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Enrollment
718
Middle
DISTRICT 682 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIED·NCES 062769002165
Reginald M. Benton Middle
15709 East Olive Branch Rd., La Mirada, CA 90638 · (562) 210-2500 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL718 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of California public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- AThree-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
25.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
396 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 239 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 231 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 248 | 35% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
58.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.1pp since 2014
Math
33.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.9% | 36.2% | 24.6% | 17.3% |
| Math | 15.5% | 17.5% | 30.7% | 36.3% |
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 | 58.1% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 26.8% |
| 2022-23 | 45.6% | 24.5% |
| 2021-22 | 48.6% | 22.8% |
| 2018-19 | 52.2% | 27.7% |
| 2017-18 | 43.8% | 20.1% |
| 2016-17 | 49.2% | 26.2% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Reginald M. Benton Middle
Reginald M. Benton Middle's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reginald M. Benton Middle this school | 718 | 55.2% | 42.2% |
| Brownell Middle Gilroy | 672 | 56.3% | 38.8% |
| Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate Whittier | 687 | 57.2% | 53.7% |
| John Muir Middle San Jose | 722 | 54.2% | 36.6% |
| Arlie F. Hutchinson Middle La Mirada | 646 | 59.3% | 54.9% |
| Monroe Middle San Jose | 677 | 59.1% | 21.8% |
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 Reginald M. Benton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #471 of 1,224 | #109 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #538 of 1,227 ▲ 81 | #121 of 248 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #354 of 1,227 ▲ 66 | #78 of 248 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.9pp | #81 of 1,214 | #32 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 718 | #567 of 1,377 | #129 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #1,194 of 1,279 | #271 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #658 of 1,278 | #102 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.2% | #891 of 1,329 | #245 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.0% | #19 of 257 | #4 of 38 |
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
718
+187 (+35%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 759
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 718 | 28.3 | 25.4:1 | 55% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 28.6 | 25.0:1 | 55% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 29.3 | 23.2:1 | 45% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 22 | 24.1:1 | 52% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 22.4 | 23.9:1 | 60% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 19 | 26.5:1 | 53% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | N/A | N/A | 55% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 759 | 32 | 23.7:1 | 20% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reginald M. Benton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (536 to 718); teachers up 26% (22.4 to 28.3).
About Reginald M. Benton Middle
Reginald M. Benton Middle, located in La Mirada, California, is a medium-sized middle school. The school enrolls 718 students, from grades 6 through 8.
The 25 schools in Norwalk-La Mirada Unified enroll 14,560 students altogether, Reginald M. Benton Middle among them.
A majority of students at Reginald M. Benton Middle, 69%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 14% White, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Reginald M. Benton Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
The school employs the equivalent of 28.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 25.4:1. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 55%. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
allk12 grades Reginald M. Benton Middle a B. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Reginald M. Benton Middle scores 42.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 47.2%.
Census estimates describe Los Angeles County this way: median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
Of nearby public schools, John Foster Dulles Elementary is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Reginald M. Benton Middle is behind the 52.6% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
NCES describes the area around Reginald M. Benton Middle as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Reginald M. Benton Middle went from 531 students to 718. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.1:1 to 25.4:1.
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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 Norwalk-La Mirada Unified
- Norwalk HighHigh · 2,075 students
- La Mirada HighHigh · 1,726 students
- Los Alisos MiddleMiddle · 920 students
- John H. Glenn HighHigh · 882 students
- Corvallis MiddleMiddle · 663 students
- Arlie F. Hutchinson MiddleMiddle · 646 students
Other schools in La Mirada
- La Mirada HighHigh · 1,726 students
- Arlie F. Hutchinson MiddleMiddle · 646 students
- Gardenhill ElementaryElementary · 633 students
- Escalona ElementaryElementary · 424 students
- Eastwood ElementaryElementary · 351 students
- La Pluma ElementaryElementary · 284 students
Nearby schools
- John Foster Dulles Elementary0.4 mi · 250
- La Mirada High0.6 mi · 1,726
- Meadow Green Elementary0.7 mi · 470
- Granada Middle0.8 mi · 989
- La Pluma Elementary0.9 mi · 284
- Scott Avenue Elementary1.0 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About Reginald M. Benton MiddleHow large is Reginald M. Benton Middle?
Reginald M. Benton Middle enrolls approximately 718 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Reginald M. Benton Middle serve?
Reginald M. Benton Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Reginald M. Benton Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Reginald M. Benton Middle is approximately 25.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Reginald M. Benton Middle?
Student demographics at Reginald M. Benton Middle are roughly 14% White, 69% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Reginald M. Benton Middle in?
Reginald M. Benton Middle is part of Norwalk-La Mirada Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.