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Enrollment
512
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL RANCHO UNIFIED·NCES 061218001376
North Park Academy of the Arts
4450 South Durfee Ave., Pico Rivera, CA 90660 · (562) 801-7570 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of California public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
448 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 158 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 176 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 178 | 35% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
27.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.3pp since 2014
Math
16.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.9% | 21.8% | 23.7% | 48.6% |
| Math | 5.4% | 10.6% | 22.1% | 61.9% |
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 | 27.7% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 16.8% |
| 2022-23 | 26.7% | 16.6% |
| 2021-22 | 32.3% | 20.2% |
| 2018-19 | 34.9% | 16.5% |
| 2017-18 | 30.2% | 18.1% |
| 2016-17 | 30.2% | 19.4% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 North Park Academy of the Arts
North Park Academy of the Arts's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Park Academy of the Arts this school | 512 | 87.5% | 22.2% |
| Southwest Middle San Diego | 515 | 86.4% | 24.1% |
| Rivera Middle Pico Rivera | 544 | 86.9% | 26.3% |
| McFarland Junior High McFarland | 494 | 88.1% | 24.3% |
| KIPP Academy of Innovation Los Angeles | 476 | 88.0% | N/A |
| Firebaugh Middle Firebaugh | 503 | 85.9% | 20.7% |
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 North Park Academy of the Arts ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #991 of 1,224 | #215 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #992 of 1,227 ▼ 105 | #218 of 248 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #1,048 of 1,227 ▼ 86 | #228 of 248 ▼ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.4pp | #83 of 1,214 | #7 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #905 of 1,377 | #201 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #846 of 1,279 | #177 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #1,198 of 1,278 | #266 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #364 of 1,329 | #142 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #191 of 930 | #62 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
512
-79 (-13%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 862
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 512 | 23 | 22.3:1 | 88% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 24 | 22.1:1 | 87% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 87% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 29 | 20.4:1 | 75% (441) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 31.2 | 22.1:1 | 74% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 33 | 21.9:1 | 77% (559) |
| 2010-11 | 860 | N/A | N/A | 71% (609) |
| 2000-01 | 932 | 43 | 21.7:1 | 88% (817) |
| 1990-91 | 862 | 38 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Park Academy of the Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (689 to 512); teachers down 26% (31.2 to 23).
About North Park Academy of the Arts
North Park Academy of the Arts is a small middle school serving families in Pico Rivera, California. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 512 students. Middle schools in California average about 659 students, which makes this school 22% below average.
El Rancho Unified operates 13 schools. Combined enrollment is 6,716 students.
The share of Hispanic students at North Park Academy of the Arts is 96%. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. The diversity index for North Park Academy of the Arts is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 22.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is 1.5 students per teacher. Roughly 88% of students at North Park Academy of the Arts can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 18 points.
North Park Academy of the Arts earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of California public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, North Park Academy of the Arts would score about 28.3%. It scores 22.2%, 6.1 points below that figure.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, North Park Academy of the Arts among them.
North Park Academy of the Arts's nearest public school is Durfee Elementary (about 0.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of North Park Academy of the Arts. North Park Academy of the Arts places 9th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 13% decrease took enrollment from 591 in 2020-21 to 512 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 20.4:1 to 22.3:1.
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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 El Rancho Unified
- El Rancho HighHigh · 1,995 students
- Rivera MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- STEAM Academy @ BurkeMiddle · 534 students
- Rivera ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Valencia Academy of the ArtsElementary · 398 students
- Magee Academy of Arts & SciencesElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Pico Rivera
- El Rancho HighHigh · 1,995 students
- Rivera MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- STEAM Academy @ BurkeMiddle · 534 students
- Rivera ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Valencia Academy of the ArtsElementary · 398 students
- Magee Academy of Arts & SciencesElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Durfee Elementary0.3 mi · 322
- North Ranchito Elementary0.5 mi · 319
- Montebello Gardens Elementary0.8 mi · 230
- South Ranchito Dual Language Academy0.9 mi · 351
- Orange Grove Elementary1.2 mi · 324
- La Merced Academy1.4 mi · 665
Frequently asked questions
About North Park Academy of the ArtsWhat is the total enrollment at North Park Academy of the Arts?
North Park Academy of the Arts enrolls approximately 512 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does North Park Academy of the Arts serve?
North Park Academy of the Arts serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Park Academy of the Arts?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Park Academy of the Arts is approximately 22.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at North Park Academy of the Arts?
Student demographics at North Park Academy of the Arts are roughly 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees North Park Academy of the Arts?
North Park Academy of the Arts is overseen by El Rancho Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.