Oak Middle

Oak Middle is one of the sizable middle-grades schools in Los Alamitos, California, run under Los Alamitos Unified, with 998 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 51% bigger than typical.

Los Alamitos Unified runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 8,702 students. Oak Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Oak Middle logs that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 10% multiracial. Compared to Orange County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Oak Middle has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Oak Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oak Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Oak Middle is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Los Alamitos High, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oak Middle at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 70.4%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 1,197 students in 2018 compared to 998 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 27.7:1 in 2018 to 26.3:1 in 2025.

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