Central Junior High School
4.5 out of 5 | 9 Reviews
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School Description
School Summary and Highlights
- Enrolls 1,099 middle and high school students from grades 6-8
- Ranks 1684th out of 2,050 middle schools in CA.
- 2010 Overall School AYP Met Status: No
Additional Contact Information
- Mailing Address: 2301 Range Rd., Pittsburg, CA 94565
School Operational Details
- Title I EligibleAll students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.
School District Details
- Pittsburg Unified School District
- Per-Pupil Spending: $8,754
- Graduation Rate: 65.2%
- Dropout Rate: 7.6%
- Students Per Teacher: 21.4
- Enrolled Students: 9,020
Faculty Details and Student Enrollment
Students and Faculty
- Total Students Enrolled: 1,099
- Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 52.2
- Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 21.1
Students Gender Breakdown
- Males: 566 (51.5%)
- Females: 533 (48.5%)
Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown
- Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 186 (16.9%)
- Eligible for Free Lunch: 713 (64.9%)
- Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 899 (81.8%)
Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian | 4 | 0.4% |
| Black | 212 | 19.3% |
| Asian | 107 | 9.7% |
| Hispanic | 655 | 59.6% |
| White | 58 | 5.3% |
Number of Students Per Grade
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| 6th Grade | 380 | 34.6% |
| 7th Grade | 363 | 33.0% |
| 8th Grade | 356 | 32.4% |
Teacher Education Background (2009)
Percent With Ph.D.
School:
1.8%
District:
24.0%
Percent With Master's Degree
School:
10.9%
District:
24.0%
Percent With Bachelor's Degree: 16.4%
Teacher Credentials & Experience (2009)
Percent of Teachers With Emergency Credentials: 6.0%
Percent of Teachers With Credentials: 70.0%
Number of Certificated Staff: 55.0
Average Number of Years of Teacher Experience: 8.2
Average Age
School:
39.2
District:
51.4
Source: CA Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010
School Ratings and Reviews
Overall Rating: 4.5
4.5 out of 5 | 9 Reviews
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9 reviews for Central Junior High School
- Reviewed by Student on October 21, 2009
- Rating:
(5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - Central Junior high was a great school.There were great teachers and I will miss them all!It is disappointing to hear all these comments about the school.Personally, I think it all depends on who the student is.I had a wonderful time at Central and i think it was MY best school year, I now attend Hillview as an eighth grader.Hillview is a boring school with rules that make no sense!To tell you the truth they are no use... the students IGNORE these rules, and the teachers are too IGNORANT to realize it!I find it ironic how at CENTRAL i was a straight A student...now that I attend HILLVIEW I am struggling to keep C's in my classes.Please stop criticizing CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL!There is no such thing as a perfect school or perfect students.It's on YOU to be a good student and make a BETTER school! (r.i.p Central Junior High school!)
- Reviewed by Former Student on April 19, 2009
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- i agree with most of the people who commented,central really was a good school and contrary to a lot of people's beliefs,central students were actually pretty smart.Actually,if you go to hillview,you'll see that at the assemblies,most of the kids who get awards are from central,obviously that is saying something
- Reviewed by Former Student on October 21, 2008
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME I GO TO PITT AND IM IN 11th JUNIOR!
- Reviewed by Teacher on October 21, 2008
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- I think that this school has a lack of kids paying attention.
- Reviewed by Former Student on October 21, 2008
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- CENTRAL JUST ROCKS CUZ ITS HUGE!!!
- Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on October 04, 2008
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- LAST YEAR I WENT TO CENTRAL JR.HIGH I LOVED THAT SCHOOL IT HURT'S ME THAT PEOPLE SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT IT.I THINK IT WAS BETTER THAN HILLVEIW. BAND WAS FUN AND THE HILLVEIW BAND IS NOT SO MUCH .ALSO THE SCHOOL WAS BIG AND HAD BIG CLASSROOMS MEANING IT WAS MADE FOR MANY STUDENTS I MISS THAT SCHOOL AFTER ALL I ONLY ATTENDED IT THE 07-08 SCHOOL YEAR AS A SIXTH GRADER . I MISS BEING A CENTRAL EAGLE AND DO NOT JUDGE WRONG THAT SCHOOL WAS NOT DIRTY STUDENTS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING AFTER THEMSELVES AND NOT LOITERING. GO THE CENTRAL EAGLES AND THE CENTRAL JR.HIGH BEGINNING BAND, WIND ESSEMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
- Reviewed by Former Student on September 14, 2008
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- Central was a really good school i loved going into my classes and going into the d wing and fooling around in the storage room that leads to the library.There were about 4 science teachers after the fact three men one woman teacher.Overall i liked that we really didnt have to do anything in that school and my last year there and the last year the school would be open was dope.Silly string fights breaking stuff,TPING the locker rooms in the gym.SO much fun i had there.You dont even know it was like crazy second lunch :D running around.ditching the carnival.Goin to 7eleven in the morning going to 1st lunch by ditching gym alot of fun things and
- Reviewed by Student on September 05, 2008
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- well actually i loved central. im sad that it is gone. if we would of gotten enough money, central wouldnt be so dirty. and so what if the teacher had a baby, if you had a baby you would have to be there, right?
