Suzanne Middle

Summary:

Suzanne Middle is a public middle school located in Walnut, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 1,120 students. This high-performing school is part of the Walnut Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 69 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Suzanne Middle consistently outperforms the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics across all grade levels, with proficiency rates ranging from 68.28% to 74.87% in ELA/Literacy and 63.91% to 65.05% in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 45.82% to 47.19% in ELA/Literacy and 31.57% to 34.31% in Mathematics. The school's performance in CAST Science assessments is also impressive, with proficiency rates ranging from 61.99% to 61.99%, compared to the state average of 28.95% to 30.7%. Suzanne Middle's performance is consistently higher than the Walnut Valley Unified School District's average, indicating its strong academic standing within the district.

Suzanne Middle's exceptional performance extends to various student subgroups, including female students, male students, Hispanic students, multi-racial students, English Language Learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The school's rankings for these subgroups are consistently in the top 25% to 50% of California middle schools, with many subgroups ranked in the top 10% to 20%. When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Chaparral Middle and South Pointe Middle, Suzanne Middle stands out as a top-performing institution, consistently outperforming its counterparts in the Walnut Valley Unified School District and nearby districts.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 525 Suzanne Rd.
       Walnut, CA  91789-1938


(909) 594-1657

District: Walnut Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
187th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $4,830 Help


Students who attend Suzanne Middle usually attend:

High:    Walnut High

Feeder schools for Suzanne Middle:

Elementary:    Collegewood Elementary
    Leonard G. Westhoff Elementary
    Vejar Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  25.2 Help
Number of students:  1,120

Racial breakdown:

Asian:
62.4%
Hispanic:
26.8%
White:
5.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  25.2% Help


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Compare Details Suzanne Middle ranks better than 93.3% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Walnut Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 93.96. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Asian (62.4%), Hispanic (26.8%), White (5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 25.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Suzanne Middle is 25.2. 1 middle schools in the Walnut Valley Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Suzanne Middle employs 44.3 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Suzanne Middle is $4,830, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Walnut Valley Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Suzanne Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Suzanne Middle 187th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Suzanne Middle in the ranking list.)

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Walnut Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Walnut Valley Unified 69th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Suzanne Middle

