Mt. Gleason Middle

As a medium-sized junior high in Sunland, California, Mt. Gleason Middle instructs 753 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Mt. Gleason Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mt. Gleason Middle shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 40% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mt. Gleason Middle lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Mt. Gleason Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Mt. Gleason Middle is one.

Plainview Academic Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mt. Gleason Middle at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Mt. Gleason Middle's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 768 (now 753). Over the same period, the White share expanded from 35% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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