Lodi Middle

Lodi Middle is an intermediate school of mid-tier scale in Lodi, California, overseen by Lodi Unified, works with 893 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 36% above typical.

Lodi Unified runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 27,047 students. Lodi Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lodi Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 17% White, 13% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Joaquin County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above San Joaquin County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Lodi Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Joaquin County) reports that median household earnings sit near $92,179, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across San Joaquin County's 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), Lodi Middle is one campus in the mix.

Vinewood Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lodi Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Lodi Middle's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 972 (now 893). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 22% to 17%. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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