Brea Junior High

Summary:

Brea Junior High is a public middle school located in Brea, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 907 students. The school is part of the Brea-Olinda Unified School District, which is ranked 318 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Brea Junior High consistently ranks in the top 15% of California middle schools, with a statewide ranking between 149 and 411 over the past 8 years. The school's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments is significantly higher than the state average, with 64.81% proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 60.09% in Mathematics for the 2023-2024 school year. Brea Junior High's Asian and multi-racial student subgroups perform exceptionally well, ranking in the top 20% and top 15% of California middle schools, respectively. The school's English Language Learner (ELL) students also perform very well, ranking in the top 2% of California middle schools for the 2023-2024 school year. In contrast, the school's White and Hispanic student subgroups perform relatively lower, ranking in the top 30-35% of California middle schools.

Brea Junior High's academic performance is generally higher than the nearby schools, with the exception of Yorba Linda Middle and D. Russell Parks Junior High, which also perform very well. The nearby schools with higher percentages of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch, such as Valadez Middle School Academy and Washington Middle, tend to have lower academic performance, suggesting that socioeconomic factors may play a role in the academic achievement of students at these schools.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 400 North Brea Blvd.
       Brea, CA  92821-3399


(714) 990-7500

District: Brea-Olinda Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
323rd of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,050 Help


Students who attend Brea Junior High usually attend:

High:    Brea Olinda High

Student/teacher ratio:  21.8 Help
Number of students:  919

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
38.0%
Asian:
33.2%
White:
22.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  19.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Brea Junior High ranks better than 88.4% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 87.91. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Brea Junior High is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (38%), Asian (33.2%), White (22.7%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Brea Junior High is 21.8. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Brea Junior High is $5,050.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Brea Junior High:

SchoolDigger ranks Brea Junior High 323rd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Brea Junior High in the ranking list.)

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Brea-Olinda Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Brea-Olinda Unified 318th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Brea Junior High

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Rank History for all students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 87.69 151st 1769 91.5%
2005 82.29 252nd 1777 85.8%
2006 81.61 262nd 1804 85.5%
2007 71.76 450th 1999 77.5%
2008 71.88 452nd 2005 77.5%
2009 80.34 285th 2063 86.2%
2010 78.19 350th 2179 83.9%
2011 71.93 493rd 2236 78.0%
2012 78.35 347th 2259 84.6%
2013 79.46 333rd 2379 86.0%
2015 90.12 215th 2477 91.3%
2016 82.32 389th 2497 84.4%
2017 86.47 324th 2508 87.1%
2018 86.48 321st 2480 87.1%
2019 84.27 384th 2715 85.9%
2021 78.89 149th 894 83.3%
2022 83.39 411th 2740 85.0%
2023 84.51 384th 2802 86.3%
2024 87.91 323rd 2777 88.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 69.66 190th 665 71.4%
2023 77.04 140th 678 79.4%
2024 81.14 101st 699 85.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.53 218th 1364 84.0%
2019 79.02 132nd 1442 90.8%
2021 86.07 17th 363 95.3%
2022 71.95 170th 1540 89.0%
2023 58.45 292nd 1529 80.9%
2024 96.16 26th 1477 98.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 68.44 282nd 1538 81.7%
2024 59.40 411th 1550 73.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.79 253rd 2230 88.7%
2019 75.60 389th 2369 83.6%
2021 75.67 113th 721 84.3%
2022 78.91 321st 2458 86.9%
2023 62.16 701st 2549 72.5%
2024 75.30 438th 2575 83.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.70 314th 2262 86.1%
2019 82.45 377th 2380 84.2%
2021 78.67 125th 738 83.1%
2022 82.63 380th 2509 84.9%
2023 82.35 393rd 2547 84.6%
2024 85.91 329th 2546 87.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.18 457th 1369 66.6%
2019 59.38 410th 1491 72.5%
2021 54.34 110th 354 68.9%
2022 72.73 250th 1531 83.7%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 75.06 41st 193 78.8%
2023 51.83 92nd 197 53.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.57 292nd 2273 87.2%
2019 84.19 341st 2407 85.8%
2021 77.32 138th 763 81.9%
2022 82.61 394th 2527 84.4%
2023 84.68 351st 2558 86.3%
2024 87.64 297th 2547 88.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.73 122nd 700 82.6%
2019 78.71 126th 745 83.1%
2022 73.60 196th 733 73.3%
2023 74.02 184th 718 74.4%
2024 77.92 141st 741 81.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.02 277th 2072 86.6%
2019 76.53 370th 2213 83.3%
2022 76.47 365th 2359 84.5%
2023 72.97 454th 2391 81.0%
2024 71.97 471st 2383 80.2%
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Rank History for White students at Brea Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.37 391st 1496 73.9%
2019 68.28 481st 1602 70.0%
2022 61.65 558th 1555 64.1%
2023 62.98 534th 1552 65.6%
2024 66.94 472nd 1535 69.3%
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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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Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Brea Junior High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 513 6 39 99 2 n/a n/a 0 659
1989 513 14 52 126 4 n/a n/a 0 709
1990 535 12 65 119 1 n/a n/a 0 732
1991 528 16 56 123 2 n/a n/a 0 725
1992 545 17 60 117 6 n/a n/a 0 745
1993 601 16 51 137 3 n/a n/a 0 808
1994 607 25 61 155 2 n/a n/a 0 850
1995 661 10 98 173 6 n/a n/a 0 948
1996 661 10 98 173 6 n/a n/a 0 948
1997 641 18 109 187 6 n/a n/a 0 961
1998 641 21 111 183 4 n/a n/a 0 960
1999 681 21 97 184 1 n/a n/a 0 984
2000 641 19 121 204 4 n/a n/a 0 989
2001 605 19 133 209 5 n/a n/a 0 971
2002 622 20 142 254 2 n/a n/a 1 1041
2003 622 20 142 254 2 n/a n/a 1 1041
2004 635 19 177 274 2 n/a n/a 0 1107
2005 576 22 182 249 3 n/a n/a 30 1062
2006 527 17 188 240 6 n/a n/a 31 1009
2007 510 16 206 232 1 n/a n/a 42 1007
2008 496 16 219 248 3 n/a n/a 0 982
2009 445 15 213 245 5 2 38 0 963
2010 424 13 201 291 4 6 10 0 949
2011 401 15 181 326 4 7 15 0 949
2012 392 21 198 324 4 4 15 0 958
2013 359 17 195 309 1 5 19 0 905
2014 337 18 223 325 0 3 31 0 937
2015 317 15 220 314 3 2 20 0 891
2016 317 17 183 316 4 5 16 0 858
2017 305 18 202 341 0 3 24 0 893
2018 300 18 221 336 1 2 24 0 902
2019 298 18 228 353 2 4 20 0 923
2020 260 16 252 395 3 6 33 0 965
2021 268 13 245 344 4 6 49 0 929
2022 254 15 225 346 3 3 47 0 893
2023 215 18 280 346 1 1 46 0 907
2024 209 9 305 349 0 4 43 0 919