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Rank History for all students at Suzanne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 87.87 149th 1769 91.6%
2005 91.06 103rd 1777 94.2%
2006 93.25 65th 1804 96.4%
2007 90.97 99th 1999 95.0%
2008 91.12 88th 2005 95.6%
2009 90.35 102nd 2063 95.1%
2010 90.94 83rd 2179 96.2%
2011 90.51 80th 2236 96.4%
2012 89.74 87th 2259 96.1%
2013 89.95 86th 2379 96.4%
2015 94.30 122nd 2477 95.1%
2016 92.49 160th 2497 93.6%
2017 93.78 157th 2508 93.7%
2018 90.84 219th 2480 91.2%
2019 92.97 199th 2715 92.7%
2022 93.89 173rd 2740 93.7%
2023 93.91 179th 2802 93.6%
2024 93.96 187th 2777 93.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Suzanne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.09 115th 462 75.1%
2019 83.14 64th 554 88.4%
2022 70.58 185th 665 72.2%
2023 72.04 188th 678 72.3%
2024 70.65 200th 699 71.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Suzanne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 98.28 27th 1364 98.0%
2019 93.87 40th 1442 97.2%
2022 96.04 25th 1540 98.4%
2023 94.14 38th 1529 97.5%
2024 90.68 51st 1477 96.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Suzanne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 77.21 195th 1538 87.3%
2024 83.21 148th 1550 90.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Suzanne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.36 101st 2230 95.5%
2019 94.77 71st 2369 97.0%
2022 95.87 66th 2458 97.3%
2023 95.90 73rd 2549 97.1%
2024 93.51 133rd 2575 94.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Suzanne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.58 245th 2262 89.2%
2019 91.66 183rd 2380 92.3%
2022 94.02 150th 2509 94.0%
2023 93.80 159th 2547 93.8%
2024 94.11 153rd 2546 94.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Suzanne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.94 187th 1369 86.3%
2019 71.75 264th 1491 82.3%
2022 75.67 223rd 1531 85.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Suzanne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.21 199th 2273 91.2%
2019 92.78 187th 2407 92.2%
2022 92.66 183rd 2527 92.8%
2023 92.49 188th 2558 92.7%
2024 92.11 201st 2547 92.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Suzanne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.17 222nd 700 68.3%
2019 74.59 190th 745 74.5%
2022 70.64 231st 733 68.5%
2023 69.83 240th 718 66.6%
2024 67.20 274th 741 63.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Suzanne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.07 427th 2072 79.4%
2019 78.28 338th 2213 84.7%
2022 76.82 358th 2359 84.8%
2023 82.62 267th 2391 88.8%
2024 82.97 257th 2383 89.2%
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Rank History for White students at Suzanne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.00 500th 1496 66.6%
2019 64.88 549th 1602 65.7%
2022 71.74 387th 1555 75.1%
2023 55.06 659th 1552 57.5%
2024 57.29 633rd 1535 58.8%
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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 Suzanne Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 516 44 210 271 0 n/a n/a 0 1041
1989 519 62 327 312 11 n/a n/a 0 1231
1990 486 58 390 289 14 n/a n/a 0 1237
1991 383 56 387 274 13 n/a n/a 0 1113
1992 348 51 448 252 6 n/a n/a 0 1105
1993 312 52 520 257 0 n/a n/a 0 1141
1994 284 51 559 260 1 n/a n/a 0 1155
1995 279 58 604 236 0 n/a n/a 0 1177
1996 279 58 604 236 0 n/a n/a 0 1177
1997 271 62 642 217 0 n/a n/a 0 1192
1998 275 57 640 209 1 n/a n/a 0 1182
1999 273 128 688 117 0 n/a n/a 0 1206
2000 261 52 712 235 0 n/a n/a 0 1260
2001 235 53 768 231 1 n/a n/a 0 1288
2002 261 53 939 242 1 n/a n/a 0 1496
2003 261 53 939 242 1 n/a n/a 0 1496
2004 232 45 991 230 1 n/a n/a 0 1499
2005 213 33 989 263 2 n/a n/a 0 1500
2006 159 85 986 223 0 n/a n/a 42 1495
2007 179 38 967 286 0 n/a n/a 6 1476
2008 175 41 966 290 n/a n/a n/a 0 1472
2009 147 35 973 290 0 9 13 0 1467
2010 141 23 923 306 0 6 1 0 1400
2011 127 21 964 296 0 8 9 0 1425
2012 125 17 943 285 0 7 16 0 1393
2013 113 27 944 281 1 9 23 0 1398
2014 113 24 926 288 1 9 24 0 1385
2015 102 25 886 304 2 5 23 0 1347
2016 97 20 831 323 1 6 29 0 1307
2017 88 16 793 357 1 4 37 0 1296
2018 86 13 771 377 0 8 31 0 1286
2019 69 11 735 371 0 15 36 0 1237
2020 60 13 735 377 0 18 41 0 1244
2021 57 12 701 327 0 17 47 1 1162
2022 55 10 698 307 0 7 53 0 1130
2023 56 10 699 300 0 4 51 0 1120

