Arthur E. Wright Middle

As a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Calabasas, California, Arthur E. Wright Middle instructs 670 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Las Virgenes Unified.

Las Virgenes Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,754 students; Arthur E. Wright Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Arthur E. Wright Middle reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 14% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 9% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Arthur E. Wright Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Arthur E. Wright Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Las Virgenes Independent, roughly 0.0 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), Arthur E. Wright Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 65.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arthur E. Wright Middle has decreased 21%, going from 846 students in 2018 to 670 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 74% to 62% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 today.

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