Alta Loma Middle

Alta Loma Middle is a reasonably sized middle-grades school in South San Francisco, California, overseen by South San Francisco Unified. The school serves 652 students in grades 6 through 8.

South San Francisco Unified runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,644 students. Alta Loma Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Alta Loma Middle logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 39% Asian, 7% White, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Alta Loma Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 57.5%; actual is 41.1%, a gap of -16.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for San Mateo County put the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, San Mateo County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), of which Alta Loma Middle is one.

Buri Buri Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alta Loma Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 701 students in 2018 compared to 652 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Alta Loma Middle typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.