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Enrollment
1,057
Middle
DISTRICT 835 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003216
Chester W. Nimitz Middle
6021 Carmelita Ave., Huntington Park, CA 90255 · (323) 887-5400 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,057 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of California public middle schools
- C+Test 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.
- AThree-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
17.3:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,008 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 6 | 322 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 354 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 381 | 36% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.3pp since 2014
Math
26.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.4% | 27.9% | 24.4% | 36.4% |
| Math | 12.4% | 13.7% | 21.8% | 52.1% |
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 | 39.3% | 26.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.5% | 18.5% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 17.1% |
| 2021-22 | 35.1% | 16.5% |
| 2018-19 | 37.5% | 25.7% |
| 2017-18 | 32.9% | 21.2% |
| 2016-17 | 27.5% | 22.7% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Chester W. Nimitz Middle
Chester W. Nimitz Middle's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester W. Nimitz Middle this school | 1,057 | 95.4% | 29.8% |
| Henry T. Gage Middle Huntington Park | 1,139 | 95.2% | 26.4% |
| Fesler (Isaac) Junior High Santa Maria | 974 | 94.5% | 14.9% |
| Toro Canyon Middle Thermal | 989 | 97.1% | 14.3% |
| La Paz Middle Salinas | 1,099 | 93.4% | 24.3% |
| Tomas Rivera Middle Perris | 1,014 | 94.8% | 18.9% |
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 Chester W. Nimitz Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #745 of 1,224 | #159 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #692 of 1,227 ▲ 140 | #151 of 248 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #734 of 1,227 ▲ 71 | #159 of 248 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.9pp | #186 of 1,214 | #69 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,057 | #153 of 1,377 | #47 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #129 of 1,279 | #43 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.6% | #1,234 of 1,278 | #282 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #99 of 1,329 | #49 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.6% | #138 of 930 | #44 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
1,057
-314 (-23%) vs 2020
-71% since 1990-91, when it was 3,624
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 1,057 | 61.2 | 17.3:1 | 95% (1,008) |
| 2023-24 | 1,087 | 60.1 | 18.1:1 | 94% (1,021) |
| 2022-23 | 1,177 | 60.1 | 19.6:1 | 96% (1,126) |
| 2020-21 | 1,371 | 62 | 22.1:1 | 97% (1,326) |
| 2017-18 | 1,481 | 63.5 | 23.3:1 | 95% (1,403) |
| 2015-16 | 1,814 | 81 | 22.4:1 | 90% (1,625) |
| 2010-11 | 2,074 | N/A | N/A | 86% (1,786) |
| 2000-01 | 3,501 | 139 | 25.2:1 | 91% (3,183) |
| 1990-91 | 3,624 | 154 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chester W. Nimitz Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (1,481 to 1,057); teachers down 4% (63.5 to 61.2).
About Chester W. Nimitz Middle
Chester W. Nimitz Middle is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in California, located in Huntington Park. A federal count lists 1,057 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
The Los Angeles Unified system has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
At Chester W. Nimitz Middle, Hispanic students make up 98% of the student body. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The chance that two students picked at random at Chester W. Nimitz Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 5%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.3:1, with 61.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 95%. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
allk12 grades Chester W. Nimitz Middle a B. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 23.7% for a school in California with Chester W. Nimitz Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Chester W. Nimitz Middle posts 29.8%.
In Los Angeles County (population about 9,808,667), median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 2,244 public schools operate in Los Angeles County, serving about 1,265,907 students.
Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo Academy is located about 0.1 miles from Chester W. Nimitz Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Chester W. Nimitz Middle ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Chester W. Nimitz Middle is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,057, 23% below the 1,371 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 17.3 students per teacher, compared with 22.1 in 2020-21.
The Chester W. Nimitz Middle community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Chester W. Nimitz MiddleHow many students attend Chester W. Nimitz Middle?
Chester W. Nimitz Middle enrolls approximately 1,057 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Chester W. Nimitz Middle serve?
Chester W. Nimitz Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Chester W. Nimitz Middle have?
Chester W. Nimitz Middle employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Chester W. Nimitz Middle?
Student demographics at Chester W. Nimitz Middle are roughly 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Chester W. Nimitz Middle in?
Chester W. Nimitz Middle is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.