Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Summary:

Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is a public middle school located in Cerritos, CA, serving grades 7-8 with a student population of 461. It is part of the ABC Unified School District, which is ranked 414 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past several years, Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle has consistently ranked in the top 30% of California middle schools, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle consistently outperforms the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency rates across all grade levels. The school also has strong performance across various student subgroups, ranking in the top 25% of California middle schools for African American and Hispanic students, and in the top 15% for English Language Learners and students with disabilities. While the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 16.0% in 2022-2023 is better than the state average of 17.1%, it is still higher than the nearby high-performing schools in the Los Alamitos Unified School District, which have rates below 10%.

Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle generally outperforms the nearby schools in the ABC Unified School District, such as Ross (Faye) Middle and Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle, in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates. However, it lags behind the high-performing schools in the neighboring Los Alamitos Unified School District, such as Oak Middle and Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle. Additionally, the school's high percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch, at 67.9% in 2022-2023, suggests that it serves a predominantly economically disadvantaged population, which may contribute to the school's academic performance and highlight the need for targeted support and resources for these students.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 11525 Del Amo Blvd.
       Cerritos, CA  90703-7404


(562) 229-7815

District: ABC Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
753rd of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,257 Help


Students who attend Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle usually attend:

High:    Gahr (Richard) High

Feeder schools for Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle:

Elementary:    Bragg Elementary
    Nixon (Patricia) Elementary
    Willow Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  21.0 Help
Number of students:  442

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
51.1%
Asian:
24.9%
African American:
13.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  72.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle ranks better than 72.9% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 3rd among 5 ranked middle schools in the ABC Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 66.39. (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 Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (51.1%), Asian (24.9%), African American (13.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 72.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is 21, which is the 2nd best among 5 middle schools in the ABC Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle employs 21 full-time teachers.
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is $6,257. 2 middle schools in the ABC Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle 753rd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle in the ranking list.)

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ABC Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks ABC Unified 414th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

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Rank History for all students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 41.89 940th 1769 46.9%
2005 50.71 789th 1777 55.6%
2006 56.31 694th 1804 61.5%
2007 56.78 744th 1999 62.8%
2008 56.12 787th 2005 60.7%
2009 50.95 947th 2063 54.1%
2010 54.16 924th 2179 57.6%
2011 55.43 949th 2236 57.6%
2012 56.07 916th 2259 59.5%
2013 61.30 854th 2379 64.1%
2015 54.89 985th 2477 60.2%
2016 58.37 911th 2497 63.5%
2017 61.53 852nd 2508 66.0%
2018 61.37 816th 2480 67.1%
2019 64.62 802nd 2715 70.5%
2022 63.89 803rd 2740 70.7%
2023 66.26 757th 2802 73.0%
2024 66.39 753rd 2777 72.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 77.02 116th 554 79.1%
2023 29.99 484th 678 28.6%
2024 54.41 324th 699 53.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.83 520th 1364 61.9%
2019 51.81 401st 1442 72.2%
2022 67.69 214th 1540 86.1%
2023 42.71 663rd 1529 56.6%
2024 53.49 378th 1477 74.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 38.38 813th 1538 47.1%
2024 64.68 354th 1550 77.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.25 551st 2230 75.3%
2019 69.38 503rd 2369 78.8%
2022 66.67 586th 2458 76.2%
2023 74.66 423rd 2549 83.4%
2024 71.54 510th 2575 80.2%
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Rank History for Migrant students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 53.09 32nd 86 62.8%
2024 81.00 9th 94 90.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.92 812th 2262 64.1%
2019 54.84 936th 2380 60.7%
2022 64.74 718th 2509 71.4%
2023 68.57 655th 2547 74.3%
2024 65.82 700th 2546 72.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.24 717th 1369 47.6%
2019 63.14 361st 1491 75.8%
2022 46.17 628th 1531 59.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.07 732nd 2273 67.8%
2019 70.86 602nd 2407 75.0%
2022 62.25 769th 2527 69.6%
2023 62.54 761st 2558 70.3%
2024 64.39 726th 2547 71.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.90 555th 700 20.7%
2019 31.57 547th 745 26.6%
2022 59.21 351st 733 52.1%
2023 35.32 511th 718 28.8%
2024 40.65 484th 741 34.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.40 133rd 600 77.8%
2019 91.08 30th 643 95.3%
2022 64.91 180th 637 71.7%
2023 75.26 102nd 614 83.4%
2024 59.45 200th 626 68.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.23 512th 2072 75.3%
2019 62.44 631st 2213 71.5%
2022 70.21 489th 2359 79.3%
2023 71.93 470th 2391 80.3%
2024 73.60 438th 2383 81.6%
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Rank History for White students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.75 985th 1496 34.2%
2019 36.95 1008th 1602 37.1%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 221 50 144 137 4 n/a n/a 0 556
1989 226 39 159 164 5 n/a n/a 0 593
1990 236 50 144 168 3 n/a n/a 0 601
1991 235 59 150 155 1 n/a n/a 0 600
1992 215 64 145 162 0 n/a n/a 0 586
1993 200 61 168 139 0 n/a n/a 0 568
1994 205 56 195 155 0 n/a n/a 0 611
1995 171 96 198 167 1 n/a n/a 0 633
1996 171 96 198 167 1 n/a n/a 0 633
1997 162 88 191 188 1 n/a n/a 0 630
1998 151 91 170 188 1 n/a n/a 0 601
1999 120 104 203 179 2 n/a n/a 0 608
2000 125 96 193 206 3 n/a n/a 0 623
2001 105 108 175 222 0 n/a n/a 0 610
2002 89 89 177 246 2 n/a n/a 3 606
2003 89 89 177 246 2 n/a n/a 3 606
2004 89 81 196 250 1 n/a n/a 2 619
2005 92 85 199 225 1 n/a n/a 8 610
2006 80 110 188 251 1 n/a n/a 14 644
2007 87 95 161 256 1 n/a n/a 23 623
2008 73 87 153 251 2 n/a n/a 0 566
2009 65 94 144 270 1 11 20 0 605
2010 62 90 166 255 1 5 11 0 590
2011 60 87 152 272 1 4 12 0 588
2012 53 85 146 223 3 5 5 0 520
2013 44 70 149 214 2 9 10 0 498
2014 29 70 113 234 1 10 10 0 467
2015 45 66 122 235 0 5 12 0 485
2016 60 75 135 264 1 6 9 0 550
2017 55 67 117 280 1 11 13 0 544
2018 41 64 122 283 2 10 21 0 543
2019 36 74 125 299 1 4 17 0 556
2020 26 57 119 300 1 4 21 0 528
2021 19 46 123 297 1 4 27 0 517
2022 17 36 107 259 0 5 25 0 449
2023 23 51 119 235 1 5 27 0 461
2024 22 58 110 226 1 3 22 0 442

