Kathryn Newport Middle

Set in Menifee, California, Kathryn Newport Middle is a reasonably sized middle school, one of the schools within Menifee Union. It serves 965 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 46% above typical.

Menifee Union comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 12,247 students; Kathryn Newport Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Kathryn Newport Middle records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 21% White, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, Kathryn Newport Middle has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Kathryn Newport Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at Kathryn Newport Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kathryn Newport Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.6%, the actual is 35.9%, a residual of -3.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Riverside County shows median household income runs about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Kathryn Newport Middle is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Ridgemoor Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kathryn Newport Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kathryn Newport Middle at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

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