Hercules Middle

Located at 1900 Refugio Valley Rd., in Hercules, California, Hercules Middle is a mid-sized 6-8 campus that hosts 596 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within West Contra Costa Unified.

Hercules Middle is one of 52 schools operated by West Contra Costa Unified, a district that enrolls 25,133 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hercules Middle shows that the most-represented group is Asian (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 26% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% multiracial, 8% White. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.7:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hercules Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.1%; this one delivers 40.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Hercules Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hercules High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hercules Middle at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Hercules Middle's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 594 (now 596). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 23% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

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