Palm Middle

Summary:

Palm Middle is a public middle school located in Moreno Valley, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 1,014 students. It is part of the Moreno Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 1248 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Palm Middle faces some significant challenges compared to nearby schools in the district. The school has consistently higher chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 32.6% to 38.1%, which is significantly higher than the 26.4% to 33.0% range at other schools in the district. Academically, Palm Middle's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST Science tests is generally lower than the Moreno Valley Unified School District and the state of California averages. For example, in 2023-2024, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy at Palm Middle ranged from 32.29% to 35.69%, compared to the district's 30.37% to 32.17% and the state's 45.82% to 47.04%. Similarly, in Mathematics, Palm Middle's proficiency rates ranged from 16.05% to 25.23%, compared to the district's 14.97% to 18.82% and the state's 31.57% to 34.31%. The school's performance on various student subgroups, such as female students, Asian students, African American students, Hispanic students, and English Language Learners, is also generally lower than the state averages for those subgroups.

Additionally, Moreno Valley Unified School District has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 71.3% to 89% at Palm Middle, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools, which have rates ranging from 50.5% to 80.45%. These socioeconomic and attendance-related challenges may be contributing factors to the school's lower academic performance, and addressing these issues may require a multi-faceted approach, including collaboration with the district, community stakeholders, and evidence-based strategies to support student success.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 11900 Slawson Ave.
       Moreno Valley, CA  92557-6642


(951) 571-4260

District: Moreno Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1764th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,100 Help


Students who attend Palm Middle usually attend:

High:    Valley View High

Feeder schools for Palm Middle:

Elementary:    Cloverdale Elementary
    Midland Elementary
    Sugar Hill Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  19.1 Help
Number of students:  1,014

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
73.0%
African American:
12.1%
White:
8.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  71.3% Help


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Compare Details Palm Middle ranks worse than 63.5% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 2nd 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 31.06. (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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (73%), African American (12.1%), White (8.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 71.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Palm Middle is 19.1, which is the 2nd best 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 Palm Middle is $8,100, which is the 2nd highest among 6 middle schools in the Moreno Valley Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Palm Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Palm Middle 1764th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Palm 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 Palm Middle

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Rank History for all students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 27.62 1252nd 1769 29.2%
2005 24.47 1351st 1777 24.0%
2006 22.07 1431st 1804 20.7%
2007 32.99 1316th 1999 34.2%
2008 33.86 1319th 2005 34.2%
2009 38.22 1245th 2063 39.7%
2010 22.08 1790th 2179 17.9%
2011 26.58 1736th 2236 22.4%
2012 36.15 1472nd 2259 34.8%
2013 38.94 1462nd 2379 38.5%
2015 37.83 1396th 2477 43.6%
2016 34.46 1510th 2497 39.5%
2017 31.72 1625th 2508 35.2%
2018 25.52 1796th 2480 27.6%
2019 26.69 1934th 2715 28.8%
2022 30.62 1752nd 2740 36.1%
2023 33.08 1697th 2802 39.4%
2024 31.06 1764th 2777 36.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 8.73 506th 554 8.7%
2022 18.03 540th 665 18.8%
2023 29.83 487th 678 28.2%
2024 34.78 458th 699 34.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.11 1303rd 1364 4.5%
2019 28.23 1218th 1442 15.5%
2022 30.88 1208th 1540 21.6%
2023 29.09 1272nd 1529 16.8%
2024 28.29 1320th 1477 10.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 38.31 815th 1538 47.0%
2024 25.55 1251st 1550 19.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.48 1676th 2230 24.8%
2019 37.22 1416th 2369 40.2%
2022 39.86 1335th 2458 45.7%
2023 37.42 1449th 2549 43.2%
2024 36.38 1515th 2575 41.2%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 42.97 192nd 394 51.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.55 1658th 2262 26.7%
2019 27.34 1711th 2380 28.1%
2022 28.45 1710th 2509 31.8%
2023 30.92 1618th 2547 36.5%
2024 27.05 1801st 2546 29.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.16 1172nd 1369 14.4%
2019 28.33 1075th 1491 27.9%
2022 37.28 845th 1531 44.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.84 1689th 2273 25.7%
2019 25.37 1781st 2407 26.0%
2022 33.17 1538th 2527 39.1%
2023 34.89 1505th 2558 41.2%
2024 34.51 1507th 2547 40.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 49.51 434th 745 41.7%
2024 26.19 571st 741 22.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.47 365th 600 39.2%
2019 38.35 374th 643 41.8%
2022 44.08 317th 637 50.2%
2023 39.93 344th 614 44.0%
2024 36.90 361st 626 42.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.38 1433rd 2072 30.8%
2019 31.88 1476th 2213 33.3%
2022 42.88 1195th 2359 49.3%
2023 43.92 1161st 2391 51.4%
2024 41.04 1272nd 2383 46.6%
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Rank History for White students at Palm Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.77 1213th 1496 18.9%
2019 26.69 1189th 1602 25.8%
2022 17.82 1314th 1555 15.5%
2023 26.18 1151st 1552 25.8%
2024 21.33 1225th 1535 20.2%
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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 Palm Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1992 371 82 26 115 3 n/a n/a 0 597
1993 530 134 47 173 4 n/a n/a 0 888
1994 550 136 43 204 4 n/a n/a 0 937
1995 562 195 41 218 4 n/a n/a 0 1020
1996 562 195 41 218 4 n/a n/a 0 1020
1997 539 209 42 238 1 n/a n/a 0 1029
1998 496 215 58 253 0 n/a n/a 0 1022
1999 585 337 67 370 2 n/a n/a 0 1361
2000 559 324 79 423 4 n/a n/a 3 1392
2001 559 356 75 532 2 n/a n/a 9 1533
2002 448 370 82 574 11 n/a n/a 17 1502
2003 448 370 82 574 11 n/a n/a 17 1502
2004 389 371 81 676 11 n/a n/a 17 1545
2005 333 386 68 793 15 n/a n/a 11 1606
2006 312 386 68 872 13 n/a n/a 13 1664
2007 275 355 74 843 12 n/a n/a 11 1570
2008 257 294 66 758 5 n/a n/a 0 1380
2009 235 270 47 716 5 6 14 0 1293
2010 211 253 45 689 5 7 9 0 1219
2011 202 296 38 734 5 9 19 0 1303
2012 180 267 31 756 4 10 25 0 1273
2013 181 227 28 755 2 14 14 0 1221
2014 184 229 33 779 7 14 12 0 1258
2015 183 209 44 799 5 9 12 0 1261
2016 176 180 42 804 6 10 21 0 1239
2017 168 171 57 870 6 8 31 0 1311
2018 142 153 51 888 3 8 34 0 1279
2019 111 148 49 875 2 10 50 0 1245
2020 111 139 32 803 3 10 49 0 1147
2021 104 135 27 753 5 12 53 0 1089
2022 93 122 27 743 2 5 44 0 1036
2023 85 123 22 740 1 6 37 0 1014

