Gifford C. Cole Middle

Set in Lancaster, California, Gifford C. Cole Middle is a mid-tier middle school, one of the schools within Eastside Union Elementary. It enrolls 697 students across grades 7 through 8.

Within Eastside Union Elementary, which oversees 6 schools and 3,032 students, Gifford C. Cole Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Gifford C. Cole Middle lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder reads as 22% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Gifford C. Cole Middle has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 82% of students at Gifford C. Cole Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gifford C. Cole Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Gifford C. Cole Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gifford C. Cole Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gifford C. Cole Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 19.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Gifford C. Cole Middle's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 715 (now 697). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.