Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High

Located at 4000 East Covell Blvd., in Davis, California, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High is a tight-knit junior high that serves 533 students (grades 7 through 9), part of Davis Joint Unified.

Davis Joint Unified comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,241 students; Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High logs that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the resource side, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Yolo County (around 59%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.6%; this one delivers 50.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Yolo County shows median household earnings sit near $91,752, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Yolo County runs 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,820 students), of which Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High is one.

The closest other public school is Fred T. Korematsu Elementary at Mace Ranch, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 631 (now 533). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 47% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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