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Enrollment
682
Middle
DISTRICT 666 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEBELLO UNIFIED·NCES 062547003800
La Merced Intermediate
215 East Avenida de la Merced, Montebello, CA 90640 · (323) 722-7262 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of California public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
21.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
630 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 240 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 214 | 31% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.0pp since 2014
Math
23.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.5% | 24.4% | 25.8% | 44.3% |
| Math | 11.7% | 11.7% | 24.2% | 52.4% |
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 | 30.0% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 20.8% |
| 2022-23 | 32.7% | 19.4% |
| 2021-22 | 35.3% | 19.5% |
| 2020-21 | 32.3% | 20.6% |
| 2018-19 | 27.9% | 18.6% |
| 2017-18 | 28.3% | 20.0% |
| 2016-17 | 31.6% | 20.3% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 La Merced Intermediate
La Merced Intermediate's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Merced Intermediate this school | 682 | 92.4% | 26.4% |
| Arellanes Junior High Santa Maria | 668 | 93.1% | 19.8% |
| Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & Sciences Oxnard | 696 | 93.2% | 26.0% |
| Suva Intermediate Bell Gardens | 650 | 93.5% | 22.0% |
| Montebello Intermediate Montebello | 733 | 90.3% | 25.9% |
| Main Street Middle Soledad | 754 | 89.8% | 21.9% |
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 La Merced Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #846 of 1,224 | #185 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #753 of 1,227 ▲ 23 | #167 of 248 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #986 of 1,227 ▼ 118 | #215 of 248 ▼ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #310 of 1,214 | #42 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 682 | #627 of 1,377 | #142 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #718 of 1,279 | #161 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.8% | #1,182 of 1,278 | #260 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #202 of 1,329 | #92 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.0% | #21 of 930 | #11 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
682
-308 (-31%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 1,565
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 27.5:1
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 | 682 | 31.7 | 21.5:1 | 92% (630) |
| 2023-24 | 756 | 43.2 | 17.5:1 | 87% (655) |
| 2022-23 | 848 | 45.3 | 18.7:1 | 70% (595) |
| 2020-21 | 990 | 36 | 27.5:1 | 85% (840) |
| 2017-18 | 1,176 | 41.5 | 28.3:1 | 76% (898) |
| 2015-16 | 1,312 | 44 | 29.8:1 | 84% (1,107) |
| 2010-11 | 1,390 | N/A | N/A | 68% (947) |
| 2000-01 | 2,067 | 65 | 31.8:1 | 67% (1,378) |
| 1990-91 | 1,565 | 65 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Merced Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (1,176 to 682); teachers down 24% (41.5 to 31.7).
About La Merced Intermediate
At 215 East Avenida de la Merced in Montebello, California, La Merced Intermediate operates as a medium-sized middle school. The school enrolls 682 students, from grades 6 through 8.
La Merced Intermediate is in Montebello Unified, a district with 19,149 students across 29 schools.
Hispanic students make up 95% of enrollment at La Merced Intermediate. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. La Merced Intermediate's diversity index is 9%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1 at La Merced Intermediate, with 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 21.5:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 92% of enrollment. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
allk12 grades La Merced Intermediate a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
La Merced Intermediate scores 26.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.4%.
Census estimates describe Los Angeles County this way: the median household income is $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
La Merced Academy is located about 0.2 miles from La Merced Intermediate. The five-mile area around La Merced Intermediate holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 38.5%, higher than La Merced Intermediate's 26.4%.
For locale, NCES codes La Merced Intermediate as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, La Merced Intermediate's enrollment dropped 31%, to 682. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 27.5:1 to 21.5:1.
The La Merced Intermediate 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montebello Unified
- Schurr HighHigh · 2,121 students
- Bell Gardens HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Montebello HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Bell Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 790 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
Other schools in Montebello
- Schurr HighHigh · 2,121 students
- Montebello HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- La Merced AcademyElementary · 665 students
Nearby schools
- La Merced Academy0.2 mi · 665
- Fremont Elementary0.8 mi · 366
- Montebello Gardens Elementary1.0 mi · 230
- Washington Elementary1.2 mi · 685
- North Ranchito Elementary1.3 mi · 319
- Durfee Elementary1.4 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About La Merced IntermediateWhat is the total enrollment at La Merced Intermediate?
La Merced Intermediate enrolls approximately 682 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does La Merced Intermediate serve?
La Merced Intermediate serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at La Merced Intermediate?
The student-to-teacher ratio at La Merced Intermediate is approximately 21.5:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at La Merced Intermediate?
At La Merced Intermediate, the student body is approximately 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian.
Is La Merced Intermediate public or private?
La Merced Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montebello Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.