Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Summary:

Erle Stanley Gardner Middle is a high-performing public middle school in Temecula, California, serving 1,044 students in grades 6-8. The school consistently outperforms the Temecula Valley Unified School District and the state of California in academic achievement, with strong results across all student subgroups.

Erle Stanley Gardner Middle excels in supporting diverse learners, ranking in the top 5-15% of California middle schools for African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students. The school's academic performance, with 69.74% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 53.67% in Mathematics, is significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school has seen a decrease in chronic absenteeism, now at 12.9%, which is lower than the district average.

Compared to nearby middle schools in the Temecula Valley Unified School District, such as Bella Vista Middle, James L. Day Middle, and Margarita Middle, Erle Stanley Gardner Middle outperforms in both academic achievement and student group performance. The school's success can be attributed to its dedicated faculty, effective instructional practices, and a focus on meeting the diverse needs of its student population.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 45125 Via Del Coronado
       Temecula, CA  92592-4400


(951) 699-0080

District: Temecula Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
298th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,651 Help


Students who attend Erle Stanley Gardner Middle usually attend:

High:    Great Oak High

Feeder schools for Erle Stanley Gardner Middle:

Elementary:    Helen Hunt Jackson Elementary
    Red Hawk Elementary
    Temecula Luiseno Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  24.9 Help
Number of students:  1,069

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
35.7%
White:
34.1%
Asian:
16.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  35.3% Help


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Compare Details Erle Stanley Gardner Middle ranks better than 89.3% of middle schools in California. It also ranks first among 6 ranked middle schools in the Temecula Valley Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 88.98. (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 Student population at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (35.7%), White (34.1%), Asian (16.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 35.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle is 24.9. 4 middle schools in the Temecula Valley Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle is $9,651, which is the 3rd highest among 6 middle schools in the Temecula Valley Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Erle Stanley Gardner Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Erle Stanley Gardner Middle 298th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Erle Stanley Gardner Middle in the ranking list.)

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Temecula Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Temecula Valley Unified 332nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

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Rank History for all students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 73.09 377th 1769 78.7%
2005 72.29 402nd 1777 77.4%
2006 80.54 283rd 1804 84.3%
2007 78.42 328th 1999 83.6%
2008 75.42 375th 2005 81.3%
2009 67.93 565th 2063 72.6%
2010 68.39 590th 2179 72.9%
2011 76.37 380th 2236 83.0%
2012 80.18 297th 2259 86.9%
2013 77.30 395th 2379 83.4%
2015 86.20 307th 2477 87.6%
2016 87.03 292nd 2497 88.3%
2017 84.91 358th 2508 85.7%
2018 87.75 292nd 2480 88.2%
2019 90.88 240th 2715 91.2%
2022 86.27 359th 2740 86.9%
2023 85.94 357th 2802 87.3%
2024 88.98 298th 2777 89.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.18 270th 462 41.6%
2019 64.17 212th 554 61.7%
2022 67.26 207th 665 68.9%
2023 59.41 284th 678 58.1%
2024 57.08 303rd 699 56.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.01 61st 1364 95.5%
2019 77.39 148th 1442 89.7%
2023 75.80 135th 1529 91.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 82.17 150th 1538 90.2%
2024 74.44 236th 1550 84.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.75 210th 2230 90.6%
2019 88.31 166th 2369 93.0%
2022 92.39 109th 2458 95.6%
2023 91.64 144th 2549 94.4%
2024 93.31 136th 2575 94.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.90 278th 2262 87.7%
2019 90.50 212th 2380 91.1%
2022 82.92 375th 2509 85.1%
2023 86.27 322nd 2547 87.4%
2024 89.43 256th 2546 89.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.30 275th 1369 79.9%
2019 84.01 146th 1491 90.2%
2022 81.39 163rd 1531 89.4%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 68.91 51st 193 73.6%
2023 72.63 52nd 197 73.6%
2024 90.80 8th 191 95.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.84 287th 2273 87.4%
2019 89.47 253rd 2407 89.5%
2022 87.62 306th 2527 87.9%
2023 83.59 367th 2558 85.7%
2024 86.41 321st 2547 87.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.60 286th 700 59.1%
2019 62.66 322nd 745 56.8%
2022 57.35 367th 733 49.9%
2023 56.74 358th 718 50.1%
2024 74.06 192nd 741 74.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.36 24th 600 96.0%
2019 93.71 23rd 643 96.4%
2022 94.16 24th 637 96.2%
2023 95.55 14th 614 97.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.03 151st 2072 92.7%
2019 92.30 107th 2213 95.2%
2022 89.59 144th 2359 93.9%
2023 90.57 133rd 2391 94.4%
2024 91.55 121st 2383 94.9%
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Rank History for Native American students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 27.08 14th 16 12.5%
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Rank History for White students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.89 266th 1496 82.2%
2019 84.27 179th 1602 88.8%
2022 75.09 323rd 1555 79.2%
2023 74.83 329th 1552 78.8%
2024 79.80 237th 1535 84.6%
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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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Reviews:
by a student
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Open Quote Not so good of a school. My Math teacher in 7th grade didn't know the math she was teaching. She would like , um , go ask the 8th grade teacher how to do the problems right in the middle of class. We used to try to stump her, and most of the time we could. She said she was getting better at it since she was getting instruction from a high school student, as she would say "big kid". I guess she know how to teach since she got teacher of year. But it would have been better to show us how to do the problems right the first time. For the ones on the test she did have trouble with she would put them on the board before the test and leave a residual of the problem on there. I think that way she could say she erased them, but we could still see it. It wasn't fair to us who were smart enough to do them anyways. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2004 434 33 45 138 25 n/a n/a 0 675
2005 480 45 70 149 32 n/a n/a 25 801
2006 489 50 86 164 36 n/a n/a 52 877
2007 438 44 116 174 42 n/a n/a 93 907
2008 461 46 136 187 39 n/a n/a 0 869
2009 436 42 110 178 25 5 166 0 962
2010 435 51 130 300 24 2 58 0 1000
2011 416 48 141 297 35 10 82 0 1029
2012 432 46 146 316 29 6 81 0 1056
2013 458 42 154 334 29 5 99 0 1121
2014 454 39 142 330 19 1 109 0 1094
2015 468 44 138 311 15 2 98 0 1076
2016 495 50 145 319 19 6 99 0 1133
2017 471 47 140 348 15 3 131 0 1155
2018 485 46 157 369 21 3 144 0 1225
2019 473 34 152 365 23 4 152 0 1203
2020 466 43 145 364 18 4 148 0 1188
2021 412 42 138 359 17 6 137 1 1112
2022 367 39 138 360 20 5 113 0 1042
2023 351 28 162 361 23 3 116 0 1044
2024 365 24 173 382 12 2 111 0 1069