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 Brea Junior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 659 26.7 24.6 n/a
1989 709 28.5 24.8 n/a
1990 732 30.6 23.9 n/a
1991 725 29.3 24.7 n/a
1992 745 29.8 25.0 1.5
1993 808 29.7 27.2 13
1994 850 32.7 26.0 14.8
1995 948 36.4 26.0 15
1996 948 36.4 26.0 15
1997 961 37.7 25.5 17.6
1998 960 38.9 24.7 18
1999 984 40.5 24.3 17.1
2000 989 41.0 24.1 15.8
2001 971 40.9 23.7 16.7
2002 1041 44.3 23.5 16.9
2003 1041 44.3 23.5 16.9
2004 1107 41.9 26.4 19.1
2005 1062 40.7 26.1 20.3
2006 1009 39.3 25.7 21.8
2007 1007 39.3 25.6 19.4
2008 982 46.5 21.1 19.9
2009 963 34.8 22.4 20.7
2010 949 37.6 25.1 25.2
2011 949 n/a n/a 25.2
2012 958 34.1 28.0 n/a
2013 905 32.9 27.5 29.5
2014 937 32.1 29.1 29.2
2015 891 33.0 27.0 30.4
2016 858 34.0 25.2 29.8
2017 893 34.6 25.8 29.2
2018 902 35.3 25.5 31.8
2019 923 36.1 25.5 35.6
2020 965 n/a n/a 37.4
2021 929 37.7 24.6 26.5
2022 893 40.8 21.8 24.7
2023 907 42.0 21.5 22.1
2024 919 41.9 21.8 19.6

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 Brea Junior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 659 26.7 24.6 n/a
1989 709 28.5 24.8 n/a
1990 732 30.6 23.9 n/a
1991 725 29.3 24.7 n/a
1992 745 29.8 25.0 1.5
1993 808 29.7 27.2 13
1994 850 32.7 26.0 14.8
1995 948 36.4 26.0 15
1996 948 36.4 26.0 15
1997 961 37.7 25.5 17.6
1998 960 38.9 24.7 18
1999 984 40.5 24.3 17.1
2000 989 41.0 24.1 15.8
2001 971 40.9 23.7 16.7
2002 1041 44.3 23.5 16.9
2003 1041 44.3 23.5 16.9
2004 1107 41.9 26.4 19.1
2005 1062 40.7 26.1 20.3
2006 1009 39.3 25.7 21.8
2007 1007 39.3 25.6 19.4
2008 982 46.5 21.1 19.9
2009 963 34.8 22.4 20.7
2010 949 37.6 25.1 25.2
2011 949 n/a n/a 25.2
2012 958 34.1 28.0 n/a
2013 905 32.9 27.5 29.5
2014 937 32.1 29.1 29.2
2015 891 33.0 27.0 30.4
2016 858 34.0 25.2 29.8
2017 893 34.6 25.8 29.2
2018 902 35.3 25.5 31.8
2019 923 36.1 25.5 35.6
2020 965 n/a n/a 37.4
2021 929 37.7 24.6 26.5
2022 893 40.8 21.8 24.7
2023 907 42.0 21.5 22.1
2024 919 41.9 21.8 19.6

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 Brea Junior High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $5,050

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Brea Junior High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 384th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 384th of 2802 Middle schools
 0.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Brea Junior High)72.466
 6.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Brea-Olinda Unified)72.466
 6.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Brea Junior High)60.762.2
 1.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Brea-Olinda Unified)60.762.2
 1.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Brea Junior High)62.558
 4.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Brea-Olinda Unified)62.457.8
 4.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Brea Junior High)55.949.6
 6.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Brea-Olinda Unified)5649.5
 6.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Brea Junior High)46.341.6
 4.7%
   8th Grade Science (Brea-Olinda Unified)46.441.5
 4.9%
   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 Students923907
 1.7%
African American1818
American Indian21
 50%
Asian228280
 22.8%
Hispanic353346
 2%
Pacific Islander41
 75%
White298215
 27.9%
Two or More Races2046
 130%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients35.6%22.1%
 13.6%


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Students at Brea Junior High are 38% Hispanic, 33% Asian, 23% White, 5% Two or more races.

Students who attend Brea Junior High usually go on to attend Brea Olinda High

In the 2023-24 school year, 919 students attended Brea Junior High.

Brea Junior High ranks 323rd of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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