Pacoima Middle

Set in Pacoima, California, Pacoima Middle is a mid-sized junior high, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. It caters to 823 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Pacoima Middle sits 25% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Pacoima Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Pacoima Middle reports that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Pacoima Middle lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Pacoima Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Pacoima Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.8%; this one delivers 30.6%.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Pacoima Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Haddon Avenue Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pacoima Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pacoima Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 31%: 1,190 students in 2018 compared to 823 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Pacoima Middle typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.