Charles Drew Middle

Charles Drew Middle operates as a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 607 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

Charles Drew Middle is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that instructs 406,887 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Charles Drew Middle shows that 80% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 18% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Charles Drew Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Charles Drew Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Charles Drew Middle is one campus in the mix.

University Pathways Public Service Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles Drew Middle. On composite proficiency, Charles Drew Middle comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 24%: 802 students in 2018 compared to 607 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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