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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Bret Harte Preparatory Middle right now?
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Enrollment
456
Middle
DISTRICT 835 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003073
Bret Harte Preparatory Middle
9301 South Hoover St., Los Angeles, CA 90044 · (323) 242-5400 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
444 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 147 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 164 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 145 | 32% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
20.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.1pp since 2014
Math
10.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.1% | 16.0% | 21.9% | 58.0% |
| Math | 4.0% | 6.6% | 18.5% | 70.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.1% | 10.6% |
| 2023-24 | 16.2% | 7.0% |
| 2022-23 | 8.0% | 2.6% |
| 2021-22 | 10.2% | 1.4% |
| 2018-19 | 13.9% | 4.9% |
| 2017-18 | 7.2% | 4.4% |
| 2016-17 | 5.6% | 2.3% |
| 2015-16 | 6.0% | 4.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 8.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
13.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bret Harte Preparatory Middle
Bret Harte Preparatory Middle's state test result (13.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bret Harte Preparatory Middle this school | 456 | 97.4% | 13.5% |
| Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy Los Angeles | 399 | 95.0% | N/A |
| Samuel Gompers Middle Los Angeles | 406 | 96.1% | 16.2% |
| Leona Jackson Paramount | 517 | 97.1% | 29.1% |
| Bud Carson Middle Hawthorne | 601 | 94.5% | 32.1% |
| Alliance Jack H. Skirball Middle Los Angeles | 390 | 96.9% | N/A |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bret Harte Preparatory Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #1,175 of 1,224 | #244 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #1,128 of 1,227 ▲ 49 | #240 of 248 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #1,164 of 1,227 ▲ 21 | #243 of 248 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.6pp | #90 of 1,214 | #36 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #1,001 of 1,377 | #226 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #62 of 1,279 | #21 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #727 of 1,278 | #120 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #32 of 1,329 | #19 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #564 of 930 | #145 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
456
+64 (+16%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 1,158
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 21.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 456 | 28.3 | 16.1:1 | 97% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 26.2 | 16.6:1 | 95% (413) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 25.7 | 16.9:1 | 97% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 18 | 21.8:1 | 98% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 22.3 | 23.5:1 | 95% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 683 | 33 | 20.7:1 | 92% (627) |
| 2010-11 | 1,145 | N/A | N/A | 45% (518) |
| 2000-01 | 1,653 | 67 | 24.7:1 | 88% (1,461) |
| 1990-91 | 1,158 | 57 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bret Harte Preparatory Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (525 to 456); teachers up 27% (22.3 to 28.3).
About Bret Harte Preparatory Middle
Students in Los Angeles, California, attend Bret Harte Preparatory Middle, a small middle school. The student body numbers 456 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
The district for Bret Harte Preparatory Middle is Los Angeles Unified, with 784 schools and 406,887 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Bret Harte Preparatory Middle, with 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Black and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. Bret Harte Preparatory Middle's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Eligible students account for 97% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Bret Harte Preparatory Middle is C-. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Bret Harte Preparatory Middle is 9.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (13.5% versus 22.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Bret Harte Preparatory Middle is located in Los Angeles County, where the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Bret Harte Preparatory Middle, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Ednovate - South LA College Prep, less than a tenth of a mile away. Bret Harte Preparatory Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 29.4% on proficiency, and Bret Harte Preparatory Middle is below that at 13.5%.
The federal government classifies Bret Harte Preparatory Middle's location as City: Large.
Enrollment at Bret Harte Preparatory Middle grew 16% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 392 to 456 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.1:1) than in 2020-21 (21.8:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Bret Harte Preparatory MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Bret Harte Preparatory Middle?
Bret Harte Preparatory Middle enrolls approximately 456 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bret Harte Preparatory Middle serve?
Bret Harte Preparatory Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bret Harte Preparatory Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bret Harte Preparatory Middle is approximately 16.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bret Harte Preparatory Middle?
At Bret Harte Preparatory Middle, the student body is approximately 1% White, 67% Hispanic, 29% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Bret Harte Preparatory Middle?
Bret Harte Preparatory Middle is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.