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 Suzanne Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1041 39.6 26.2 n/a
1989 1231 46.8 26.3 n/a
1990 1237 48.7 25.4 n/a
1991 1113 44.1 25.2 n/a
1992 1105 44.8 24.6 1.2
1993 1141 41.9 27.2 1.6
1994 1155 43.1 26.8 1.6
1995 1177 45.5 25.9 4.5
1996 1177 45.5 25.9 4.5
1997 1192 44.9 26.5 5
1998 1182 47.2 25.0 3
1999 1206 48.2 25.0 6.3
2000 1260 48.0 26.3 5.7
2001 1288 49.2 26.2 0
2002 1496 57.0 26.2 1.9
2003 1496 57.0 26.2 1.9
2004 1499 59.0 25.4 10.6
2005 1500 55.1 27.2 10.6
2006 1495 54.9 27.2 12.2
2007 1476 55.6 26.5 11.2
2008 1472 62.8 23.4 7.3
2009 1467 55.1 23.8 11.8
2010 1400 54.6 25.6 13.5
2011 1425 n/a n/a 12.4
2012 1393 52.0 26.7 n/a
2013 1398 53.0 26.3 13.7
2014 1385 53.0 26.1 14.8
2015 1347 54.0 24.9 14
2016 1307 52.0 25.1 16.1
2017 1296 52.0 24.8 16
2018 1286 50.0 25.6 24.2
2019 1237 50.0 24.7 23.6
2020 1244 n/a n/a 22.3
2021 1162 47.2 24.6 23.3
2022 1130 46.5 24.2 25
2023 1120 44.3 25.2 25.2

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 Suzanne Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1041 39.6 26.2 n/a
1989 1231 46.8 26.3 n/a
1990 1237 48.7 25.4 n/a
1991 1113 44.1 25.2 n/a
1992 1105 44.8 24.6 1.2
1993 1141 41.9 27.2 1.6
1994 1155 43.1 26.8 1.6
1995 1177 45.5 25.9 4.5
1996 1177 45.5 25.9 4.5
1997 1192 44.9 26.5 5
1998 1182 47.2 25.0 3
1999 1206 48.2 25.0 6.3
2000 1260 48.0 26.3 5.7
2001 1288 49.2 26.2 0
2002 1496 57.0 26.2 1.9
2003 1496 57.0 26.2 1.9
2004 1499 59.0 25.4 10.6
2005 1500 55.1 27.2 10.6
2006 1495 54.9 27.2 12.2
2007 1476 55.6 26.5 11.2
2008 1472 62.8 23.4 7.3
2009 1467 55.1 23.8 11.8
2010 1400 54.6 25.6 13.5
2011 1425 n/a n/a 12.4
2012 1393 52.0 26.7 n/a
2013 1398 53.0 26.3 13.7
2014 1385 53.0 26.1 14.8
2015 1347 54.0 24.9 14
2016 1307 52.0 25.1 16.1
2017 1296 52.0 24.8 16
2018 1286 50.0 25.6 24.2
2019 1237 50.0 24.7 23.6
2020 1244 n/a n/a 22.3
2021 1162 47.2 24.6 23.3
2022 1130 46.5 24.2 25
2023 1120 44.3 25.2 25.2

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 Suzanne Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $4,830

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Suzanne Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 199th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 179th of 2802 Middle schools
 0.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Suzanne Middle)78.871.2
 7.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Walnut Valley Unified)75.474.4
 0.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Suzanne Middle)76.358.6
 17.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Walnut Valley Unified)77.969.6
 8.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Suzanne Middle)7272.9
 0.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Walnut Valley Unified)76.378.5
 2.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Suzanne Middle)64.767.5
 2.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Walnut Valley Unified)72.572.8
 0.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Suzanne Middle)7673.3
 2.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Walnut Valley Unified)76.477.9
 1.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Suzanne Middle)65.960.1
 5.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Walnut Valley Unified)73.568.4
 5.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Suzanne Middle)59.363.2
 3.9%
   8th Grade Science (Walnut Valley Unified)61.261.8
 0.6%
   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 Students12371120
 9.5%
African American1110
 9.1%
American Indian00
Asian735699
 4.9%
Hispanic371300
 19.1%
Pacific Islander154
 73.3%
White6956
 18.8%
Two or More Races3651
 41.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients23.6%25.2%
 1.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Suzanne Middle

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,120 students attended Suzanne Middle.

Yes. Suzanne Middle ranks in the top 6.7% of California middle schools.

Students who attend Suzanne Middle usually go on to attend Walnut High

Students at Suzanne Middle are 62% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% Two or more races.


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