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 Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 556 22.8 24.3 n/a
1989 593 22.8 26.0 n/a
1990 601 23.8 25.2 n/a
1991 600 22.8 26.3 n/a
1992 586 23.2 25.2 16.7
1993 568 21.8 26.1 21.5
1994 611 22.1 27.6 23.6
1995 633 23.8 26.6 33
1996 633 23.8 26.6 33
1997 630 24.0 26.3 27.1
1998 601 26.1 23.0 32.3
1999 608 26.0 23.4 63.2
2000 623 28.2 22.1 38.7
2001 610 26.0 23.5 43.3
2002 606 26.2 23.1 40
2003 606 26.2 23.1 40
2004 619 27.2 22.8 35.5
2005 610 25.0 24.4 47.5
2006 644 26.6 24.2 47.5
2007 623 25.0 24.9 48.8
2008 566 29.4 19.3 55.5
2009 605 24.0 22.4 52.7
2010 590 24.0 24.5 53.9
2011 588 n/a n/a 57.1
2012 520 22.2 23.4 n/a
2013 498 22.2 22.4 62.7
2014 467 20.2 23.1 66
2015 485 20.0 24.2 55.9
2016 550 22.0 25.0 61.6
2017 544 22.9 23.7 65.1
2018 543 22.8 23.8 66.3
2019 556 23.8 23.3 62.1
2020 528 n/a n/a 61.2
2021 517 23.6 21.9 76
2022 449 23.2 19.3 66.1
2023 461 22.8 20.1 67.9
2024 442 21.0 21.0 72.6

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 Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 556 22.8 24.3 n/a
1989 593 22.8 26.0 n/a
1990 601 23.8 25.2 n/a
1991 600 22.8 26.3 n/a
1992 586 23.2 25.2 16.7
1993 568 21.8 26.1 21.5
1994 611 22.1 27.6 23.6
1995 633 23.8 26.6 33
1996 633 23.8 26.6 33
1997 630 24.0 26.3 27.1
1998 601 26.1 23.0 32.3
1999 608 26.0 23.4 63.2
2000 623 28.2 22.1 38.7
2001 610 26.0 23.5 43.3
2002 606 26.2 23.1 40
2003 606 26.2 23.1 40
2004 619 27.2 22.8 35.5
2005 610 25.0 24.4 47.5
2006 644 26.6 24.2 47.5
2007 623 25.0 24.9 48.8
2008 566 29.4 19.3 55.5
2009 605 24.0 22.4 52.7
2010 590 24.0 24.5 53.9
2011 588 n/a n/a 57.1
2012 520 22.2 23.4 n/a
2013 498 22.2 22.4 62.7
2014 467 20.2 23.1 66
2015 485 20.0 24.2 55.9
2016 550 22.0 25.0 61.6
2017 544 22.9 23.7 65.1
2018 543 22.8 23.8 66.3
2019 556 23.8 23.3 62.1
2020 528 n/a n/a 61.2
2021 517 23.6 21.9 76
2022 449 23.2 19.3 66.1
2023 461 22.8 20.1 67.9
2024 442 21.0 21.0 72.6

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 Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,257

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 802nd of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 757th of 2802 Middle schools
 2.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle)53.357
 3.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (ABC Unified)67.269
 1.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle)3837.6
 0.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (ABC Unified)55.451.6
 3.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle)61.550
 11.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (ABC Unified)64.262.3
 2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle)44.239.6
 4.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (ABC Unified)57.944.4
 13.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle)3731.6
 5.4%
   8th Grade Science (ABC Unified)50.143.9
 6.1%
   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 Students556461
 17.1%
African American7451
 31.1%
American Indian11
Asian125119
 4.8%
Hispanic299235
 21.4%
Pacific Islander45
 25%
White3623
 36.1%
Two or More Races1727
 58.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients62.1%67.9%
 5.8%


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Students who attend Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle usually go on to attend Gahr (Richard) High

Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle ranks 753rd of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 442 students attended Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle.

Students at Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle are 51% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 13% African American, 5% White, 5% Two or more races.


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