Olive Peirce Middle

Olive Peirce Middle, a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Ramona, California, one of the schools within Ramona City Unified, serves 680 students, covering grades 7 through 8.

Olive Peirce Middle is one of 11 schools operated by Ramona City Unified, a district that hosts 4,945 students overall.

Demographically, Olive Peirce Middle logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 44% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Olive Peirce Middle shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Olive Peirce Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Olive Peirce Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.6%.

In the area at large, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Olive Peirce Middle is one campus in the mix.

Ramona High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Olive Peirce Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.1%.

Olive Peirce Middle operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Olive Peirce Middle has fell 16%, going from 813 students in 2018 to 680 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 57% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 27.9:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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