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 Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2004 675 26.2 25.8 12.3
2005 801 31.2 25.7 12.5
2006 877 35.4 24.8 12.4
2007 907 37.4 24.3 10.4
2008 869 44.0 19.8 8.6
2009 962 38.6 21.1 10.8
2010 1000 40.0 25.0 12.1
2011 1029 n/a n/a 13.7
2012 1056 39.4 26.7 n/a
2013 1121 42.5 26.3 17.2
2014 1094 44.4 24.6 16.1
2015 1076 42.0 25.6 16.7
2016 1133 44.0 25.7 19.5
2017 1155 47.4 24.3 18.8
2018 1225 47.9 25.5 24
2019 1203 50.3 23.9 24.7
2020 1188 n/a n/a 24.8
2021 1112 46.0 24.1 24.6
2022 1042 43.4 24.0 25.2
2023 1044 44.1 23.6 23.4
2024 1069 42.9 24.9 35.3

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 Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2004 675 26.2 25.8 12.3
2005 801 31.2 25.7 12.5
2006 877 35.4 24.8 12.4
2007 907 37.4 24.3 10.4
2008 869 44.0 19.8 8.6
2009 962 38.6 21.1 10.8
2010 1000 40.0 25.0 12.1
2011 1029 n/a n/a 13.7
2012 1056 39.4 26.7 n/a
2013 1121 42.5 26.3 17.2
2014 1094 44.4 24.6 16.1
2015 1076 42.0 25.6 16.7
2016 1133 44.0 25.7 19.5
2017 1155 47.4 24.3 18.8
2018 1225 47.9 25.5 24
2019 1203 50.3 23.9 24.7
2020 1188 n/a n/a 24.8
2021 1112 46.0 24.1 24.6
2022 1042 43.4 24.0 25.2
2023 1044 44.1 23.6 23.4
2024 1069 42.9 24.9 35.3

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 Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $9,651

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 240th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 357th of 2802 Middle schools
 3.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Erle Stanley Gardner Middle)71.760.3
 11.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Temecula Valley Unified)63.256.4
 6.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Erle Stanley Gardner Middle)66.143.5
 22.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Temecula Valley Unified)52.341.5
 10.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Erle Stanley Gardner Middle)76.369.5
 6.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Temecula Valley Unified)67.464.3
 3.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Erle Stanley Gardner Middle)58.155.8
 2.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Temecula Valley Unified)53.647.5
 6.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Erle Stanley Gardner Middle)7171.6
 0.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Temecula Valley Unified)68.159.5
 8.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Erle Stanley Gardner Middle)65.650
 15.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Temecula Valley Unified)59.344.3
 15%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Erle Stanley Gardner Middle)62.549.6
 13%
   8th Grade Science (Temecula Valley Unified)48.239.2
 9%
   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 Students12031044
 13.2%
African American3428
 17.6%
American Indian2323
Asian152162
 6.6%
Hispanic365361
 1.1%
Pacific Islander43
 25%
White473351
 25.8%
Two or More Races152116
 23.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients24.7%23.4%
 1.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Students who attend Erle Stanley Gardner Middle usually go on to attend Great Oak High

Students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle are 36% Hispanic, 34% White, 16% Asian, 10% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% American Indian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,069 students attended Erle Stanley Gardner Middle.

Erle Stanley Gardner Middle ranks 298th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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