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Enrollment
291
Middle
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000020
Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle
21409 South Elaine Ave., Hawaiian Gardens, CA 90716 · (562) 229-7805 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
267 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 7 | 140 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 52% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
35.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.1pp since 2014
Math
26.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.0% | 29.1% | 30.2% | 34.7% |
| Math | 9.9% | 17.0% | 23.7% | 49.5% |
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 | 35.1% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 18.3% |
| 2022-23 | 40.6% | 16.8% |
| 2021-22 | 34.9% | 16.7% |
| 2018-19 | 42.4% | 34.6% |
| 2017-18 | 39.0% | 32.8% |
| 2016-17 | 39.7% | 35.2% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle this school | 291 | 91.8% | 28.7% |
| Bill E. Young Jr. Middle Calipatria | 322 | 90.7% | 30.8% |
| Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle Los Angeles | 298 | 90.6% | N/A |
| PARA LOS NINOS MIDDLE Los Angeles | 305 | 94.1% | N/A |
| PUC Lakeview Charter Academy Lake View Terrace | 334 | 94.6% | N/A |
| Sal Castro Middle Los Angeles | 276 | 97.8% | 22.3% |
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 Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #776 of 1,224 | #166 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #671 of 1,227 ▲ 166 | #148 of 248 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #851 of 1,227 ▼ 76 | #185 of 248 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #291 of 1,214 | #94 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #1,204 of 1,377 | #279 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #26 of 1,279 | #8 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #942 of 1,278 | #173 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #219 of 1,329 | #100 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #202 of 930 | #66 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
291
-93 (-24%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 291 | 19.7 | 14.8:1 | 92% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 18.4 | 19.1:1 | 91% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 20.7 | 19.6:1 | 88% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 21 | 18.3:1 | 95% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 21 | 18.5:1 | 89% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 91% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | N/A | N/A | 89% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 28 | 22.8:1 | 74% (473) |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 26 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (389 to 291); teachers down 6% (21 to 19.7).
About Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle
Students in Hawaiian Gardens, California, attend Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle, a small middle school. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 291 students. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 56% smaller than that.
ABC Unified runs Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle along with 29 other schools, enrolling 17,570 students in total.
At Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle, Hispanic students make up 83% of the student body. Other students are 7% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.
Teachers at the school number 19.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.8:1. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. The school's lunch program data list 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle is B-. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle is +3.0 points: 28.7% actual, 25.8% predicted.
Federal survey data for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 2,244 public schools operate in Los Angeles County, serving about 1,265,907 students.
Of nearby public schools, Aloha Elementary is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 28.7% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 384 to 291. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2020-21 to 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 ABC Unified
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Hawaiian Gardens
- Hawaiian ElementaryElementary · 298 students
- Furgeson (Venn W.) ElementaryElementary · 297 students
Nearby schools
- Aloha Elementary0.3 mi · 302
- Furgeson (Venn W.) Elementary0.6 mi · 297
- Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary0.6 mi · 338
- Willow Elementary0.7 mi · 346
- Artesia High0.8 mi · 1,384
- Palms Elementary0.8 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Fedde (Pharis F.) MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle?
Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 07-08.
Is Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle.
How diverse is Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle?
Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle reports a student body of 2% White, 83% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle?
Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle is overseen by ABC Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.