Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle

Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle is an intermediate school of low-enrollment scale in Hawaiian Gardens, California, run under ABC Unified, enrolling 291 students in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 56% below the state mean of about 659.

Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle is one of 30 schools operated by ABC Unified, a district that educates 17,570 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). The remainder breaks down as 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.8%; this one delivers 26.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Aloha Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 34.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle's enrollment has fell 25% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 291). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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