Mira Loma Middle

Mira Loma Middle is a medium-sized junior high in Jurupa Valley, California, overseen by Jurupa Unified. The school instructs 711 students in grades 7 through 8.

Across the 24 schools in Jurupa Unified (17,739 students total), Mira Loma Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mira Loma Middle reports that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mira Loma Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.3%, the actual is 21.8%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Riverside County shows median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Mira Loma Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Van Buren Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mira Loma Middle comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.7%.

Mira Loma Middle operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 879 students in 2018 compared to 711 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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