Joaquin Moraga Intermediate

Located at 1010 Camino Pablo, in Moraga, California, Joaquin Moraga Intermediate is a mid-sized middle school that educates 658 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Moraga Elementary.

Moraga Elementary comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,805 students; Joaquin Moraga Intermediate is among them.

Demographically, Joaquin Moraga Intermediate records that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% multiracial, 21% Asian, 11% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Joaquin Moraga Intermediate has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 6% of students at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Joaquin Moraga Intermediate tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Contra Costa County reports that the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Joaquin Moraga Intermediate is one.

Nearest neighbor: Camino Pablo Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joaquin Moraga Intermediate. On composite proficiency, Joaquin Moraga Intermediate comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.1%.

Joaquin Moraga Intermediate operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Joaquin Moraga Intermediate's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 640 (now 658). The White share of enrollment contracted from 60% to 45% over that span.

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