Herbert Slater Middle

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Herbert Slater Middle is a public middle school in Santa Rosa, California, serving 716 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the Santa Rosa High School District, which is ranked 953 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Herbert Slater Middle has seen a significant decline in its academic performance, dropping from a statewide ranking of 597 out of 2,259 California middle schools in 2011-2012 to a ranking of 2,227 out of 2,777 in 2023-2024, placing it in the bottom 20% of schools in the state. The school's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students and English Language Learners, who rank in the bottom 25% of California middle schools. Proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are also significantly lower than the state and local district averages, often by 10-20 percentage points or more. Additionally, the school has experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 10.7% in 2017-2018 to 31.2% in 2022-2023, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Comparisons to nearby middle schools, such as Hilliard Comstock Middle, Santa Rosa Middle, and Rincon Valley Middle, as well as the local Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter School, suggest that more effective educational approaches may be available in the region, as these schools generally outperform Herbert Slater Middle in terms of academic achievement and student outcomes.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 3500 Sonoma Ave.
       Santa Rosa, CA  95405-5414


(707) 890-3880

District: Santa Rosa High

SchoolDigger Rank:
2227th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,933 Help


Students who attend Herbert Slater Middle usually attend:

High:    Montgomery High

Feeder schools for Herbert Slater Middle:

Elementary:    Brook Hill Elementary
    Kawana Springs Elementary
    Manzanita Elementary Charter
    Village Elementary Charter
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Student/teacher ratio:  18.5 Help
Number of students:  690

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
64.9%
White:
21.6%
Two or more races:
5.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  50.4% Help


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Compare Details Herbert Slater Middle ranks worse than 80.2% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 2nd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Santa Rosa High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.73. (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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (64.9%), White (21.6%), two or more races (5.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 50.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Herbert Slater Middle is 18.5. 2 middle schools in the Santa Rosa High School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Herbert Slater Middle is $9,933. 2 middle schools in the Santa Rosa High School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Herbert Slater Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Herbert Slater Middle 2227th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Herbert Slater Middle in the ranking list.)

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Santa Rosa High:

SchoolDigger ranks Santa Rosa High 953rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Herbert Slater Middle

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Rank History for all students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 73.51 370th 1769 79.1%
2005 77.58 320th 1777 82.0%
2006 76.90 337th 1804 81.3%
2007 77.54 341st 1999 82.9%
2008 70.14 486th 2005 75.8%
2009 69.96 515th 2063 75.0%
2010 73.75 463rd 2179 78.8%
2011 67.36 626th 2236 72.0%
2012 69.02 597th 2259 73.6%
2013 64.77 755th 2379 68.3%
2015 46.12 1188th 2477 52.0%
2016 47.54 1179th 2497 52.8%
2017 38.67 1434th 2508 42.8%
2019 41.35 1405th 2715 48.3%
2022 26.67 1916th 2740 30.1%
2023 21.72 2193rd 2802 21.7%
2024 20.73 2227th 2777 19.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 15.76 556th 665 16.4%
2023 7.43 630th 678 7.1%
2024 17.59 588th 699 15.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 37.91 758th 1442 47.4%
2022 31.62 1168th 1540 24.2%
2023 26.06 1443rd 1529 5.6%
2024 28.20 1331st 1477 9.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 21.46 1413th 1538 8.1%
2024 23.83 1321st 1550 14.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 26.86 1804th 2369 23.8%
2022 25.88 1863rd 2458 24.2%
2023 18.38 2244th 2549 12.0%
2024 17.32 2280th 2575 11.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 33.17 1508th 2380 36.6%
2022 26.64 1774th 2509 29.3%
2023 25.64 1859th 2547 27.0%
2024 22.21 2006th 2546 21.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 34.62 870th 1491 41.6%
2022 40.49 746th 1531 51.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 47.15 1099th 2407 54.3%
2022 27.31 1762nd 2527 30.3%
2023 18.83 2156th 2558 15.7%
2024 19.13 2122nd 2547 16.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 36.80 514th 745 31.0%
2022 9.61 661st 733 9.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 53.42 246th 637 61.4%
2023 85.56 56th 614 90.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 27.98 1612th 2213 27.2%
2022 19.27 2037th 2359 13.6%
2023 14.48 2217th 2391 7.3%
2024 16.28 2134th 2383 10.4%
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Rank History for White students at Herbert Slater Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 50.20 784th 1602 51.1%
2022 38.07 956th 1555 38.5%
2023 31.07 1066th 1552 31.3%
2024 25.44 1149th 1535 25.1%
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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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Enrollment information for Herbert Slater Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 930 17 22 40 4 n/a n/a 0 1013
1989 951 23 19 47 10 n/a n/a 0 1050
1990 910 23 28 43 9 n/a n/a 0 1013
1991 983 24 29 56 14 n/a n/a 0 1106
1992 945 17 33 53 22 n/a n/a 0 1070
1993 990 18 32 101 22 n/a n/a 0 1163
1994 976 23 38 108 20 n/a n/a 0 1165
1995 757 31 36 113 15 n/a n/a 0 952
1996 757 31 36 113 15 n/a n/a 0 952
1997 740 27 52 132 17 n/a n/a 0 968
1998 641 35 45 129 11 n/a n/a 0 861
1999 629 34 40 143 13 n/a n/a 29 888
2000 595 26 40 148 14 n/a n/a 0 823
2001 566 24 37 169 15 n/a n/a 72 883
2002 607 27 50 198 10 n/a n/a 70 962
2003 607 27 50 198 10 n/a n/a 70 962
2004 546 29 33 218 17 n/a n/a 119 962
2005 470 26 25 231 7 n/a n/a 99 858
2006 424 36 38 243 6 n/a n/a 88 835
2007 393 32 40 259 8 n/a n/a 84 816
2008 421 23 39 276 13 n/a n/a 0 772
2009 417 23 40 252 19 6 58 0 815
2010 406 25 38 297 17 7 31 0 821
2011 392 26 33 334 10 5 56 0 856
2012 338 28 28 360 10 5 57 0 826
2013 324 31 32 355 16 5 56 0 819
2014 274 28 38 333 10 3 40 0 726
2015 302 28 34 336 8 6 28 0 742
2016 325 12 24 343 8 7 40 0 759
2017 264 18 30 365 7 3 52 0 739
2018 239 23 41 399 12 4 46 0 764
2019 266 18 43 400 18 10 11 0 766
2020 270 16 35 357 9 9 25 0 721
2021 220 21 26 353 3 9 45 0 677
2022 173 27 31 401 2 11 52 4 701
2023 176 18 20 435 3 14 43 7 716
2024 149 8 21 448 5 18 36 5 690

