Harvest Park Middle

Set in Pleasanton, California, Harvest Park Middle is a large intermediate school, one of the schools within Pleasanton Unified. It works with 1,015 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 54% bigger than typical.

Harvest Park Middle is one of 16 schools operated by Pleasanton Unified, a district that teaches 13,302 students overall.

Demographically, Harvest Park Middle reports that Asian students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school logs 26% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 33% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Harvest Park Middle has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harvest Park Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.9%, the actual is 83.6%, a residual of +7.7 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Alameda County) records that median household income runs about $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Harvest Park Middle is one.

Walnut Grove Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Harvest Park Middle comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 73.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Harvest Park Middle's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 1,189 (now 1,015). White enrollment moved from 42% to 26% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Harvest Park Middle typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.