C. E. Utt Middle

Set in Tustin, California, C. E. Utt Middle is a tight-knit middle-grades school, one of the schools within Tustin Unified. It hosts 554 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 28 schools in Tustin Unified (21,220 students total), C. E. Utt Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, C. E. Utt Middle logs that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 9% Asian, 7% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, C. E. Utt Middle lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Orange County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, C. E. Utt Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 35.7%, a residual of +5.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), C. E. Utt Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hillview High (Continuation), roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), C. E. Utt Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.4%.

C. E. Utt Middle operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 42%: 955 students in 2018 compared to 554 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 69% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.3:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for C. E. Utt Middle typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.