Alamitos Intermediate

As a mid-tier middle school in Garden Grove, California, Alamitos Intermediate works with 581 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within Garden Grove Unified.

Within Garden Grove Unified, which oversees 64 schools and 36,994 students, Alamitos Intermediate is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Alamitos Intermediate lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 32% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Alamitos Intermediate reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.6:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alamitos Intermediate ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 27.7%; Alamitos Intermediate posts 45.1%, +17.4 points above that line.

Around the school, Orange County reports that median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Alamitos Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alamitos Intermediate ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Alamitos Intermediate's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 719 (now 581). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 27.5:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Alamitos Intermediate typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.