Emilie J. Ross Middle

Located at 7448 Fox Rd., in Hughson, California, Emilie J. Ross Middle is a modestly sized junior high that instructs 458 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Hughson Unified. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Hughson Unified comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,237 students; Emilie J. Ross Middle is among them.

Demographically, Emilie J. Ross Middle logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 42% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Emilie J. Ross Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 35.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Stanislaus County put the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Emilie J. Ross Middle is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fox Road Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Emilie J. Ross Middle comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Emilie J. Ross Middle has edged down 3%, going from 470 students in 2018 to 458 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 35% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

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