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 Herbert Slater Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1013 44.8 22.6 n/a
1989 1050 45.0 23.3 n/a
1990 1013 45.6 22.2 n/a
1991 1106 43.3 25.5 n/a
1992 1070 44.0 24.3 5.1
1993 1163 46.5 25.0 7.5
1994 1165 48.8 23.9 12.5
1995 952 39.7 24.0 18
1996 952 39.7 24.0 18
1997 968 40.2 24.1 20.9
1998 861 39.0 22.1 23.3
1999 888 38.2 23.2 25.1
2000 823 38.4 21.4 21
2001 883 40.6 21.7 22.6
2002 962 40.4 23.8 22.6
2003 962 40.4 23.8 22.6
2004 962 37.8 25.4 20
2005 858 38.7 22.2 24
2006 835 35.3 23.7 27.7
2007 816 n/a n/a 35.2
2008 772 42.2 18.3 n/a
2009 815 38.5 19.3 34.7
2010 821 42.0 19.5 35.4
2011 856 n/a n/a 37.3
2012 826 37.0 22.2 n/a
2013 819 37.2 21.9 46
2014 726 33.5 21.6 46.7
2015 742 32.0 23.1 48.7
2016 759 38.0 19.9 41.6
2017 739 37.2 19.8 48.4
2018 764 36.2 21.0 51.8
2019 766 34.8 22.0 44.4
2020 721 n/a n/a 40.1
2021 677 33.8 20.0 44
2022 701 31.8 22.0 37.1
2023 716 34.5 20.7 52.2
2024 690 37.1 18.5 50.4

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 Herbert Slater Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1013 44.8 22.6 n/a
1989 1050 45.0 23.3 n/a
1990 1013 45.6 22.2 n/a
1991 1106 43.3 25.5 n/a
1992 1070 44.0 24.3 5.1
1993 1163 46.5 25.0 7.5
1994 1165 48.8 23.9 12.5
1995 952 39.7 24.0 18
1996 952 39.7 24.0 18
1997 968 40.2 24.1 20.9
1998 861 39.0 22.1 23.3
1999 888 38.2 23.2 25.1
2000 823 38.4 21.4 21
2001 883 40.6 21.7 22.6
2002 962 40.4 23.8 22.6
2003 962 40.4 23.8 22.6
2004 962 37.8 25.4 20
2005 858 38.7 22.2 24
2006 835 35.3 23.7 27.7
2007 816 n/a n/a 35.2
2008 772 42.2 18.3 n/a
2009 815 38.5 19.3 34.7
2010 821 42.0 19.5 35.4
2011 856 n/a n/a 37.3
2012 826 37.0 22.2 n/a
2013 819 37.2 21.9 46
2014 726 33.5 21.6 46.7
2015 742 32.0 23.1 48.7
2016 759 38.0 19.9 41.6
2017 739 37.2 19.8 48.4
2018 764 36.2 21.0 51.8
2019 766 34.8 22.0 44.4
2020 721 n/a n/a 40.1
2021 677 33.8 20.0 44
2022 701 31.8 22.0 37.1
2023 716 34.5 20.7 52.2
2024 690 37.1 18.5 50.4

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 Herbert Slater Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $9,933

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Herbert Slater Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1405th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2193rd of 2802 Middle schools
 26.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Herbert Slater Middle)40.625.2
 15.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Santa Rosa High)44.129.9
 14.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Herbert Slater Middle)31.215.8
 15.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Santa Rosa High)33.223.1
 10.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Herbert Slater Middle)46.623.5
 23.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Santa Rosa High)44.129.1
 15%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Herbert Slater Middle)26.714.9
 11.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Santa Rosa High)29.918.9
 11%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Herbert Slater Middle)27.316.4
 10.9%
   8th Grade Science (Santa Rosa High)29.121
 8.1%
   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 Students766716
 6.5%
African American1818
American Indian183
 83.3%
Asian4320
 53.5%
Hispanic400435
 8.8%
Pacific Islander1014
 40%
White266176
 33.8%
Two or More Races1143
 290.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients44.4%52.2%
 7.8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Herbert Slater Middle

Students who attend Herbert Slater Middle usually go on to attend Montgomery High

In the 2023-24 school year, 690 students attended Herbert Slater Middle.

Students at Herbert Slater Middle are 65% Hispanic, 22% White, 5% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 3% Pacific Islander, 1% African American.

Herbert Slater Middle ranks in the bottom 19.8% of California middle schools.


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