Nellie N. Coffman Middle

Located at 34-603 Plumley Rd., in Cathedral City, California, Nellie N. Coffman Middle is an average-sized 6-8 campus that caters to 914 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Palm Springs Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 39% above typical.

Within Palm Springs Unified, which oversees 27 schools and 20,007 students, Nellie N. Coffman Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nellie N. Coffman Middle lists that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% White. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Nellie N. Coffman Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nellie N. Coffman Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.6%, the actual is 21.9%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Riverside County put the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Nellie N. Coffman Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cathedral City Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nellie N. Coffman Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Nellie N. Coffman Middle's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 1,098 (now 914). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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