Bryant Middle

Located at 16695 North Bryant Rd., in Dos Palos, California, Bryant Middle is a tight-knit intermediate school that works with 487 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 26% smaller than typical.

Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,254 students. Bryant Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Bryant Middle lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 12% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

In terms of school funding signals, Bryant Middle shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.8:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Bryant Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 12.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Merced County put median household earnings sit near $65,510, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bryant Middle is one of 117 public schools in Merced County (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bernhard Marks Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Bryant Middle. On composite proficiency, Bryant Middle comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.6%.

Bryant Middle operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Bryant Middle's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 553 (now 487). Hispanic enrollment moved from 78% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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