Middletown Middle

Middletown Middle is an intimate middle school in Middletown, California, overseen by Middletown Unified. The school caters to 320 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 51% below typical.

Middletown Unified comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,452 students; Middletown Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Middletown Middle reports that White students make up the majority at 58%; the rest reads as 33% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Middletown Middle lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Middletown Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for Lake County shows median household income runs about $60,621, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Middletown Middle is one of 43 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 10,167 students).

The closest other public school is Middletown High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Middletown Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Middletown Middle has ticked up 26%, going from 254 students in 2018 to 320 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 67% to 58% over that span.

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