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 Palm Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 597 n/a n/a 17.6
1993 888 37.0 24.0 21.3
1994 937 41.0 22.9 29.8
1995 1020 44.0 23.2 31.2
1996 1020 44.0 23.2 31.2
1997 1029 44.2 23.3 32.5
1998 1022 43.2 23.7 44
1999 1361 54.0 25.2 49.9
2000 1392 57.0 24.4 50
2001 1533 66.7 23.0 44.9
2002 1502 60.7 24.7 50.2
2003 1502 60.7 24.7 50.2
2004 1545 63.7 24.3 56
2005 1606 65.0 24.7 59.9
2006 1664 67.9 24.5 61.6
2007 1570 64.7 24.3 58.9
2008 1380 64.8 21.3 59.6
2009 1293 53.1 21.5 68.7
2010 1219 47.9 25.4 65.3
2011 1303 n/a n/a 72
2012 1273 47.8 26.6 n/a
2013 1221 43.8 27.8 78.8
2014 1258 44.3 28.3 79.1
2015 1261 47.0 26.8 78.4
2016 1239 47.0 26.3 77.5
2017 1311 44.6 29.3 76.5
2018 1279 47.6 26.8 76.5
2019 1245 57.0 21.8 78.4
2020 1147 n/a n/a 86.2
2021 1089 55.6 19.5 82.1
2022 1036 54.5 18.9 89
2023 1014 52.9 19.1 71.3

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 Palm Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 597 n/a n/a 17.6
1993 888 37.0 24.0 21.3
1994 937 41.0 22.9 29.8
1995 1020 44.0 23.2 31.2
1996 1020 44.0 23.2 31.2
1997 1029 44.2 23.3 32.5
1998 1022 43.2 23.7 44
1999 1361 54.0 25.2 49.9
2000 1392 57.0 24.4 50
2001 1533 66.7 23.0 44.9
2002 1502 60.7 24.7 50.2
2003 1502 60.7 24.7 50.2
2004 1545 63.7 24.3 56
2005 1606 65.0 24.7 59.9
2006 1664 67.9 24.5 61.6
2007 1570 64.7 24.3 58.9
2008 1380 64.8 21.3 59.6
2009 1293 53.1 21.5 68.7
2010 1219 47.9 25.4 65.3
2011 1303 n/a n/a 72
2012 1273 47.8 26.6 n/a
2013 1221 43.8 27.8 78.8
2014 1258 44.3 28.3 79.1
2015 1261 47.0 26.8 78.4
2016 1239 47.0 26.3 77.5
2017 1311 44.6 29.3 76.5
2018 1279 47.6 26.8 76.5
2019 1245 57.0 21.8 78.4
2020 1147 n/a n/a 86.2
2021 1089 55.6 19.5 82.1
2022 1036 54.5 18.9 89
2023 1014 52.9 19.1 71.3

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 Palm Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,100

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Palm Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1934th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1697th of 2802 Middle schools
 10.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Palm Middle)31.238
 6.8%
   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 (Palm Middle)31.424.8
 6.5%
   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 (Palm Middle)31.435.9
 4.6%
   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 (Palm Middle)2719.5
 7.4%
   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 (Palm Middle)29.935.7
 5.8%
   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 (Palm Middle)20.614.4
 6.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Moreno Valley Unified)17.113.4
 3.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Palm Middle)18.518.8
 0.4%
   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 Students12451014
 18.6%
African American148123
 16.9%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian4922
 55.1%
Hispanic875740
 15.4%
Pacific Islander106
 40%
White11185
 23.4%
Two or More Races5037
 26%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients78.4%71.3%
 7.1%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 1,014 students attended Palm Middle.

Students at Palm Middle are 73% Hispanic, 12% African American, 8% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Students who attend Palm Middle usually go on to attend Valley View High

Palm Middle ranks 1764th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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