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Enrollment
495
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA HABRA CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062019002412
Imperial Middle
1450 South Schoolwood Dr., La Habra, CA 90631 · (562) 690-2344 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
413 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 158 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 36% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within La Habra City Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.4pp since 2014
Math
21.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.4% | 27.9% | 31.3% | 30.3% |
| Math | 9.3% | 12.4% | 23.2% | 55.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 25.1% |
| 2022-23 | 35.6% | 24.8% |
| 2021-22 | 45.8% | 24.5% |
| 2018-19 | 48.3% | 26.4% |
| 2017-18 | 35.7% | 18.7% |
| 2016-17 | 35.2% | 16.4% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Imperial Middle
Imperial Middle's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Middle this school | 495 | 83.4% | 31.9% |
| Nicolas Junior High Fullerton | 539 | 82.6% | 30.1% |
| Charles W. Tewinkle Middle Costa Mesa | 501 | 80.8% | 36.3% |
| John Sutter Middle Fowler | 579 | 82.0% | 37.4% |
| Magnolia Junior High Chino | 541 | 83.4% | 31.6% |
| Lakeside Middle Norwalk | 509 | 79.8% | 52.5% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Imperial Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #689 of 1,224 | #71 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #806 of 1,227 ▼ 146 | #72 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #759 of 1,227 ▼ 106 | #73 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.1pp | #66 of 1,214 | #3 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #930 of 1,377 | #76 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #636 of 1,279 | #26 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #971 of 1,278 | #71 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #447 of 1,329 | #27 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.7% | #75 of 930 | #11 of 74 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
495
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 739
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 21.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 495 | 23.5 | 21.1:1 | 83% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 24.5 | 18.2:1 | 84% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 24.3 | 18.9:1 | 79% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 23 | 21.6:1 | 65% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 32.9 | 22.7:1 | 76% (564) |
| 2015-16 | 823 | 33 | 24.9:1 | 72% (591) |
| 2010-11 | 923 | N/A | N/A | 70% (642) |
| 2000-01 | 969 | 44 | 22.0:1 | 69% (670) |
| 1990-91 | 739 | 39 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Imperial Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (747 to 495); teachers down 29% (32.9 to 23.5).
About Imperial Middle
Imperial Middle is the name of a low-enrollment middle-grades school in La Habra, California. The latest federal count shows 495 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in California is about 659 students, so this school is 25% smaller than average.
Imperial Middle belongs to La Habra City Elementary, a district of 9 schools and 4,239 students.
The large majority of students at Imperial Middle, 84%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 7% White and 5% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 50 points above the 34% share among Orange County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Imperial Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
Teacher staffing is 23.5 full-time equivalents, or about 21.1 students per teacher. Middle schools in California average about 20.7:1, a similar figure. Eligible students account for 83% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Orange County, the average is 55%.
allk12 grades Imperial Middle a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 30.6%.
County data help place the school in context: in Orange County, median household income is about $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Orange County number 649 and enroll about 430,458.
The school nearest to Imperial Middle is Las Positas Elementary, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Within five miles of Imperial Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.0%; Imperial Middle's is 31.9%, ranking 8th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Imperial Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (498) and 2024-25 (495).
The Imperial Middle community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in La Habra City Elementary
- Ladera Palma ElementaryElementary · 583 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 580 students
- Las Positas ElementaryElementary · 565 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Walnut ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Arbolita ElementaryElementary · 379 students
Other schools in La Habra
- La Habra HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Sonora HighHigh · 1,779 students
- Ladera Palma ElementaryElementary · 583 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 580 students
- Las Positas ElementaryElementary · 565 students
- El Portal ElementaryElementary · 469 students
Nearby schools
- Las Positas Elementary0.1 mi · 565
- Las Lomas Elementary0.6 mi · 345
- Olita Elementary1.2 mi · 425
- Washington Middle1.4 mi · 580
- El Portal Elementary1.5 mi · 469
- La Habra High1.6 mi · 1,881
Frequently asked questions
About Imperial MiddleHow large is Imperial Middle?
Imperial Middle enrolls approximately 495 students in grades 06-08.
Is Imperial Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Imperial Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Imperial Middle have?
Imperial Middle employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Imperial Middle?
At Imperial Middle, the student body is approximately 7% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Imperial Middle public or private?
Imperial Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by La Habra City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.