Imperial Middle

Imperial Middle operates as a tight-knit 6-8 campus in La Habra, California, operated by La Habra City Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 495 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 659.

Imperial Middle is one of 9 schools operated by La Habra City Elementary, a district that hosts 4,239 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Imperial Middle shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). Beyond that, the school logs 7% White, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Imperial Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Imperial Middle is one campus in the mix.

Las Positas Elementary 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. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Imperial Middle ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Imperial Middle has ticked down 34%, going from 747 students in 2018 to 495 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

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