Norman N. Glick Middle

Located at 400 Frazine Rd., in Modesto, California, Norman N. Glick Middle is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus that caters to 602 students (grades 7 through 8), operated by Empire Union Elementary.

Within Empire Union Elementary, which oversees 6 schools and 2,794 students, Norman N. Glick Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Norman N. Glick Middle reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%; the rest reads as 17% White, 6% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Stanislaus County's rate of about 71%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Norman N. Glick Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Stanislaus County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which Norman N. Glick Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Empire Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Norman N. Glick Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 587 students in 2018 compared to 602 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 60% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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