First Avenue Middle

Set in Arcadia, California, First Avenue Middle is an average-sized 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Arcadia Unified. It enrolls 771 students across grades 6 through 8.

First Avenue Middle is one of 11 schools operated by Arcadia Unified, a district that works with 9,061 students overall.

Demographically, First Avenue Middle logs that the largest single group is Asian, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 8% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.8:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at First Avenue Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, First Avenue Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), First Avenue Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rancho Learning Center (Alternative), roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), First Avenue Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.6%.

First Avenue Middle operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 800 students in 2018 compared to 771 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 13% to 17% over that span.

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