Giano Intermediate

Giano Intermediate, a low-enrollment 6-8 campus in West Covina, California, overseen by Rowland Unified, instructs 463 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Within Rowland Unified, which oversees 21 schools and 11,541 students, Giano Intermediate is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Giano Intermediate logs that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Giano Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.1%; this one delivers 29.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Giano Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Villacorta Elementary, roughly 0.3 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), Giano Intermediate ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 27.0%.

Giano Intermediate operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 590 students in 2018 compared to 463 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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