George K. Porter Middle

George K. Porter Middle, a sprawling middle school in Granada Hills, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, serves 1,009 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 53% above the state mean of about 659.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; George K. Porter Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, George K. Porter Middle reports that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 10% Asian, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, George K. Porter Middle ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.9%; George K. Porter Middle posts 51.6%, +15.7 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which George K. Porter Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Haskell Elem Sci Tech Engr Arts And Math (STEAM) Magnet, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), George K. Porter Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.7%.

George K. Porter Middle operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 34%: 1,532 students in 2018 compared to 1,009 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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