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Enrollment
520
Middle
DISTRICT 256 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPTON UNIFIED·NCES 060962007272
Davis Middle
621 West Poplar St., Compton, CA 90220 · (310) 898-6020 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
470 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 129 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 211 | 41% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 35% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
55.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +38.2pp since 2014
Math
52.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +44.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 38 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 45 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.1% | 40.1% | 23.8% | 21.0% |
| Math | 30.2% | 22.4% | 20.8% | 26.6% |
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 | 55.2% | 52.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.4% | 37.2% |
| 2022-23 | 40.5% | 30.1% |
| 2021-22 | 37.7% | 20.2% |
| 2018-19 | 24.1% | 12.6% |
| 2017-18 | 24.2% | 11.9% |
| 2016-17 | 19.4% | 9.1% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 8.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in California's top 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 Davis Middle
Davis Middle's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Middle this school | 520 | 90.4% | 46.9% |
| Stella Middle Charter Academy Los Angeles | 474 | 94.9% | N/A |
| Animo James B. Taylor Charter Middle Los Angeles | 464 | 96.8% | N/A |
| Whaley Middle Compton | 429 | 92.8% | 37.2% |
| Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle Los Angeles | 441 | 94.6% | 15.6% |
| March Middle Moreno Valley | 686 | 87.2% | 22.5% |
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 Davis Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #393 of 1,224 | #87 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #249 of 1,227 ▲ 165 | #54 of 248 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #393 of 1,227 ▲ 179 | #89 of 248 ▲ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.0pp | #1 of 1,214 | #1 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #894 of 1,377 | #198 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.2:1 | #1,224 of 1,279 | #280 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.3% | #974 of 1,278 | #180 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #274 of 1,329 | #116 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #752 of 930 | #179 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
520
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 1,283
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
was 26.1:1
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 | 520 | 19.8 | 26.2:1 | 90% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 17.5 | 26.1:1 | 95% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 18.1 | 23.8:1 | 64% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 19 | 26.1:1 | 89% (440) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 22 | 25.4:1 | 92% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 28 | 24.9:1 | 91% (634) |
| 2010-11 | 993 | N/A | N/A | 98% (975) |
| 2000-01 | 1,076 | 42 | 25.6:1 | 84% (903) |
| 1990-91 | 1,283 | 44 | 29.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davis Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (560 to 520); teachers down 10% (22 to 19.8).
About Davis Middle
Davis Middle, a small middle school, is located in Compton, California. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 520 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
Compton Unified has 16,304 students in 36 schools, and Davis Middle is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up 84% of enrollment at Davis Middle. Smaller groups are 14% Black. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. Davis Middle's diversity index is 27%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 26.2:1, with 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Davis Middle is 90%. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
Davis Middle is a top-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.6% with an actual 46.9%.
In the county around the school, Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Los Angeles County is home to 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 public school students.
The closest public school to Davis Middle is Dickison Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 46.9% is below the 46.9% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment increase, from 495 in 2020-21 to 520 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Davis Middle. 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Compton Unified
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
- Kelly ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- Dickison ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Compton
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- KIPP Compton CommunityElementary · 783 students
- Lifeline Education CharterCombined · 698 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
Other Davis Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Davis Middle. Davis Middle is the largest of the 5.
- Davis Middle SchoolHILLSDALE, MI · 366 students
- Davis Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 314 students
- Davis Middle SchoolEvanston, WY · 309 students
- Davis Middle SchoolDavis, OK · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Dickison Elementary0.2 mi · 681
- Washington Elementary0.4 mi · 268
- Rosecrans Elementary0.4 mi · 459
- Tibby Elementary0.7 mi · 554
- Laurel Street Elementary0.8 mi · 377
- Compton STEP0.9 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Davis MiddleHow many students attend Davis Middle?
Davis Middle enrolls approximately 520 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Davis Middle serve?
Davis Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Davis Middle?
Approximately 26.2:1 students per teacher at Davis Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Davis Middle?
At Davis Middle, the student body is approximately 1% White, 84% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Davis Middle public or private?
Davis Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Compton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.