Dwyer Middle School is located in Huntington Beach, California. There are 1,180 students from 6th to 8th grade that attend the school during the 2009-2010 school year.
Dwyer is a three-time California Distinguished School, earning that distinction in 1998, 2003, and in 2009. It is one of only 261 schools in the entire state to be so honored in 2009. Dwyer is known as "The House of Scholars and Champions." A Title 1 school placed on Program Improvement status in 2006, Dwyer's faculty and staff moved to realign its programs to meet the needs of all of its students. Dwyer students earned an Academic Performance Index (API) of 865, growing 25 points in the 2008-09 school year. All four of its Significant Subgroups'of students met Federal No Child Left Behind performance measures the last 3 years, leading to the most recent California Distinguished Schools recognition.
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