Edendale Middle

Summary:

Edendale Middle is a public middle school located in San Lorenzo, California, serving around 500 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the San Lorenzo Unified School District, which is ranked 1186 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Edendale Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of California middle schools over the past decade, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school significantly underperforms compared to the district and state in standardized test scores, with only 16.13% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and just 3.7% proficient in mathematics. Edendale Middle also struggles with high chronic absenteeism, which has risen from 9.5% in 2018-2019 to 33.8% in 2022-2023. The school's performance is particularly concerning for African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, and low-socioeconomic status students, who rank in the bottom 25% of California middle schools.

While Edendale Middle's challenges are significant, there may be opportunities for improvement. The school's performance is notably lower than nearby Bohannon Middle and Washington Manor Middle, which are also part of the San Lorenzo Unified School District. This suggests that the issues at Edendale Middle may be specific to the school and not solely due to district-level factors. By addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism, providing additional academic and social-emotional support, and learning from the successes of higher-performing nearby schools, Edendale Middle may be able to improve student outcomes and provide a more equitable educational experience for its community.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 16160 Ashland Ave.
       San Lorenzo, CA  94580-1116


(510) 317-5100

District: San Lorenzo Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2694th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,357 Help


Students who attend Edendale Middle usually attend:

High:    Arroyo High
    East Bay Arts High
    Royal Sunset (Continuation)
    San Lorenzo High

Feeder schools for Edendale Middle:

Elementary:    Colonial Acres Elementary
    Corvallis Elementary
    Hesperian Elementary
    Hillside Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  21.3 Help
Number of students:  500

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
62.6%
African American:
17.0%
Asian:
11.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  88% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Edendale Middle ranks worse than 97% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the San Lorenzo Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 8.86. (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 Edendale Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the San Lorenzo Unified School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Edendale Middle is $6,357, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the San Lorenzo Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Edendale Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Edendale Middle 2694th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Edendale Middle in the ranking list.)

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San Lorenzo Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Lorenzo Unified 1186th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Edendale Middle

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Rank History for all students at Edendale Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 23.53 1347th 1769 23.9%
2005 19.86 1451st 1777 18.3%
2006 17.17 1554th 1804 13.9%
2007 14.50 1790th 1999 10.5%
2008 14.35 1810th 2005 9.7%
2009 13.21 1875th 2063 9.1%
2010 10.08 2044th 2179 6.2%
2011 7.93 2127th 2236 4.9%
2012 7.87 2153rd 2259 4.7%
2013 7.18 2287th 2379 3.9%
2015 12.33 2283rd 2477 7.8%
2016 12.34 2277th 2497 8.8%
2017 11.64 2332nd 2508 7.0%
2018 10.31 2346th 2480 5.4%
2019 8.38 2594th 2715 4.5%
2022 9.74 2641st 2740 3.6%
2023 10.00 2706th 2802 3.4%
2024 8.86 2694th 2777 3.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Edendale Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.26 1247th 1364 8.6%
2019 24.09 1410th 1442 2.2%
2022 29.71 1263rd 1540 18.0%
2023 30.20 1214th 1529 20.6%
2024 28.68 1305th 1477 11.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Edendale Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 37.31 846th 1538 45.0%
2024 27.21 1201st 1550 22.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Edendale Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.35 2099th 2230 5.9%
2019 9.65 2269th 2369 4.2%
2022 12.47 2341st 2458 4.8%
2023 11.07 2459th 2549 3.5%
2024 10.09 2485th 2575 3.5%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Edendale Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 9.26 320th 321 0.3%
2024 11.93 385th 394 2.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Edendale Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.58 2112th 2262 6.6%
2019 8.28 2309th 2380 3.0%
2022 10.77 2403rd 2509 4.2%
2023 10.59 2464th 2547 3.3%
2024 8.82 2498th 2546 1.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Edendale Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.50 1264th 1369 7.7%
2019 19.90 1405th 1491 5.8%
2022 31.36 1014th 1531 33.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Edendale Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.02 2207th 2273 2.9%
2019 8.42 2332nd 2407 3.1%
2022 9.51 2467th 2527 2.4%
2023 10.17 2472nd 2558 3.4%
2024 9.23 2488th 2547 2.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Edendale Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 1.69 730th 745 2.0%
2022 4.43 697th 733 4.9%
2023 4.82 675th 718 6.0%
2024 2.17 719th 741 3.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Edendale Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.99 566th 600 5.7%
2019 13.87 618th 643 3.9%
2022 15.54 598th 637 6.1%
2023 24.28 492nd 614 19.9%
2024 20.80 543rd 626 13.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Edendale Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.96 1986th 2072 4.2%
2019 8.49 2145th 2213 3.1%
2022 10.07 2296th 2359 2.7%
2023 10.38 2316th 2391 3.1%
2024 9.14 2326th 2383 2.4%
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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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by a student
Sunday, March 17, 2019

