Columbus Tustin Middle

Summary:

Columbus Tustin Middle is a public middle school in Tustin, California, serving 609 students in grades 6-8. It is part of the Tustin Unified School District, which is ranked 404 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While the school's academic performance, as measured by Smarter Balanced Assessments, is generally lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, there are some notable differences among student subgroups. White and Asian students tend to perform better than the school's overall average, while Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities perform below the average and rank in the bottom half of California middle schools. Additionally, Columbus Tustin Middle has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.4% in 2018-2019 to 27.6% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the 12.3% rate at the nearby Pioneer Middle School.

Compared to nearby schools within the Tustin Unified School District, such as Pioneer Middle and Hewes Middle, Columbus Tustin Middle's academic performance lags behind. This pattern is also observed in schools within the Santa Ana Unified School District, which have even higher rates of free and reduced-price lunch eligibility and lower academic performance compared to Columbus Tustin Middle. Addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism and the correlation between socioeconomic status and academic achievement may be crucial steps in improving the school's overall performance.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 17952 Beneta Way
       Tustin, CA  92780-2659


(714) 730-7352

District: Tustin Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
982nd of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,304 Help


Students who attend Columbus Tustin Middle usually attend:

High:    Foothill High

Feeder schools for Columbus Tustin Middle:

Elementary:    Guin Foss Elementary
    Helen Estock Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  24.7 Help
Number of students:  604

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
78.6%
Asian:
7.8%
White:
6.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  82.9% Help


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Compare Details Columbus Tustin Middle ranks better than 64.6% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Tustin Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 56.23. (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 (78.6%), Asian (7.8%), White (6.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 82.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Tustin Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Columbus Tustin Middle is 24.7, which is the 2nd best among 4 middle schools in the Tustin Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Columbus Tustin Middle is $10,304, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Tustin Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Columbus Tustin Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Columbus Tustin Middle 982nd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Columbus Tustin Middle in the ranking list.)

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Tustin Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Tustin Unified 404th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Columbus Tustin Middle

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Rank History for all students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 47.18 835th 1769 52.8%
2005 41.04 979th 1777 44.9%
2006 49.19 836th 1804 53.7%
2007 51.14 879th 1999 56.0%
2008 52.16 877th 2005 56.3%
2009 51.17 941st 2063 54.4%
2010 50.83 1021st 2179 53.1%
2011 50.30 1087th 2236 51.4%
2012 54.76 954th 2259 57.8%
2013 63.15 795th 2379 66.6%
2015 63.87 783rd 2477 68.4%
2016 58.84 897th 2497 64.1%
2017 53.66 1014th 2508 59.6%
2018 48.04 1134th 2480 54.3%
2019 56.36 987th 2715 63.6%
2022 52.34 1103rd 2740 59.7%
2023 53.82 1064th 2802 62.0%
2024 56.23 982nd 2777 64.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.48 722nd 1364 47.1%
2019 50.74 416th 1442 71.2%
2022 38.00 851st 1540 44.7%
2023 45.68 556th 1529 63.6%
2024 54.56 360th 1477 75.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 36.62 865th 1538 43.8%
2024 49.54 573rd 1550 63.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.95 1292nd 2230 42.1%
2019 51.77 967th 2369 59.2%
2022 51.52 969th 2458 60.6%
2023 51.60 975th 2549 61.7%
2024 53.28 944th 2575 63.3%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 46.80 159th 336 52.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.41 1135th 2262 49.8%
2019 55.85 914th 2380 61.6%
2022 47.19 1138th 2509 54.6%
2023 53.07 982nd 2547 61.4%
2024 51.43 1022nd 2546 59.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.48 668th 1369 51.2%
2019 31.92 976th 1491 34.5%
2022 50.86 551st 1531 64.0%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 16.66 168th 193 13.0%
2023 33.61 125th 197 36.5%
2024 42.16 106th 191 44.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.12 1015th 2273 55.3%
2019 54.44 928th 2407 61.4%
2022 56.28 901st 2527 64.3%
2023 53.33 974th 2558 61.9%
2024 59.17 832nd 2547 67.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.28 26th 700 96.3%
2019 87.50 20th 745 97.3%
2022 77.86 149th 733 79.7%
2023 74.31 176th 718 75.5%
2024 53.58 405th 741 45.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.36 1174th 2072 43.3%
2019 51.86 889th 2213 59.8%
2022 49.25 1024th 2359 56.6%
2023 51.14 961st 2391 59.8%
2024 57.06 802nd 2383 66.3%
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Rank History for White students at Columbus Tustin Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.63 252nd 1496 83.2%
2019 89.91 83rd 1602 94.8%
2022 86.04 134th 1555 91.4%
2023 87.20 125th 1552 91.9%
2024 74.09 346th 1535 77.5%
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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 Columbus Tustin Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 453 34 69 131 6 n/a n/a 0 693
1989 414 46 72 138 1 n/a n/a 0 671
1990 445 51 81 167 4 n/a n/a 0 748
1991 430 57 85 249 6 n/a n/a 0 827
1992 440 36 93 226 1 n/a n/a 0 796
1993 478 60 112 300 2 n/a n/a 0 952
1994 454 66 118 374 4 n/a n/a 0 1016
1995 243 37 60 408 6 n/a n/a 0 754
1996 243 37 60 408 6 n/a n/a 0 754
1997 237 43 66 480 11 n/a n/a 0 837
1998 227 60 53 547 6 n/a n/a 0 893
1999 258 35 45 552 4 n/a n/a 0 894
2000 218 27 38 460 2 n/a n/a 0 745
2001 196 24 41 521 2 n/a n/a 0 784
2002 164 23 36 580 1 n/a n/a 4 808
2003 164 23 36 580 1 n/a n/a 4 808
2004 164 18 52 619 0 n/a n/a 11 864
2005 162 21 50 635 0 n/a n/a 10 878
2006 177 24 55 673 2 n/a n/a 8 939
2007 192 26 69 646 2 n/a n/a 10 945
2008 168 17 63 672 1 n/a n/a 0 921
2009 148 16 62 674 1 7 12 0 920
2010 122 12 54 698 2 3 3 0 894
2011 120 13 69 701 5 4 3 0 915
2012 115 12 60 735 4 5 5 0 936
2013 123 9 71 742 2 3 6 0 956
2014 127 13 74 721 3 1 8 0 947
2015 130 17 82 697 3 2 7 0 938
2016 118 14 82 674 6 3 10 0 907
2017 116 10 87 679 4 3 10 0 909
2018 91 3 73 687 4 1 17 0 876
2019 76 8 69 642 3 0 18 0 816
2020 80 10 75 621 1 2 19 0 808
2021 57 8 60 551 0 2 15 1 694
2022 47 5 52 512 0 1 18 0 635
2023 36 13 50 489 0 3 18 0 609
2024 39 11 47 475 0 4 28 0 604

