Lyman Gilmore Middle

Lyman Gilmore Middle is a middle school of compact scale in Grass Valley, California, operated by Grass Valley Elementary, instructing 464 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Grass Valley Elementary comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,613 students; Lyman Gilmore Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Lyman Gilmore Middle shows that White students make up the majority at 67%; the rest is composed of 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian, 2% Native American. By comparison, Nevada County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lyman Gilmore Middle has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.2:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Nevada County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, Lyman Gilmore Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.8%; this one delivers 29.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Nevada County put median household income runs about $89,882, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nevada County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,561 students), Lyman Gilmore Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Margaret G. Scotten Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lyman Gilmore Middle at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 44.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Lyman Gilmore Middle's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 506 (now 464). The White share of enrollment declined from 73% to 67% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.