Open Quote Will hire anyone at this point, has a horrible field filled with trash, students are very rude and around the middle of march there were students everywhere spraying, throwing, and dumping (dirty) water on each other Close Quote


by a parent
Monday, April 19, 2010

Open Quote Unfortunately my daughter got stuck to this school. This is the worst school ever. Their teaching skills are poor and personal appearance is not appropriate for a school environment. This may not be a high level professional school but please “dress for success” and let our kids follow that example. We should all practice what we preach! Close Quote


by a student
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Open Quote edendale middle school is a horrible school to let your child go to..... Close Quote



Enrollment information for Edendale Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 297 102 82 146 15 n/a n/a 0 642
1989 342 117 87 208 23 n/a n/a 0 777
1990 260 120 62 159 23 n/a n/a 0 624
1991 278 166 81 222 20 n/a n/a 0 767
1992 207 176 65 193 11 n/a n/a 0 652
1993 186 161 78 243 15 n/a n/a 0 683
1994 171 218 88 292 7 n/a n/a 0 776
1995 149 288 92 312 11 n/a n/a 0 852
1996 149 288 92 312 11 n/a n/a 0 852
1997 116 318 100 323 16 n/a n/a 0 873
1998 120 335 121 375 17 n/a n/a 0 968
1999 149 258 174 290 13 n/a n/a 0 884
2000 140 278 147 313 10 n/a n/a 0 888
2001 131 278 130 311 8 n/a n/a 4 862
2002 128 279 136 368 6 n/a n/a 0 917
2003 128 279 136 368 6 n/a n/a 0 917
2004 115 263 133 420 10 n/a n/a 0 941
2005 91 232 120 398 5 n/a n/a 0 846
2006 68 255 118 436 9 n/a n/a 2 888
2007 61 238 115 430 3 n/a n/a 6 853
2008 50 202 97 451 5 n/a n/a 0 805
2009 42 166 73 405 4 16 11 0 717
2010 36 162 58 355 3 7 3 0 624
2011 31 115 57 321 1 5 3 0 533
2012 31 119 61 339 1 7 4 0 562
2013 39 140 58 395 3 12 5 0 652
2014 31 137 58 415 2 15 8 0 666
2015 29 140 61 436 2 12 16 0 696
2016 24 137 63 409 1 10 15 0 659
2017 17 136 76 447 1 11 18 0 706
2018 22 105 65 466 2 20 19 0 699
2019 24 88 70 444 3 13 15 0 657
2020 22 96 57 416 2 14 14 0 621
2021 21 85 68 355 1 11 16 0 557
2022 21 91 56 366 1 9 19 0 563
2023 19 85 56 313 2 12 13 0 500

