Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle

Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle is one of the close-knit 6-8 campuss in Carson, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified, with 341 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 48% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder reads as 37% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Virtual Academy of the Arts & Entertainment, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 30%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 341 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 49% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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