Lovonya DeJean Middle

Lovonya DeJean Middle is one of the intimate intermediate schools in Richmond, California, one of the schools within West Contra Costa Unified, with 381 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% below the state mean of about 659.

West Contra Costa Unified runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 25,133 students. Lovonya DeJean Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lovonya DeJean Middle lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 13% Black, 3% White, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lovonya DeJean Middle is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 30.7%; Lovonya DeJean Middle posts 7.6%, -23.1 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Contra Costa County put median household income runs about $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Lovonya DeJean Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Stege Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lovonya DeJean Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 10.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lovonya DeJean Middle's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 439 (now 381). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 72% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

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