Somerton Middle School

Set in Somerton, Arizona, Somerton Middle School is a mid-tier intermediate school, operated by Somerton Elementary District (4500). It instructs 697 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 41% bigger than the state mean of about 494.

Somerton Elementary District (4500) runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,986 students. Somerton Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Somerton Middle School lists that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 65% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Somerton Middle School logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.5:1. The state averages around 17.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Yuma County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,876 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yuma County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,800 students), of which Somerton Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Desert Sonora Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Somerton Middle School has shrank 30%, going from 995 students in 2018 to 697 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Somerton Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.