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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Daniel Webster Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
438
Middle
DISTRICT 835 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003445
Daniel Webster Middle
11330 West Graham Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90064 · (310) 235-4600 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of California public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
383 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 | 126 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 165 | 38% |
Student demographics
47%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
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
40.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +24.2pp since 2014
Math
24.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.8% | 28.5% | 28.2% | 31.5% |
| Math | 10.1% | 14.0% | 26.6% | 49.3% |
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 | 40.2% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 16.6% |
| 2022-23 | 21.9% | 11.9% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 13.7% |
| 2018-19 | 31.8% | 21.1% |
| 2017-18 | 29.1% | 20.1% |
| 2016-17 | 25.1% | 12.2% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Daniel Webster Middle
Daniel Webster Middle's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Webster Middle this school | 438 | 87.4% | 27.6% |
| Millennial Tech Middle San Diego | 378 | 88.9% | 21.0% |
| Lindbergh STEM Academy Long Beach | 421 | 91.2% | 28.0% |
| Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle Los Angeles | 441 | 94.6% | 15.6% |
| Lovonya DeJean Middle Richmond | 381 | 81.9% | 7.3% |
| Knox Middle San Diego | 488 | 95.7% | 20.3% |
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 Daniel Webster Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #810 of 1,224 | #173 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #742 of 1,227 ▲ 158 | #163 of 248 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #714 of 1,227 ▲ 210 | #155 of 248 ▲ 38 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.3pp | #49 of 1,214 | #18 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #1,036 of 1,377 | #236 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #29 of 1,279 | #9 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #710 of 1,278 | #114 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #365 of 1,329 | #143 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #810 of 930 | #192 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
438
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,018
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 438 | 29.2 | 15.0:1 | 87% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 26.1 | 18.0:1 | 82% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 23.9 | 18.5:1 | 90% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 87% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 88% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 27 | 16.8:1 | 84% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | N/A | N/A | 69% (484) |
| 2000-01 | 1,228 | 55 | 22.3:1 | 70% (861) |
| 1990-91 | 1,018 | 52 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daniel Webster Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (462 to 438); teachers up 4% (28 to 29.2).
About Daniel Webster Middle
Daniel Webster Middle is a small middle school in California, with an address in Los Angeles. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 438 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 34% lower.
The district, Los Angeles Unified, has 406,887 students enrolled across 784 schools.
Daniel Webster Middle's enrollment is 70% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 16% Black, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. Daniel Webster Middle has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Daniel Webster Middle operates with 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. About 87% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is 17 points above the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
The allk12 Grade for Daniel Webster Middle is B-. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Daniel Webster Middle is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (27.6% versus 28.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
According to the American Community Survey, in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Daniel Webster Middle is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
The closest other public school is Magnolia Science Academy 4, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Daniel Webster Middle is behind the 71.1% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Daniel Webster Middle was 442 in 2020-21 and 438 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 15.0:1.
Posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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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Other Daniel Webster Middle schools
One other US public school is named Daniel Webster Middle. Daniel Webster Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Daniel Webster Middle SchoolTulsa, OK · 350 students
Nearby schools
- Magnolia Science Academy 40.0 mi · 132
- Richland Avenue Elementary0.3 mi · 280
- Citizens of the World Charter School Mar Vista0.5 mi · 497
- Clover Avenue Elementary0.6 mi · 468
- Mar Vista Elementary0.9 mi · 590
- Overland Avenue Elementary1.0 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About Daniel Webster MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Daniel Webster Middle?
Daniel Webster Middle enrolls approximately 438 students in grades 06-08.
Is Daniel Webster Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Daniel Webster Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Daniel Webster Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Daniel Webster Middle is approximately 15.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Daniel Webster Middle?
At Daniel Webster Middle, the student body is approximately 8% White, 70% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Daniel Webster Middle?
Daniel Webster Middle is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.