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Enrollment
441
Middle
DISTRICT 835 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003202
Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle
4066 West Johnnie Cochran Vista, Los Angeles, CA 90019 · (323) 730-4300 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
15.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
417 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 117 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 177 | 40% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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 published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
21.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.6pp since 2014
Math
12.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.8% | 15.7% | 20.3% | 58.1% |
| Math | 4.0% | 8.2% | 18.8% | 69.0% |
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 | 21.6% | 12.2% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 9.7% |
| 2022-23 | 19.6% | 7.4% |
| 2021-22 | 17.4% | 5.9% |
| 2018-19 | 23.7% | 11.9% |
| 2017-18 | 26.8% | 14.0% |
| 2016-17 | 19.8% | 14.7% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
15.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle this school | 441 | 94.6% | 15.6% |
| Stella Middle Charter Academy Los Angeles | 474 | 94.9% | N/A |
| Animo Mae Jemison Charter Middle Los Angeles | 441 | 95.9% | N/A |
| Animo James B. Taylor Charter Middle Los Angeles | 464 | 96.8% | N/A |
| Knox Middle San Diego | 488 | 95.7% | 20.3% |
| Frick United Academy of Language Middle Oakland | 392 | 99.7% | 3.2% |
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 Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #1,137 of 1,224 | #242 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #1,088 of 1,227 ▲ 36 | #236 of 248 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,139 of 1,227 ▲ 6 | #242 of 248 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #295 of 1,214 | #97 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #1,030 of 1,377 | #235 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #44 of 1,279 | #15 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #866 of 1,278 | #148 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #124 of 1,329 | #64 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.7% | #66 of 930 | #23 of 213 |
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
441
-81 (-16%) vs 2020
-80% since 1990-91, when it was 2,172
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 441 | 28.1 | 15.7:1 | 95% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 30.9 | 15.6:1 | 95% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 29.6 | 18.4:1 | 99% (541) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 99% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 34 | 19.9:1 | 95% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 827 | 42 | 19.7:1 | 88% (731) |
| 2010-11 | 1,297 | N/A | N/A | 43% (563) |
| 2000-01 | 2,112 | 93 | 22.7:1 | 70% (1,477) |
| 1990-91 | 2,172 | 98 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (675 to 441); teachers down 17% (34 to 28.1).
About Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle
Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle is classified as a middle school. It is located in Los Angeles, California. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 441 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in California average about 659 students.
Los Angeles Unified is made up of 784 schools with 406,887 students in all.
Hispanic students are the majority at Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle, with 78% of enrollment. The school is also 18% Black, 2% White, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 28.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.7:1. That is lower than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 95%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 25 points.
Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle is 8.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 15.6% actual, 24.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In Los Angeles County (population about 9,808,667), the median household income is $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Global Education Academy 2, is about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle ranks 6th of 6 on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
2024-25 enrollment was 441, a 16% decrease from 522 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.4 to 15.7 over 4 years.
The Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Johnnie Cochran Jr. MiddleHow large is Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle?
Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle enrolls approximately 441 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle serve?
Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle have?
Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
How diverse is Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle?
Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle reports a student body of 2% White, 78% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle?
Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.