La Entrada Middle

La Entrada Middle, a mid-tier junior high in Menlo Park, California, run under Las Lomitas Elementary, enrolls 612 students, covering grades 4 through 8.

Across the 2 schools in Las Lomitas Elementary (1,134 students total), La Entrada Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, La Entrada Middle reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

On the resource side, On paper, La Entrada Middle has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Mateo County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, La Entrada Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 84.6%.

Zooming out to the county, San Mateo County reports that median household earnings sit near $158,855, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Mateo County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), of which La Entrada Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oak Knoll Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts La Entrada Middle at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 68.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at La Entrada Middle has edged down 24%, going from 802 students in 2018 to 612 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 60% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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