Edwin Markham Middle

Located at 1650 East 104th St., in Los Angeles, California, Edwin Markham Middle is a middle-of-the-pack middle school that enrolls 618 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Los Angeles Unified.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Edwin Markham Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edwin Markham Middle lists that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Edwin Markham Middle reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Edwin Markham Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.9%, the actual is 12.4%, a residual of -8.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Edwin Markham Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Compton Avenue Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edwin Markham Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.0%.

Edwin Markham Middle operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 736 students in 2018 compared to 618 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.