Bohannon Middle, San Lorenzo CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Bohannon Middle

Bohannon Middle is a sixth- through eighth-grade school in San Lorenzo, an unincorporated residential community in Alameda County's East Bay. The school serves a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, with substantial Asian, Black, white, and Pacific Islander enrollment and a majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals. Enrollment runs to about this size for a mid-sized middle school, distributed across the three grades with the eighth grade somewhat larger.

San Lorenzo itself is a mid-century planned suburb built around single-family ranch and craftsman homes, with a small commercial core along Hesperian Boulevard and the San Lorenzo Village Shopping Center. The community is walkable in its village center but otherwise car-dependent; public transit includes AC Transit bus lines, though BART stations sit outside the community. Home values in the area are substantial, with a tight housing market driven by limited inventory, and rent likewise reflects Bay Area pricing. The library serves as a civic anchor, and recent development has concentrated on modest infill multifamily housing along the Hesperian corridor.

Academically, Bohannon's state testing results show students facing substantial headwinds. On 2024-25 state assessments in English language arts across all three grades, proficiency ranged in the mid-to-upper thirties; math proficiency was considerably lower, with eighth grade at the lowest point. Science proficiency at the eighth-grade level was notably weak. These results place the school in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency when compared against other schools in Alameda County. The data provides only one year of results, so trend patterns cannot be measured. Social studies data from an older state assessment period is not current enough to inform the present picture.

The district context matters here. San Lorenzo Unified was identified under California's accountability system for intensive support due to persistent performance disparities among student groups including students with IEPs, African American students, English learners, and Pacific Islander students. A Systemic Instructional Review by WestEd and the county in 2023-24 found targets for district-wide instructional improvement. This signals that the district is engaged in multi-year reform work. Additionally, voters approved a substantial general obligation bond in November 2024 to modernize aging facilities, most over a decade old, which will fund health, safety, security, and building repairs over a roughly three-decade repayment period. The district also transitioned from at-large to trustee-area board elections under the California Voting Rights Act, a structural change that aligns school board representation to neighborhood areas.

A parent considering Bohannon should understand that the school's current proficiency numbers are low and that the broader district is undertaking intensive instructional work to address long-standing performance gaps for certain student groups. The school sits in a stable, owner-occupied neighborhood with strong community ties, and families here tend to prioritize stability and local connection. The district's modernization bond indicates commitment to facility improvement, though the long repayment timeline means construction and upgrades will unfold over years. State testing data was not available for special populations such as English learners or students with disabilities; a parent may want to look into the school's support structures and outcomes for these groups directly with staff, given the district's identified disparities.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 625%

School 25% · District 22% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 720%

School 20% · District 17% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 16% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 32% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 28% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 29% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Science

Grade 813%

School 13% · District 14% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 38% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

This schoolSan Lorenzo 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-income32%Higher-income58%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income38%Higher-income50%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income29%Higher-income55%26 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income19%Higher-income44%25 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income17%Higher-income26%9 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income8%Higher-income24%16 pp gap