Summary:
Piute Middle is a public middle school located in Lancaster, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 731 students. It is part of the Lancaster Elementary School District, which is ranked 1436 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Piute Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of California middle schools over the past decade, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Piute Middle faces significant challenges, as evidenced by its consistently low rankings, high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 19.5% to 54.5% over the past few years, and poor academic performance across various metrics. For example, in 2023-2024, only 9.99% of Piute Middle students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 22.8% in the Lancaster Elementary district and 47.04% statewide. In Mathematics, only 4.15% of Piute Middle students were proficient or better, compared to 13.7% in the district and 35.54% statewide. The school's struggles are particularly pronounced for its student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities, all of whom perform significantly worse than their peers statewide.
Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Endeavour Middle, Amargosa Creek Middle, and Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering, generally perform better than Piute Middle across various metrics, including test scores, chronic absenteeism, and student subgroup performance. This suggests that the challenges faced by Piute Middle are not necessarily shared by all schools in the area, and there is an opportunity for improvement at Piute Middle by learning from the successes of its neighboring schools.
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Detail:
Public 6-8
District:
Lancaster Elementary
SchoolDigger Rank:
2716th of 2,777 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,529
Students who attend Piute Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for Piute Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 19.3
Number of students: 767
Racial breakdown:
White:
33.0%
African American:
31.3%
Hispanic:
28.2%
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Two or more races:
3.5%
Asian:
1.8%
American Indian:
1.8%
Pacific Islander:
0.4%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.9%
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