Mesa Linda Middle

Mesa Linda Middle, a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Victorville, California, part of Adelanto Elementary, works with 735 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Adelanto Elementary runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,660 students. Mesa Linda Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mesa Linda Middle lists that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 27% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% White.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mesa Linda Middle has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Mesa Linda Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mesa Linda Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.9%; actual is 6.0%, a gap of -29.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Mesa Linda Middle is one campus in the mix.

Morgan Kincaid Preparatory is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mesa Linda Middle comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mesa Linda Middle has declined 17%, going from 883 students in 2018 to 735 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 22% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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