Castaic Middle

Castaic Middle is a middle-grades school of close-knit scale in Castaic, California, overseen by Castaic Union, works with 451 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Castaic Union runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,914 students. Castaic Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Castaic Middle lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 35% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Castaic Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at Castaic Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Castaic Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -5.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Castaic Middle is one.

Castaic Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Castaic Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Castaic Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Castaic Middle's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 539 (now 451). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 43% to 35%.

On this page, members of the Castaic Middle community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.