Goddard Middle, Glendora CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Goddard Middle

Goddard Middle is a public middle school serving grades six through eight in Glendora, a suburban residential city in eastern Los Angeles County. The school sits on a campus away from downtown, in a community that blends tree-lined residential neighborhoods with a compact, walkable Village downtown.

The student body is diverse. Roughly two in five students are Hispanic, about one in three are white, roughly one in five are Asian, and the remainder multiethnic or other groups. About a quarter of the enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is sized in the low hundreds across each grade level, making it a moderate-scale middle school for its area.

In academic performance, Goddard's results show strength in the lower grades and a pattern of decline across the three-year span. In sixth grade, proficiency in English language arts and mathematics both run in the upper range. By eighth grade, both subjects show notable drops. The eighth-grade science proficiency sits around the midpoint, lower than language arts and math. Across all tested subjects and grades combined, the school ranks in the top quartile among the county's districts in overall proficiency, a meaningful marker of relative strength within Los Angeles County's large universe of schools.

In English language arts across all grades, proficiency averages in the mid-range. In mathematics, the average is slightly lower. Both subjects show a steeper decline in grade seven and eight than between six and seven, suggesting a transition effect or increased difficulty in higher grades. Science performance, available only for eighth grade, is notably softer than the core academic subjects.

The community context matters for families considering the school. Glendora's housing stock is well-maintained, and the median home value in the zip code sits substantially above the state benchmark. Rental costs are moderate for the region but still consume a significant share of household income. The city is car-oriented outside the downtown Village, though a new Metro light-rail station opened in September 2025 with park-and-ride facilities, adding transit access. Employment in the area centers on healthcare, education, and retail; Citrus College, a nearby community college, is a major regional employer and institutional anchor.

Goddard sits within Glendora Unified, a district covering northern and central Glendora. The district brief did not surface recent strategic changes or policy shifts, so information on district direction or new programs was not available. Parents may want to contact the school or district directly to learn about course offerings, extracurricular activities, student supports, or any pathways that extend beyond the standard middle-school curriculum.

The strength in overall proficiency, especially in the younger grades, suggests solid foundational instruction, but the steepening decline in grades seven and eight is a feature worth understanding in context. Families should ask how the school supports students during the transition to higher grades and what structures are in place to help seventh and eighth graders sustain or improve their performance.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 672%

School 72% · District 52% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 57% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 52% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 671%

School 71% · District 57% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 769%

School 69% · District 65% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 61% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Science

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 43% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 872%

School 72% · District 71% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

This schoolGlendora Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income57%Higher-income75%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income55%Higher-income73%18 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income55%Higher-income66%11 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income52%Higher-income78%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income50%Higher-income63%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income46%Higher-income61%15 pp gap