Frank M. Wright Middle

Frank M. Wright Middle operates as a roomy junior high in Imperial, California, run under Imperial Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,116 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 69% above typical.

Imperial Unified comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,794 students; Frank M. Wright Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Frank M. Wright Middle records that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 7% White.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Frank M. Wright Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Imperial County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Frank M. Wright Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

Across the wider county, Imperial County reports that median household earnings sit near $57,681, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Imperial County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students), of which Frank M. Wright Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Imperial Ave. Holbrook High, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Frank M. Wright Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Frank M. Wright Middle's enrollment has grew 14% since 2018, when it stood at 979 (now 1,116). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 85% to 91%.

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