Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High
Public middle school, grades 7 to 9 · Davis, California
Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High in Davis, California enrolled 588 students in 2024-25 with 30.5 full-time teachers, 19.3 students per teacher against the California middle-school median of 21.0. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 65-69% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 71% proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 45% and 34.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 1% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 2%
596 students in 2022-23, 621 students in 2023-24, 588 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 31.1 to 30.5.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 596 | 31.1 | 19.2 |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 30.1 | 20.6 |
| 2024-25 | 588 | 30.5 | 19.3 |
19.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 70 of every 100 California middle schools
Among the 1,353 California middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 21.0; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
1 AP courses and one counselor per 237 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High enrolled 616 students and had 2.6 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 14 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses1
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)2.6, one per 237 of the 616 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions14
- Chronically absent13.8% (2022-23)
Who attends
43.9% of students were White, 26.3% Asian, 16.0% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White43.9%
- Asian26.3%
- Hispanic16.0%
- Two or more races10.6%
- Black2.7%
- American Indian0.3%
- Pacific Islander0.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High scored proficient or above: 65-69% in reading in 2021-22 and 71% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 65‑69% | 67% | 45% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 71% | 62% (2021-22) | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Middle schools in Davis
3 public middle schools in Davis report 2024-25 enrollment; Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High | 588 | 19.3 | 18.4% |
| Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High | 533 | 20.1 | 34.1% |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High | 524 | 19.4 | 13.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High
- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior HighThe nearest public middle school, 2.0 miles away: 533 students, 20.1 per teacher (2024-25).2.0 mi
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior HighThe next nearest public middle school, 2.2 miles away: 524 students, 19.4 per teacher (2024-25).2.2 mi
- Compare Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High with Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Davis Joint Unified spends per student$16,704 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,704
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaOliver Wendell Holmes Junior High is the number 777 by size of 1,363 California middle schools open in 2024-25.#777 of 1,363
- California schools by students per teacher19.3 students per teacher here against the California median of 21.0 for middle schools.19.3:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High
How many students attend Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High?
588 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 596 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Davis, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High?
19.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for middle schools is 21.0. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High a Title I school?
Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.How do students at Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High do on state tests?
The students tested at Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High scored proficient or above: 65-69% in reading in 2021-22 and 71% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High in?
Davis Joint Unified, NCES district ID 0610620. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 061062001178 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.