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Enrollment
773
Middle
DISTRICT 835 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003215
Florence Nightingale Middle
3311 North Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90065 · (323) 224-4800 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL773 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
16.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
675 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 6 | 245 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 277 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 251 | 32% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +20.8pp since 2014
Math
34.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.9% | 26.9% | 23.1% | 32.1% |
| Math | 19.1% | 15.6% | 20.0% | 45.4% |
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 | 44.8% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 27.6% |
| 2022-23 | 36.5% | 25.4% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 23.4% |
| 2018-19 | 44.1% | 33.9% |
| 2017-18 | 38.1% | 28.7% |
| 2016-17 | 32.9% | 29.0% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Florence Nightingale Middle
Florence Nightingale Middle's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Nightingale Middle this school | 773 | 87.3% | 36.6% |
| Hollencrest Middle West Covina | 737 | 80.9% | 42.8% |
| Kings Canyon Middle Fresno | 862 | 92.9% | 26.4% |
| Dale Junior High Anaheim | 1,002 | 88.2% | 26.1% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle Hayward | 669 | 82.8% | 33.3% |
| Corona Fundamental Intermediate Corona | 754 | 80.1% | 50.4% |
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 Florence Nightingale Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #593 of 1,224 | #132 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #504 of 1,227 ▲ 101 | #115 of 248 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #600 of 1,227 ▲ 62 | #131 of 248 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #111 of 1,214 | #42 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 773 | #467 of 1,377 | #110 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #83 of 1,279 | #28 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #811 of 1,278 | #136 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #370 of 1,329 | #145 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #852 of 930 | #199 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
773
-89 (-10%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,800
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 773 | 46.7 | 16.6:1 | 87% (675) |
| 2023-24 | 759 | 44.7 | 17.0:1 | 86% (649) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 45.7 | 17.3:1 | 93% (735) |
| 2020-21 | 862 | 45 | 19.2:1 | 92% (789) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 40.5 | 19.7:1 | 94% (751) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 35 | 20.7:1 | 93% (672) |
| 2010-11 | 1,249 | N/A | N/A | 42% (521) |
| 2000-01 | 1,967 | 87 | 22.6:1 | 71% (1,390) |
| 1990-91 | 1,800 | 82 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Florence Nightingale Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (799 to 773); teachers up 15% (40.5 to 46.7).
About Florence Nightingale Middle
Florence Nightingale Middle is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in Los Angeles, California. It had 773 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
The district, Los Angeles Unified, operates 784 schools serving 406,887 students.
About 75% of the student body at Florence Nightingale Middle is Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Asian, 2% Black, and 2% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 46.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. Middle schools in California have an average ratio of 20.7:1. At Florence Nightingale Middle, 87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Florence Nightingale Middle lands at A-, ahead of 75% of California public middle schools.
The model predicts 28.4% for a school in California with Florence Nightingale Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Florence Nightingale Middle posts 36.6%.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Florence Nightingale Middle, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Loreto Street Elementary, is the closest to Florence Nightingale Middle. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Florence Nightingale Middle ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Florence Nightingale Middle enrolled 862 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 773. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.6:1) than in 2020-21 (19.2:1).
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Florence Nightingale MiddleHow large is Florence Nightingale Middle?
Florence Nightingale Middle enrolls approximately 773 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Florence Nightingale Middle serve?
Florence Nightingale Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Florence Nightingale Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Florence Nightingale Middle is approximately 16.6:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Florence Nightingale Middle?
At Florence Nightingale Middle, the student body is approximately 2% White, 75% Hispanic, 2% Black, 19% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Florence Nightingale Middle public or private?
Florence Nightingale Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.