El Cerrito Middle

As a roomy middle-grades school in Corona, California, El Cerrito Middle enrolls 1,218 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Corona-Norco Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so El Cerrito Middle sits 85% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 51 schools in Corona-Norco Unified (49,370 students total), El Cerrito Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, El Cerrito Middle shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 28% White, 17% Asian, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, El Cerrito Middle lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, El Cerrito Middle sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.2%; actual is 58.4%, +16.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Riverside County shows median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. El Cerrito Middle is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Santiago High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around El Cerrito Middle. On composite proficiency, El Cerrito Middle comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. El Cerrito Middle's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,158 (now 1,218). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 37% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 26.6:1 today.

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