Lone Hill Middle

Lone Hill Middle operates as a mid-tier middle school in San Dimas, California, part of Bonita Unified. Current enrollment sits at 870 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 32% above typical.

Bonita Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,905 students; Lone Hill Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lone Hill Middle lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder comes out to 18% White, 11% Asian, 10% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Lone Hill Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at Lone Hill Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lone Hill Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Lone Hill Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Adult Transition Program, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lone Hill Middle. On composite proficiency, Lone Hill Middle comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.4%.

Lone Hill Middle operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Lone Hill Middle's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 926 (now 870). White enrollment moved from 25% to 18% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.