Foothill Intermediate

As a tiny middle school in Marysville, California, Foothill Intermediate educates 237 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Marysville Joint Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Foothill Intermediate sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Marysville Joint Unified, which oversees 23 schools and 10,418 students, Foothill Intermediate is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Foothill Intermediate logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Yuba County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Foothill Intermediate has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at Foothill Intermediate qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Foothill Intermediate tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.2%.

Across the wider county, Yuba County reports that median household income runs about $76,373, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Foothill Intermediate is one of 41 public schools in Yuba County (combined enrollment of about 16,045 students).

Loma Rica Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Foothill Intermediate comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Foothill Intermediate's enrollment has grew 13% since 2018, when it stood at 210 (now 237). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 9% to 21%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.