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Columbus Tustin Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 693 30.1 23.0 n/a
1989 671 28.2 23.7 n/a
1990 748 30.0 24.9 n/a
1991 827 33.0 25.0 n/a
1992 796 33.5 23.7 21.2
1993 952 37.0 25.7 27.2
1994 1016 38.7 26.3 34.3
1995 754 29.1 25.9 47.1
1996 754 29.1 25.9 47.1
1997 837 32.4 25.8 54.7
1998 893 34.7 25.7 62.3
1999 894 36.1 24.8 54.7
2000 745 29.8 25.0 49.5
2001 784 30.8 25.5 49.9
2002 808 32.0 25.3 54.9
2003 808 32.0 25.3 54.9
2004 864 33.0 26.2 59
2005 878 33.0 26.6 58.3
2006 939 33.7 27.9 40.9
2007 945 34.9 27.1 57.1
2008 921 41.2 22.4 59.9
2009 920 33.7 24.7 68
2010 894 32.5 27.5 70.6
2011 915 n/a n/a 71.7
2012 936 31.6 29.5 n/a
2013 956 31.6 30.1 71.7
2014 947 33.1 28.5 69.4
2015 938 34.0 27.5 68.8
2016 907 34.0 26.6 72.8
2017 909 33.3 27.2 69.6
2018 876 31.3 27.9 73.2
2019 816 29.8 27.3 72.9
2020 808 n/a n/a 73
2021 694 27.6 25.1 63.5
2022 635 26.4 23.9 53.7
2023 609 26.5 22.9 78.8
2024 604 24.4 24.7 82.9

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 Columbus Tustin Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 693 30.1 23.0 n/a
1989 671 28.2 23.7 n/a
1990 748 30.0 24.9 n/a
1991 827 33.0 25.0 n/a
1992 796 33.5 23.7 21.2
1993 952 37.0 25.7 27.2
1994 1016 38.7 26.3 34.3
1995 754 29.1 25.9 47.1
1996 754 29.1 25.9 47.1
1997 837 32.4 25.8 54.7
1998 893 34.7 25.7 62.3
1999 894 36.1 24.8 54.7
2000 745 29.8 25.0 49.5
2001 784 30.8 25.5 49.9
2002 808 32.0 25.3 54.9
2003 808 32.0 25.3 54.9
2004 864 33.0 26.2 59
2005 878 33.0 26.6 58.3
2006 939 33.7 27.9 40.9
2007 945 34.9 27.1 57.1
2008 921 41.2 22.4 59.9
2009 920 33.7 24.7 68
2010 894 32.5 27.5 70.6
2011 915 n/a n/a 71.7
2012 936 31.6 29.5 n/a
2013 956 31.6 30.1 71.7
2014 947 33.1 28.5 69.4
2015 938 34.0 27.5 68.8
2016 907 34.0 26.6 72.8
2017 909 33.3 27.2 69.6
2018 876 31.3 27.9 73.2
2019 816 29.8 27.3 72.9
2020 808 n/a n/a 73
2021 694 27.6 25.1 63.5
2022 635 26.4 23.9 53.7
2023 609 26.5 22.9 78.8
2024 604 24.4 24.7 82.9

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 Columbus Tustin Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $10,304

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Columbus Tustin Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 987th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1064th of 2802 Middle schools
 1.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Columbus Tustin Middle)46.732
 14.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Tustin Unified)60.458.1
 2.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Columbus Tustin Middle)33.523.1
 10.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Tustin Unified)52.150
 2.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Columbus Tustin Middle)54.351
 3.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Tustin Unified)6561.6
 3.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Columbus Tustin Middle)3334.8
 1.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Tustin Unified)53.150.6
 2.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Columbus Tustin Middle)57.853.2
 4.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Tustin Unified)62.260.7
 1.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Columbus Tustin Middle)39.738.3
 1.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Tustin Unified)53.946.5
 7.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Columbus Tustin Middle)36.326.6
 9.8%
   8th Grade Science (Tustin Unified)45.342.3
 3%
   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 Students816609
 25.4%
African American813
 62.5%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian6950
 27.5%
Hispanic642489
 23.8%
Pacific Islander03
White7636
 52.6%
Two or More Races1818
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients72.9%78.8%
 5.9%


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Students at Columbus Tustin Middle are 79% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Students who attend Columbus Tustin Middle usually go on to attend Foothill High

Columbus Tustin Middle ranks 982nd of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 604 students attended Columbus Tustin Middle.


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