Daniel Webster Middle

Daniel Webster Middle is a tight-knit middle-grades school in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. The school works with 438 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Daniel Webster Middle sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Daniel Webster Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Daniel Webster Middle lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 16% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Daniel Webster Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Daniel Webster Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.4%; this one delivers 23.1%.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $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), Daniel Webster Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Magnolia Science Academy 4, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Daniel Webster Middle comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 462 students in 2018 compared to 438 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 23% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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