2000 1477 58.7 25.2 53.1
2001 1384 60.2 23.0 49.6
2002 1346 54.0 24.9 56.7
2003 1346 54.0 24.9 56.7
2004 1403 56.0 25.1 58
2005 1380 58.0 23.8 55.7
2006 1538 60.0 25.6 61.7
2007 1419 58.5 24.3 62.3
2008 1399 71.0 19.7 63.5
2009 1385 60.5 20.5 70.8
2010 1356 48.0 28.2 67.6
2011 1327 n/a n/a 72.9
2012 1426 53.0 26.9 n/a
2013 1404 55.0 25.5 79.1
2014 1348 51.5 26.1 80.3
2015 1244 52.0 23.9 81
2016 1201 48.0 25.0 81.9
2017 1203 49.0 24.5 80.4
2018 1217 49.5 24.5 79.6
2019 1160 52.0 22.3 79.7
2020 1086 n/a n/a 89
2021 984 49.5 19.8 82.9
2022 850 47.1 18.0 89.2
2023 813 44.5 18.2 62.5

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 Landmark Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 1119 n/a n/a 20.9
1993 1298 52.0 25.0 22.3
1994 1502 62.0 24.2 30.6
1995 1477 56.8 26.0 31.1
1996 1477 56.8 26.0 31.1
1997 1391 54.7 25.4 33.9
1998 1432 57.0 25.1 44.1
1999 1416 57.0 24.8 52.4
2000 1477 58.7 25.2 53.1
2001 1384 60.2 23.0 49.6
2002 1346 54.0 24.9 56.7
2003 1346 54.0 24.9 56.7
2004 1403 56.0 25.1 58
2005 1380 58.0 23.8 55.7
2006 1538 60.0 25.6 61.7
2007 1419 58.5 24.3 62.3
2008 1399 71.0 19.7 63.5
2009 1385 60.5 20.5 70.8
2010 1356 48.0 28.2 67.6
2011 1327 n/a n/a 72.9
2012 1426 53.0 26.9 n/a
2013 1404 55.0 25.5 79.1
2014 1348 51.5 26.1 80.3
2015 1244 52.0 23.9 81
2016 1201 48.0 25.0 81.9
2017 1203 49.0 24.5 80.4
2018 1217 49.5 24.5 79.6
2019 1160 52.0 22.3 79.7
2020 1086 n/a n/a 89
2021 984 49.5 19.8 82.9
2022 850 47.1 18.0 89.2
2023 813 44.5 18.2 62.5

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 Landmark Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,977

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Landmark Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2311th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2027th of 2802 Middle schools
 12.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Landmark Middle)27.323.9
 3.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Moreno Valley Unified)3029.7
 0.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Landmark Middle)20.214.1
 6.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Moreno Valley Unified)23.117.7
 5.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Landmark Middle)27.334.8
 7.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Moreno Valley Unified)28.931.5
 2.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Landmark Middle)1517.8
 2.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Moreno Valley Unified)18.215.9
 2.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Landmark Middle)27.229
 1.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Moreno Valley Unified)28.529.1
 0.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Landmark Middle)13.617.6
 4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Moreno Valley Unified)17.113.4
 3.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Landmark Middle)13.718.1
 4.4%
   8th Grade Science (Moreno Valley Unified)1414.7
 0.8%
   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 Students1160813
 29.9%
African American222130
 41.4%
American Indian43
 25%
Asian4140
 2.4%
Hispanic769555
 27.8%
Pacific Islander86
 25%
White7539
 48%
Two or More Races4140
 2.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients79.7%62.5%
 17.3%


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Landmark Middle ranks 2072nd of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Landmark Middle are 68% Hispanic, 16% African American, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 5% White.

Students who attend Landmark Middle usually go on to attend Vista del Lago High

In the 2022-23 school year, 813 students attended Landmark Middle.


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