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 Edendale Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 642 26.6 24.1 n/a
1989 777 30.6 25.3 n/a
1990 624 28.6 21.8 n/a
1991 767 31.0 24.7 n/a
1992 652 31.5 20.6 8.3
1993 683 29.0 23.6 60.3
1994 776 33.0 23.5 67.7
1995 852 34.4 24.8 72.8
1996 852 34.4 24.8 72.8
1997 873 37.6 23.2 74.6
1998 968 44.6 21.7 70
1999 884 36.6 24.2 51
2000 888 40.7 21.8 48
2001 862 39.7 21.7 45
2002 917 40.0 22.9 46.5
2003 917 40.0 22.9 46.5
2004 941 43.5 21.6 53.2
2005 846 40.2 21.0 46.3
2006 888 21.6 41.1 58.9
2007 853 40.3 21.2 n/a
2008 805 48.4 16.6 72.7
2009 717 33.3 17.7 70.7
2010 624 31.6 19.7 74.4
2011 533 n/a n/a 77.3
2012 562 25.0 22.4 80.6
2013 652 28.2 23.0 73.2
2014 666 30.8 21.6 82.4
2015 696 30.0 23.2 82.5
2016 659 30.0 21.9 83.2
2017 706 32.7 21.5 82.2
2018 699 30.9 22.6 83
2019 657 28.9 22.6 75.6
2020 621 n/a n/a 79.5
2021 557 25.7 21.6 73.4
2022 563 n/a n/a 89.9
2023 500 23.4 21.3 88

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 Edendale Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 642 26.6 24.1 n/a
1989 777 30.6 25.3 n/a
1990 624 28.6 21.8 n/a
1991 767 31.0 24.7 n/a
1992 652 31.5 20.6 8.3
1993 683 29.0 23.6 60.3
1994 776 33.0 23.5 67.7
1995 852 34.4 24.8 72.8
1996 852 34.4 24.8 72.8
1997 873 37.6 23.2 74.6
1998 968 44.6 21.7 70
1999 884 36.6 24.2 51
2000 888 40.7 21.8 48
2001 862 39.7 21.7 45
2002 917 40.0 22.9 46.5
2003 917 40.0 22.9 46.5
2004 941 43.5 21.6 53.2
2005 846 40.2 21.0 46.3
2006 888 21.6 41.1 58.9
2007 853 40.3 21.2 n/a
2008 805 48.4 16.6 72.7
2009 717 33.3 17.7 70.7
2010 624 31.6 19.7 74.4
2011 533 n/a n/a 77.3
2012 562 25.0 22.4 80.6
2013 652 28.2 23.0 73.2
2014 666 30.8 21.6 82.4
2015 696 30.0 23.2 82.5
2016 659 30.0 21.9 83.2
2017 706 32.7 21.5 82.2
2018 699 30.9 22.6 83
2019 657 28.9 22.6 75.6
2020 621 n/a n/a 79.5
2021 557 25.7 21.6 73.4
2022 563 n/a n/a 89.9
2023 500 23.4 21.3 88

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 Edendale Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,357

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Edendale Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2594th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2706th of 2802 Middle schools
 1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Edendale Middle)17.317.3
 0%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Lorenzo Unified)27.826.5
 1.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Edendale Middle)58.8
 3.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (San Lorenzo Unified)13.215
 1.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Edendale Middle)17.112.9
 4.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Lorenzo Unified)33.729.3
 4.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Edendale Middle)126.9
 5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (San Lorenzo Unified)24.218.1
 6.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Edendale Middle)16.312.9
 3.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Lorenzo Unified)28.429.8
 1.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Edendale Middle)8.33.5
 4.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (San Lorenzo Unified)19.413.8
 5.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Edendale Middle)4.65.6
 1%
   8th Grade Science (San Lorenzo Unified)15.118.5
 3.5%
   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 Students657500
 23.9%
African American8885
 3.4%
American Indian32
 33.3%
Asian7056
 20%
Hispanic444313
 29.5%
Pacific Islander1312
 7.7%
White2419
 20.8%
Two or More Races1513
 13.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients75.6%88%
 12.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Edendale Middle

Students who attend Edendale Middle usually go on to attend Arroyo High

In the 2022-23 school year, 500 students attended Edendale Middle.

Edendale Middle ranks in the bottom 3.0% of California middle schools.

Students at Edendale Middle are 63% Hispanic, 17% African American, 11% Asian, 4% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.


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