Arroyo Seco Junior High

As a sprawling middle school in Valencia, California, Arroyo Seco Junior High enrolls 1,239 students from grades 7 through 8, overseen by William S. Hart Union High. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Arroyo Seco Junior High sits 88% bigger than that benchmark.

William S. Hart Union High comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 20,465 students; Arroyo Seco Junior High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Arroyo Seco Junior High lists that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 38% White, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly less Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Arroyo Seco Junior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.6%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Arroyo Seco Junior High is one campus in the mix.

Santa Clarita Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arroyo Seco Junior High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 1,294 students in 2018 compared to 1,239 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 51% to 38%.

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