- Reviewed by Student on March 05, 2007
- Rating:
(2 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - I attent Central Jr. High School and it doesn't provide a very good learning environment. They hurry into new rules and a good percentage of the classrooms lose their teacher's every year. There are only 3 science teachers that went to college FOR science and we have 5. WE also only have 4 math teachers. One of which had a baby last summer, so he is always going on maternity leave. That leaves his students with a sub who doesn't even understand the material.
The school is dirty and a lot of my classes have holes in the roof with rain coming through..
It's overall, just a bad environment.
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Test Scores and Performance Information
Overall School Rating
How is this determined?
The overall school rating shows that Central Junior High School performed on average worse than many other schools across the state on CST state exams in the following subjects:
- CST Algebra I
- CST English-Language Arts
- CST General Mathematics
- CST History - Social Science
- CST Mathematics
- CST Science
AYP Results (2010)
Overall AYP Met: No
ELA AYP Met: No
Math AYP Met: No
Program Improvement (PI) Requirement Under NCLB (2010)
First Year PI Requirement was Implemented: 1998-1999
School's Placement Under NCLB: Year 5
CST - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject
Grade 6 - % of students at or above proficiency
| School | District | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CST English-Language Arts Test | |||
| 2010 | 35.0% | 34.0% | 55.0% |
| 2009 | 36.0% | 38.0% | 52.0% |
| 2008 | 21.0% | 25.0% | 47.0% |
| CST Mathematics Test | |||
| 2010 | 33.0% | 33.0% | 52.0% |
| 2009 | 24.0% | 30.0% | 49.0% |
| 2008 | 21.0% | 25.0% | 44.0% |
Grade 7 - % of students at or above proficiency
| School | District | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CST English-Language Arts Test | |||
| 2010 | 44.0% | 44.0% | 55.0% |
| 2009 | 38.0% | 41.0% | 54.0% |
| 2008 | 35.0% | 34.0% | 49.0% |
| CST Mathematics Test | |||
| 2010 | 33.0% | 42.0% | 48.0% |
| 2009 | 31.0% | 36.0% | 43.0% |
| 2008 | 26.0% | 28.0% | 41.0% |
Grade 8 - % of students at or above proficiency
| School | District | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CST Algebra I Test | |||
| 2010 | 25.0% | 29.0% | 46.0% |
| 2009 | 31.0% | 34.0% | 44.0% |
| 2008 | 32.0% | 29.0% | 42.0% |
| CST English-Language Arts Test | |||
| 2010 | 41.0% | 39.0% | 54.0% |
| 2009 | 31.0% | 35.0% | 48.0% |
| 2008 | 27.0% | 26.0% | 45.0% |
| CST History - Social Science Test | |||
| 2010 | 28.0% | 33.0% | 47.0% |
| 2009 | 29.0% | 32.0% | 42.0% |
| 2008 | 17.0% | 23.0% | 36.0% |
| CST Science Test | |||
| 2010 | 54.0% | 47.0% | 59.0% |
| 2009 | 53.0% | 45.0% | 56.0% |
| 2008 | 40.0% | 36.0% | 52.0% |
| CST General Mathematics Test | |||
| 2009 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 30.0% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | 6.0% | 31.0% |
End of Course - % of students at or above proficiency
| School | District | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CST Algebra I Test | |||
| 2010 | 25.0% | 22.0% | 31.0% |
| 2009 | 31.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% |
| 2008 | 32.0% | 17.0% | 25.0% |
| CST General Mathematics Test | |||
| 2009 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 26.0% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | 6.0% | 27.0% |
Source: CA Department of Education 2009-2010
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