Henry T. Gage Middle

Located at 2880 East Gage Ave., in Huntington Park, California, Henry T. Gage Middle is a roomy 6-8 campus that instructs 1,139 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Los Angeles Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 73% above typical.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Henry T. Gage Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Henry T. Gage Middle logs that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Henry T. Gage Middle has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Henry T. Gage Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.8%; this one delivers 27.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Henry T. Gage Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Miles Avenue Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Henry T. Gage Middle at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 32.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Henry T. Gage Middle has contracted 28%, going from 1,593 students in 2018 to 1,139 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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