Belvedere Middle

Belvedere Middle, a reasonably sized middle-grades school in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, caters to 734 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Belvedere Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Belvedere Middle reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Belvedere Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.4%, the actual is 24.3%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put 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%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Belvedere Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Belvedere Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Belvedere Middle at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 24.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Belvedere Middle has declined 28%, going from 1,022 students in 2018 to 734 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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