Muscatel Middle, Rosemead CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Muscatel Middle

Muscatel Middle is a small public middle school serving grades seven and eight in Rosemead, a dense suburban city in the western San Gabriel Valley. The school enrolls a student body that is majority Asian, with a substantial Hispanic population and a high concentration of students from lower-income households. About three quarters of the school qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of the surrounding neighborhood.

Academically, the school's performance sits above the midpoint for middle schools across Los Angeles County districts when looking at overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. In English language arts, students show stronger results, with seventh graders performing better than eighth graders. Mathematics proficiency is softer across both grades. Science proficiency at the eighth-grade level is the lowest of the tested areas. The school has no available data on English learner or special education enrollment rates, so a parent seeking information on those specific supports would want to ask the school directly.

Rosemead Elementary District, which operates Muscatel Middle, has made several district-wide changes that touch middle school life. The district now provides two free meals daily to every student regardless of family income, a benefit under California's universal meal program. The district also receives dedicated annual state funding for arts and music instruction, so students have access to music and arts programming funded through Proposition 28. For families considering the area more broadly, the district offers a distinctive Mandarin Dual Language Immersion program at one of its elementary schools, expanding toward middle grades, which may be relevant for families interested in dual-language pathways.

Rosemead itself is a walkable-to-moderate-walk environment organized around commercial corridors like Garvey Avenue rather than a tight downtown. The city has substantial recent residential development activity concentrated on mixed-use infill projects along freeway corridors, with new housing built at moderate densities. Housing costs in the Rosemead zip code are moderately high relative to national norms, and monthly rent is comparable to the estimated mortgage payment. The city's economic anchors include two major corporate headquarters and a robust park system with trails, courts, and recreation facilities. Public transit is bus-based through Metro lines; the nearest commuter rail is in neighboring El Monte.

Muscatel Middle sits within this broader context as a neighborhood school. Its academic profile reflects a student population with genuine strength in literacy but where mathematics and science proficiency rates warrant attention. The school's peer environment is characterized by high-poverty concentration and ethnic diversity, particularly Asian and Latino representation. For families weighing a move to Rosemead, the school offers a straightforward middle school pathway without magnet or specialized selection, and the district has invested in universal meals and arts funding that shape the experience across its schools.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 756%

School 56% · District 56%

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

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 50%

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

English language arts

Grade 766%

School 66% · District 66%

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

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Science

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 48%

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

Social studies

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 52%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

This schoolRosemead Elementary, 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 7Lower-income62%Higher-income80%18 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income55%Higher-income79%24 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income54%Higher-income64%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income46%Higher-income66%20 pp gap