Impact of COVID-19 on Petaluma Junior High
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 852nd of 2715 Middle schools | Ranks 896th of 2802 Middle schools | 0.6% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Petaluma Junior High) | 62.1 | 47.1 | 15% |
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Petaluma Joint Union High) | 64.4 | 58 | 6.4% |
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 51.4 | 47.4 | 3.9% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Petaluma Junior High) | 47 | 36.4 | 10.6% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Petaluma Joint Union High) | 51.4 | 46.8 | 4.6% |
7th Grade Mathematics (California) | 37.9 | 33.2 | 4.7% |
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Petaluma Junior High) | 50.2 | 56.1 | 6% |
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Petaluma Joint Union High) | 56.3 | 51.3 | 5% |
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 49.4 | 45.7 | 3.8% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Petaluma Junior High) | 33.2 | 29.1 | 4.1% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Petaluma Joint Union High) | 43 | 37.2 | 5.8% |
8th Grade Mathematics (California) | 36.6 | 29.9 | 6.7% |
8th Grade Science (Petaluma Junior High) | 34.6 | 31.1 | 3.4% |
8th Grade Science (Petaluma Joint Union High) | 37.7 | 36.8 | 0.9% |
8th Grade Science (California) | 30.8 | 28.8 | 2.1% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 585 | 451 | 22.9% |
African American | 10 | 3 | 70% |
American Indian | 3 | 2 | 33.3% |
Asian | 12 | 3 | 75% |
Hispanic | 163 | 144 | 11.7% |
Pacific Islander | 2 | 3 | 50% |
White | 376 | 271 | 27.9% |
Two or More Races | 19 | 19 | |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 30.1% | 41% | 10.9% |