Larrea Middle

As a reasonably sized middle-grades school in Victorville, California, Larrea Middle enrolls 769 students from grades 7 through 8, run under Victor Valley Union High.

Victor Valley Union High runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 11,532 students. Larrea Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Larrea Middle reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder reads as 19% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Larrea Middle shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Larrea Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household income runs about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Larrea Middle is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Silverado High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Larrea Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.