Middleton Primary Center

Middleton Primary Center is one of the minimally staffed elementary campuss in Huntington Park, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, with 178 students on its rolls from grades K through 1. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Middleton Primary Center sits 62% below that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Middleton Primary Center is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Middleton Primary Center lists that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Middleton Primary Center is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Middleton Street Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Middleton Primary Center's enrollment has declined 39% since 2018, when it stood at 290 (now 178).

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