Fred Newhart Middle

Fred Newhart Middle is a middle-grades school of substantial scale in Mission Viejo, California, run under Capistrano Unified, caters to 1,105 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 68% above typical.

Capistrano Unified runs 58 schools in total, collectively educating 40,251 students. Fred Newhart Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Fred Newhart Middle records that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 14% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Fred Newhart Middle has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Orange County's rate of about 55%.

With demographic context factored in, Fred Newhart Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.5%; this one delivers 70.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Orange County) logs that median household income runs about $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Fred Newhart Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: De Portola Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Fred Newhart Middle comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Fred Newhart Middle's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,249 (now 1,105). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 58% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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