PARA LOS NINOS MIDDLE

As a tight-knit middle-grades school in Los Angeles, California, PARA LOS NINOS MIDDLE teaches 305 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Para Los Ninos Middle District. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 54% below typical.

Para Los Ninos Middle District is the operating authority for PARA LOS NINOS MIDDLE, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, PARA LOS NINOS MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 3% Black, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, On paper, PARA LOS NINOS MIDDLE has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 94% of students at PARA LOS NINOS MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which PARA LOS NINOS MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ninth Street Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PARA LOS NINOS MIDDLE.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. PARA LOS NINOS MIDDLE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.