La Loma Junior High

Set in Modesto, California, La Loma Junior High is a moderately sized junior high, overseen by Modesto City Elementary. It serves 705 students across grades 7 through 8.

Modesto City Elementary comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 14,444 students; La Loma Junior High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, La Loma Junior High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), La Loma Junior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Stanislaus County) records that median household earnings sit near $81,468, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), La Loma Junior High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: El Vista Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around La Loma Junior High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts La Loma Junior High at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. La Loma Junior High's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 748 (now 705). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 56% to 62%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.3:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the La Loma Junior High community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.