Arizona Middle

Arizona Middle, a medium-sized junior high in Riverside, California, run under Alvord Unified, instructs 804 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Arizona Middle sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 23 schools in Alvord Unified (16,432 students total), Arizona Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Arizona Middle logs that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 7% White, 6% Black, 5% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the income-and-resources front, Arizona Middle records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.7:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Arizona Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.9%; this one delivers 29.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Riverside County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Arizona Middle is one.

Allan Orrenmaa Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arizona Middle at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arizona Middle has edged down 20%, going from 1,010 students in 2018 to 804 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.