Goddard Middle

Goddard Middle, a moderately sized intermediate school in Glendora, California, operated by Glendora Unified, enrolls 728 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Goddard Middle is one of 9 schools operated by Glendora Unified, a district that caters to 6,362 students overall.

On demographics, Goddard Middle lists that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 33% White, 19% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Goddard Middle has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.5:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Goddard Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.8%, the actual is 64.2%, a residual of -4.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Goddard Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sellers Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Goddard Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Goddard Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Goddard Middle has fell 20%, going from 909 students in 2018 to 728 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 53% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 25.5:1 in 2025.

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