Joe Walker Middle School in Quartz Hill, CA Back to: Quartz Hill, CA, California, All US cities. Discuss this school with others on our active California forum. City-data.com school rating (using weighted 2006 test average as compared to other schools in California) from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) is 58. 5632 Walker Ave. L-8 Quartz Hill, CA 93536 Student Enrollment: 871 County Name : Los Angeles District Name: Westside Union Elementary The type of school district: ELEMENTARY The type of school: MIDDLE Number of the California Assembly district in which this school is located. : 36 Name of the California Assembly member for the district in which this school is located. : Sharon Runner Political party affiliation of this Assembly member: Republican Number of the California Senate district in which this school is located. : 17 Name of the California Senate member for the district in which this school is located. : George C. Runner Political party affiliation of this Senate member: Republican Number of the U.S. congressional district in which this school is located. : 22 Name of the U.S. congressional member for the district in which this school is located. : William M. Thomas Political party affiliation of this U. S. congressional member: Republican Latitude: 34.65299 Longitude: -118.22978 The lowest grade and the highest grade in which student enrollment was reported in the most recent certified data collection: 6-8 Change in API from 2005 to 2006: -1 (750 to 749) Met 17 out of 17 AYP criteria ELA Participation Rate African American: 94% (82 tested out of 88) Math Participation Rate African American: 94% (82 tested out of 88) ELA Participation Rate American Indian: 100% (5 tested out of 5) Math Participation Rate American Indian: 80% (4 tested out of 5) ELA Participation Rate Asian: 100% (17 tested out of 17) Math Participation Rate Asian: 100% (17 tested out of 17) ELA Participation Rate Filipino: 100% (10 tested out of 10) Math Participation Rate Filipino: 100% (10 tested out of 10) ELA Participation Rate Hispanic: 98% (181 tested out of 185) Math Participation Rate Hispanic: 96% (178 tested out of 185) ELA Participation Rate Pacific Islander: 100% (3 tested out of 3) Math Participation Rate Pacific Islander: 100% (3 tested out of 3) ELA Participation Rate White: 97% (493 tested out of 509) Math Participation Rate White: 96% (491 tested out of 509) ELA Participation Rate Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 93% (196 tested out of 211) Math Participation Rate Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 90% (190 tested out of 211) ELA Participation Rate English Learner: 97% (49 tested out of 51) Math Participation Rate English Learner: 91% (46 tested out of 51) ELA Participation Rate Students with Disabilities: 77% (70 tested out of 91) Math Participation Rate Students with Disabilities: 74% (67 tested out of 91) Schoolwide or LEA-wide ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above: 51.3% Joe Walker Middle:   51% State average from 798 schools:   45% Schoolwide Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above: 39.4% Here:   39% State average from 798 schools:   41% ELA Percent Proficient or Above African American: 39.0% (30 proficient out of 77) Here:   39% State average from 603 schools:   36% Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above African American: 25.0% (19 proficient out of 76) Here:   25% State average from 602 schools:   27% ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Asian: 87.5% (14 proficient out of 16) Joe Walker Middle:   88% State average from 577 schools:   64% Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Asian: 62.5% (10 proficient out of 16) Here:   63% State average from 576 schools:   66% ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Hispanic: 35.3% (55 proficient out of 156) Here:   35% State average from 786 schools:   34% Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Hispanic: 29.9% (46 proficient out of 154) Here:   30% State average from 786 schools:   30% ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above White: 57.2% (270 proficient out of 472) Here:   57% State average from 730 schools:   58% Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above White: 43.6% (205 proficient out of 470) Here:   44% State average from 730 schools:   50% ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 36.4% (63 proficient out of 173) Here:   36% State average from 781 schools:   32% Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 29.9% (50 proficient out of 167) Here:   30% State average from 781 schools:   30% ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above English Learner: 16.7% (7 proficient out of 42) Here:   17% State average from 750 schools:   24% Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above English Learner: 22.5% (9 proficient out of 40) Joe Walker Middle:   23% State average from 750 schools:   27% ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Students with Disabilities: 13.8% (9 proficient out of 65) Here:   14% State average from 763 schools:   16% Math Percent of Students with Disabilities scoring Proficient or Above: 6.6% (4 proficient out of 61) Here:   7% State average