Ethel Kucera Middle

Ethel Kucera Middle operates as a mid-sized intermediate school in Rialto, California, operated by Rialto Unified. Current enrollment sits at 978 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 48% above typical.

Ethel Kucera Middle is one of 29 schools operated by Rialto Unified, a district that educates 23,067 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Ethel Kucera Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). The remainder comes out to 8% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ethel Kucera Middle shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at Ethel Kucera Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ethel Kucera Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Ethel Kucera Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ethel Kucera Middle. On composite proficiency, Ethel Kucera Middle comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Ethel Kucera Middle's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,121 (now 978). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 12% to 8%.

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