Lorbeer Middle

As a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Diamond Bar, California, Lorbeer Middle teaches 688 students from grades 7 through 8, run under Pomona Unified.

Within Pomona Unified, which oversees 37 schools and 20,422 students, Lorbeer Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lorbeer Middle reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 13% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lorbeer Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 36.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Lorbeer Middle is one campus in the mix.

Armstrong Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lorbeer Middle at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 697 students in 2018 compared to 688 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 68% to 73%. Class-load math has loosened: from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 in 2025.

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