Ladera Ranch Middle

Ladera Ranch Middle operates as a large intermediate school in Ladera Ranch, California, run under Capistrano Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,064 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 61% larger than the state mean of about 659.

Ladera Ranch Middle is one of 58 schools operated by Capistrano Unified, a district that teaches 40,251 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ladera Ranch Middle logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 13% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Ladera Ranch Middle lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.0:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ladera Ranch Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.2%, the actual is 79.8%, a residual of +11.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Orange County shows the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Ladera Ranch Middle is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ladera Ranch Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ladera Ranch Middle comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 68.2%.

Ladera Ranch Middle operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Ladera Ranch Middle's enrollment has contracted 31% since 2018, when it stood at 1,533 (now 1,064). Over the same period, the White share declined from 72% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 today.

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