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Enrollment
639
Middle
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000007
Carmenita Middle
13435 East 166th St., Cerritos, CA 90703 · (562) 229-7775 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
25.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
257 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 7 | 320 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 319 | 50% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
84.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.1pp since 2014
Math
67.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 45.5% | 38.5% | 8.8% | 7.2% |
| Math | 45.0% | 22.1% | 21.3% | 11.5% |
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 | 84.1% | 67.2% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.9% | 64.4% |
| 2021-22 | 77.4% | 60.3% |
| 2020-21 | 100.0% | 95.2% |
| 2018-19 | 82.9% | 73.7% |
| 2017-18 | 83.9% | 73.6% |
| 2016-17 | 74.4% | 69.6% |
| 2015-16 | 78.0% | 73.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 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 Carmenita Middle
Carmenita Middle's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmenita Middle this school | 639 | 40.2% | 74.3% |
| Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle Sacramento | 513 | 37.6% | 58.8% |
| Rancho Milpitas Middle Milpitas | 693 | 43.7% | 65.2% |
| Morrill Middle San Jose | 665 | 34.9% | 53.8% |
| Piedmont Middle San Jose | 591 | 34.0% | 50.6% |
| Fernando Rivera Intermediate Daly City | 588 | 36.9% | 46.7% |
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 Carmenita Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #84 of 1,224 | #10 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #113 of 1,227 ▼ 4 | #19 of 248 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #34 of 1,227 ▲ 27 | #3 of 248 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.8pp | #187 of 1,214 | #70 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #694 of 1,377 | #160 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #1,172 of 1,279 | #262 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #443 of 1,278 | #59 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #1,044 of 1,329 | #267 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #669 of 930 | #161 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
639
-33 (-5%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 584
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 25.9:1
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 | 639 | 25.6 | 25.0:1 | 40% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 25.6 | 24.5:1 | 42% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 23.9 | 25.2:1 | 39% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 26 | 25.9:1 | 43% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 26 | 27.1:1 | 30% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 25 | 27.7:1 | 28% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | N/A | N/A | 26% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 665 | 26 | 25.6:1 | 6% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 584 | 20 | 29.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carmenita Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (706 to 639); teachers down 2% (26 to 25.6).
About Carmenita Middle
Carmenita Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Cerritos, California, one of the schools in ABC Unified. The school had 639 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25.
ABC Unified counts 30 schools and 17,570 students, including Carmenita Middle.
Carmenita Middle's enrollment is 56% Asian. Enrollment also includes 28% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Asian share is about 15%. Carmenita Middle has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.0:1. That ratio is over the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Carmenita Middle is 40%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 30 points.
allk12 grades Carmenita Middle an A+. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Carmenita Middle is in the top 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.0%. The school's actual rate is 74.3%, 18.4 points higher.
Among Los Angeles County residents, median household income is about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Carmenita Middle is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
Of nearby public schools, Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Carmenita Middle is behind the 76.8% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 672 in 2020-21 and 639 in 2024-25, a decrease of 33 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Carmenita Middle. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ABC Unified
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Cerritos
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Cerritos ElementaryElementary · 612 students
Nearby schools
- Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary0.3 mi · 516
- Stowers(Cecil B.) Elementary0.4 mi · 547
- Whitney (Gretchen) High0.5 mi · 1,024
- Wittmann (Helen) Elementary0.7 mi · 561
- Cerritos Elementary1.1 mi · 612
- John Dolland Elementary1.4 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About Carmenita MiddleHow large is Carmenita Middle?
Carmenita Middle enrolls approximately 639 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Carmenita Middle serve?
Carmenita Middle serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Carmenita Middle?
Approximately 25.0:1 students per teacher at Carmenita Middle.
How diverse is Carmenita Middle?
Carmenita Middle reports a student body of 6% White, 28% Hispanic, 5% Black, 56% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Carmenita Middle?
Carmenita Middle is overseen by ABC Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.