Kraemer Middle

Set in Placentia, California, Kraemer Middle is a reasonably sized junior high, run under Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified. It enrolls 889 students across grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 35% above typical.

Across the 34 schools in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified (22,665 students total), Kraemer Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Kraemer Middle shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 35% Asian, 13% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Kraemer Middle records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at Kraemer Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kraemer Middle ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 48.0%; Kraemer Middle posts 63.5%, +15.5 points above that line.

Around the school, Orange County reports that median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Kraemer Middle is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Valencia High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kraemer Middle. On composite proficiency, Kraemer Middle comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Kraemer Middle's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,055 (now 889). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 21% to 13%. Class-load math has fell: from 28.0:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 in 2025.

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