Alexander Fleming Middle

Alexander Fleming Middle is an intermediate school of high-enrollment scale in Lomita, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, educateing 1,110 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 68% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Alexander Fleming Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alexander Fleming Middle logs that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 12% Black, 6% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Alexander Fleming Middle reports 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Alexander Fleming Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alexander Fleming Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.5%.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Alexander Fleming Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Eshelman Avenue Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 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), Alexander Fleming Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alexander Fleming Middle has declined 18%, going from 1,350 students in 2018 to 1,110 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.