Foothills Middle

As an average-sized middle school in Arcadia, California, Foothills Middle instructs 650 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Arcadia Unified.

Within Arcadia Unified, which oversees 11 schools and 9,061 students, Foothills Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Foothills Middle lists that the largest single group is Asian, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 18% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Foothills Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Foothills Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.1%; this one delivers 73.2%.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Foothills Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Highland Oaks Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Foothills Middle comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 59.4%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 726 students in 2018 compared to 650 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 21% to 8% across the same window.

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