Bohannon Middle

Bohannon Middle, a mid-tier middle school in San Lorenzo, California, operated by San Lorenzo Unified, enrolls 606 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Within San Lorenzo Unified, which oversees 16 schools and 7,936 students, Bohannon Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Bohannon Middle lists that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Asian, 6% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Bohannon Middle shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 74% of students at Bohannon Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Bohannon Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.6%, the actual is 25.2%, a residual of -10.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Alameda County) records that median household earnings sit near $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Bohannon Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Lorenzo Manor Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bohannon Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.0%.

Bohannon Middle operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 25%: 807 students in 2018 compared to 606 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 in 2025.

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