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Canyon Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
19600 Cull Canyon Rd.
Castro Valley, CA 94552
Phone
(510) 538-8833
District
Castro Valley Unified
County
ALAMEDA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1332
Classroom Teachers
61

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

8

(10 is best)

Better than 76.0% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Canyon Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
53%
39%
61%
44%
45%
33%
53%
39%
61%
44%
45%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
54%
40%
63%
47%
45%
33%
54%
40%
63%
47%
45%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
53%
38%
59%
45%
47%
30%
53%
38%
59%
45%
47%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
22
23
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 471 35.4%
Grade 7 442 33.2%
Grade 8 419 31.5%
Total 1332 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 23.0% 24.5% 23.2%
Black 7.1% 5.2% 5.1%
Hispanic 33.0% 27.7% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 36.1% 42.0% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 39.6% 35.1% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 27.5% 24.3% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 12.1% 10.8% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 53,242 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 796.0 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.3% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.7% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.4% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 18.7% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 17,739 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 6.2% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.3% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 46.6% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 48.2% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.4% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.9% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.0% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.8% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.5% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 5.2% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,330 $67,489,000 40.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $867 $7,984,000 4.8%
Staff $753 $6,936,000 4.2%
General Administration $210 $1,934,000 1.2%
School Administration $795 $7,318,000 4.4%
Operation $1,033 $9,515,000 5.7%
Transportation $76 $699,000 0.4%
Other $565 $5,198,000 3.1%
Total Support $4,299 $39,584,000 23.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,478 $59,640,000 35.8%
Total Expenditures $18,107 $166,713,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.3%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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