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Enrollment
720
Middle
DISTRICT 779 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED·NCES 062970004620
Miraleste Intermediate
29323 Palos Verdes Dr. East, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 · (310) 732-0900 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
102 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 227 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 234 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 259 | 36% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
68.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.4pp since 2014
Math
62.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.6% | 37.8% | 17.5% | 14.1% |
| Math | 40.9% | 22.0% | 21.3% | 15.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.4% | 62.9% |
| 2023-24 | 72.3% | 66.6% |
| 2022-23 | 73.4% | 63.3% |
| 2021-22 | 73.4% | 58.0% |
| 2018-19 | 72.0% | 65.5% |
| 2017-18 | 69.3% | 66.0% |
| 2016-17 | 70.0% | 63.1% |
| 2015-16 | 71.0% | 67.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 59.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Miraleste Intermediate
Miraleste Intermediate's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miraleste Intermediate this school | 720 | 14.2% | 67.5% |
| El Segundo Middle El Segundo | 804 | 10.3% | 72.2% |
| Hillview Middle Menlo Park | 846 | 11.2% | 77.3% |
| Walnut Creek Intermediate Walnut Creek | 940 | 15.3% | 66.3% |
| Andrew N. Christensen Middle Livermore | 592 | 18.1% | 56.0% |
| Talbert (Samuel E.) Middle Huntington Beach | 690 | 21.3% | 67.1% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Miraleste Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #148 of 1,224 | #30 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #154 of 1,227 ▼ 51 | #32 of 248 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #210 of 1,227 ▼ 72 | #41 of 248 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #360 of 1,214 | #50 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 720 | #566 of 1,377 | #128 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #535 of 1,279 | #124 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #86 of 1,278 | #11 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.2% | #1,269 of 1,329 | #305 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #297 of 930 | #88 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
720
-66 (-8%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 962
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 20.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 720 | 35.1 | 20.5:1 | 14% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 746 | 34.9 | 21.4:1 | 10% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 747 | 34.9 | 21.4:1 | 9% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 786 | 38 | 20.7:1 | 9% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 917 | 33.9 | 27.1:1 | 10% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 848 | 32 | 26.5:1 | 6% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 945 | N/A | N/A | 5% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 1,028 | 45 | 22.8:1 | 3% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 962 | 36 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Miraleste Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (917 to 720); teachers up 4% (33.9 to 35.1).
About Miraleste Intermediate
Miraleste Intermediate is a middle-grades school in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, reachable at (310) 732-0900. The school's 720 students are in grades 6 through 8.
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified enrolls 10,131 students, and its 17 schools include Miraleste Intermediate.
Miraleste Intermediate's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 42%. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic, 18% Asian, and 15% multiracial. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the White share is about 31%. Miraleste Intermediate has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Miraleste Intermediate and a ratio of 20.5:1. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is about 20.7:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 14% of enrollment. That is lower than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
allk12 grades Miraleste Intermediate a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Miraleste Intermediate scores 67.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 71.2%.
Within Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The school nearest to Miraleste Intermediate is Mira Catalina Elementary, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Miraleste Intermediate is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
Miraleste Intermediate is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 720, 8% below the 786 of 2020-21.
The Miraleste Intermediate community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified
- Palos Verdes Peninsula HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Palos Verdes HighHigh · 1,484 students
- Ridgecrest IntermediateMiddle · 881 students
- Palos Verdes IntermediateMiddle · 735 students
- Dapplegray ElementaryElementary · 639 students
- Silver Spur ElementaryElementary · 540 students
Other schools in Rancho Palos Verdes
- Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson MiddleMiddle · 1,337 students
- Ridgecrest IntermediateMiddle · 881 students
- Silver Spur ElementaryElementary · 540 students
- Soleado ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Cornerstone at Pedregal ElementaryElementary · 411 students
- Mira Catalina ElementaryElementary · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Mira Catalina Elementary1.0 mi · 366
- Crestwood Street STEAM Magnet1.1 mi · 289
- Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle1.2 mi · 1,337
- Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center1.5 mi · 166
- Seventh Street Elementary Arts Integration Magnet1.5 mi · 306
- Park Western Place Elementary1.5 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Miraleste IntermediateWhat is the total enrollment at Miraleste Intermediate?
Miraleste Intermediate enrolls approximately 720 students in grades 06-08.
Is Miraleste Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Miraleste Intermediate is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Miraleste Intermediate have?
Miraleste Intermediate employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Miraleste Intermediate?
At Miraleste Intermediate, the student body is approximately 42% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 18% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Miraleste Intermediate in?
Miraleste Intermediate is part of Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.