Hollenbeck Middle

Hollenbeck Middle is one of the moderately sized middle schools in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, with 927 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Hollenbeck Middle sits 41% larger than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hollenbeck Middle logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Hollenbeck Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hollenbeck Middle is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 23.3%; this one delivers 38.0%, a residual of +14.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Hollenbeck Middle is one campus in the mix.

Boyle Heights Continuation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hollenbeck Middle at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 1,023 students in 2018 compared to 927 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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