from 767 schools:   15% ELA 2006 Percent Proficient Target: 24.4% Math 2006 Percent Proficient Target: 26.5% Number of Scores included in the 2006 Academic Performance Index (API) : 808 2006 API (Base) : 750 Here:   750.0 State average from 796 schools:   730.5 Statewide Rank: 6 Similar Schools Rank: 3 2007 API Target: 755 2006 Hispanics API (Base) : 690 (161 students included) Here:   690 State average from 662 schools:   667 2006 Whites API (Base) : 773 (484 students included) Here:   773 State average from 563 schools:   808 Number of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged (SD) Students Included in API : 185 2006 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged API (Base) : 663 (185 students included) Here:   663 State average from 679 schools:   662 Number of English Learners included in API : 44 Number of Students With Disabilities included in API : 83 Percent African American : 10% Percent American Indian : 1% Percent Asian : 2% Percent Filipino : 1% Percent Hispanic or Latino : 21% Percent Pacific Islander : 0% Percent White : 58% Percentage of Students that are Participants in the Free or Reduced Price Meal Program: 23% Here:   23.0% State average from 814 schools:   49.1% Percent of participants in Gifted and Talented education programs (STAR): 9% Joe Walker Middle:   9.0% State average from 814 schools:   11.3% Percent of participants in migrant education programs (STAR): 0% Here:   0.0% State average from 814 schools:   3.1% Percent of participants who are designated as English Learners: 3% Here:   3.0% State average from 814 schools:   19.9% Percent of Students with Disabilities (STAR): 10% Here:   10.0% State average from 814 schools:   10.0% Average Class Size (Grades K-3) : N/A Average Class Size (Grades 4-6) : N/A Here:   0.0 State average from 778 schools:   29.1 Average Class Size for a Number of Core Academic Courses : 27 Percent of Student Answer Documents with Parent Education Level Information : 67% Parent Ed Level: Percent Not High School Graduate : 4% Parent Ed Level: Percent High School Graduate : 19% Parent Ed Level: Percent Some College : 37% Parent Ed Level: Percent College Graduate : 25% Parent Ed Level: Percent Graduate School : 14% Average Parent Education Level : 3.26 Here:   3.3 State average from 814 schools:   2.7 Percent Teachers at this School with Full Credentials: 100% Here:   100.0% State average from 811 schools:   92.2% Percent Teachers at this school with Emergency Credentials : 0% Percent of Enrollments in grades 7 - 8(STAR) : 100% School Characteristic Index : 172.3164708 Valid Score for California Standards Test (CST) in English-language arts Grades 2-8 : 805 Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid Scores for CST in English-language arts Grades 2-8 : 386.400 Valid Score for CST in mathematics Grades 2-8 : 806 Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid Scores for CST in mathematics Grades 2-8 : 257.920 Valid Score for CST in history-social science Grades 2-8 : 425 Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid Scores for CST in history-social science Grades 2-8 : 85.000 Valid Score for Norm-Referenced Test (NRT) reading in Grades 2-8 : 380 Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT reading in Grades 2-8 : 22.800 Valid Score for NRT language in Grades 2-8 : 380 Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT language in Grades 2-8 : 11.400 Valid Score for NRT spelling in Grades 2-8 : 380 Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT spelling in Grades 2-8 : 11.400 Valid Score for NRT mathematics in Grades 2-8 : 377 Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT mathematics in Grades 2-8 : 30.160 Valid Score for Mathematics Assignment of 200 CST in Grades 2-8 : 2 Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for Mathematics Assignment of 200 CST in Grades 2-8 : 0.200 2006 API (Growth) : 749 2005 API (Base): 750 Met School-wide Growth Target : No Met Comparable Improvement (CI) Target : No 2005 African American API (Base) : 676 Joe Walker Middle:   676 State average from 193 schools:   614 2006 Hispanics API (Growth) : 690 Joe Walker Middle:   690 State average from 663 schools:   667 2005 Hispanics API (Base) : 695 Joe Walker Middle:   695 State average from 646 schools:   656 2005-2006 Hispanics Subgroup API Growth : -5 (failed to meet target) 2006 Whites API (Growth) : 771 Here:   771 State average from 563 schools:   810 2005 White API (Base) : 771 Joe Walker Middle:   771 State average from 577 schools:   797 2005-2006 White Growth : 0 (failed to meet target) 2006 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged API (Growth) : 662 Here:   662 State average from 681 schools:   662 2005 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged API (Base) : 656 Joe Walker Middle:   656 State average from 678 schools:   653 2005-2006 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Growth : 6 (met target) 2005 Students With Disabilities API (Base) : 522 Here:   522 State average from 277 schools:   498 Median score of this school's similar schools group for 2006 Growth API : 760 Median score of this school's similar schools group for 2005 Base API : 748

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