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As a minimally staffed 6-8 campus in Lost Hills, California, A. M. Thomas Middle enrolls 90 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Lost Hills Union Elementary. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so A. M. Thomas Middle sits 86% smaller than that benchmark.
A. M. Thomas Middle is one of 2 schools operated by Lost Hills Union Elementary, a district that instructs 291 students overall.
Looking at the student body, A. M. Thomas Middle reports that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 2% Asian. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, A. M. Thomas Middle logs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 29.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting A. M. Thomas Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Kern County's rate of about 76%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), A. M. Thomas Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.2%.
In the broader community, Kern County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which A. M. Thomas Middle is one.
Lost Hills Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), A. M. Thomas Middle ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.1%.
A. M. Thomas Middle operates from a low-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at A. M. Thomas Middle has shrank 52%, going from 186 students in 2018 to 90 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 29.5:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
