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Thornton Junior High School

Serves grades 7 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
4357 Thornton Ave.
Fremont, CA 94536
Phone
(510) 793-9090
District
FREMONT UNIFIED
County
ALAMEDA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1278
Classroom Teachers
52

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.4% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Thornton Junior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

100 80 60 40 20 0
80%
44%
81%
51%
78%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
72%
42%
72%
49%
71%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
25
24
23
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 648 50.7%
Grade 8 630 49.3%
Total 1278 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 8.1% 9.4% 23.3%
Black 2.0% 1.8% 5.4%
Hispanic 13.2% 14.7% 57.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 75.9% 73.2% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 0.9% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 17.2% 18.9% 58.7%
Free lunch eligible 15.0% 16.1% 52.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.2% 2.8% 6.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 234,829 39,237,836
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,091.9 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.6% 19.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.8% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.5% 25.0%
65 OR OLDER 12.7% 14.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 74,479 13,217,586
Single Parent Households With Children 5.0% 8.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.6% 84.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 58.7% 35.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 47.4% 25.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.0% 17.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.1% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.5% 14.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.9% 12.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.1% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 4.0% 8.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,789 $276,470,555 49.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $581 $20,622,595 3.7%
Staff $540 $19,167,300 3.5%
General Administration $101 $3,584,995 0.6%
School Administration $700 $24,846,500 4.5%
Operation $988 $35,069,060 6.3%
Transportation $263 $9,335,185 1.7%
Other $500 $17,747,500 3.2%
Total Support $3,672 $130,337,640 23.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,162 $147,730,190 26.6%
Total Expenditures $15,623 $554,538,385 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,356 $50,163,077,615 48.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $884 $5,306,242,206 5.2%
Staff $863 $5,178,254,236 5.0%
General Administration $215 $1,291,487,537 1.3%
School Administration $923 $5,541,916,109 5.4%
Operation $1,311 $7,872,234,116 7.7%
Transportation $303 $1,818,082,742 1.8%
Other $665 $3,989,805,237 3.9%
Total Support $5,163 $30,997,440,957 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,580 $21,494,994,026 20.9%
Total Expenditures $17,099 $102,656,107,113 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%