Marina del Rey Middle

Set in Los Angeles, California, Marina del Rey Middle is a tight-knit middle-grades school, operated by Los Angeles Unified. It serves 300 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 54% below typical.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Marina del Rey Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Marina del Rey Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 38% Black, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Marina del Rey Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.5%; this one delivers 18.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Marina del Rey Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Goethe International Charter, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Marina del Rey Middle comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Marina del Rey Middle's enrollment has declined 50% since 2018, when it stood at 602 (now 300). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 45% to 56%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Marina del Rey Middle community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.