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Enrollment
484
Middle
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WHITTIER ELEMENTARY·NCES 063756006361
Richard L. Graves Middle
13243 East Los Nietos Rd., Whittier, CA 90605 · (562) 944-0135 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of California public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
19.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
447 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 10 | 2% |
| Grade 7 | 251 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 223 | 46% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
32.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
21.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.5% | 26.3% | 27.6% | 39.7% |
| Math | 6.3% | 15.1% | 26.9% | 51.7% |
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 | 32.8% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.1% | 16.7% |
| 2021-22 | 31.5% | 13.3% |
| 2018-19 | 33.4% | 19.2% |
| 2017-18 | 37.0% | 23.1% |
| 2016-17 | 34.7% | 21.1% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Richard L. Graves Middle
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard L. Graves Middle this school | 484 | 92.4% | 27.4% |
| McKinley Institute of Technology Redwood City | 476 | 92.2% | 16.2% |
| Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 Los Angeles | 496 | 91.9% | N/A |
| Valor Academy Middle North Hills | 510 | 92.4% | N/A |
| Equitas Academy 4 Los Angeles | 456 | 93.2% | N/A |
| General Grant Middle Reedley | 526 | 91.3% | 54.4% |
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 Richard L. Graves Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #817 of 1,224 | #177 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #820 of 1,227 ▼ 76 | #185 of 248 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #916 of 1,227 ▼ 64 | #200 of 248 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #334 of 1,214 | #105 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #949 of 1,377 | #209 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #407 of 1,279 | #104 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.2% | #1,175 of 1,278 | #257 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #203 of 1,329 | #93 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #208 of 930 | #68 of 213 |
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
484
-96 (-17%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 700
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 484 | 24.7 | 19.6:1 | 92% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 28.6 | 15.9:1 | 93% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 25.6 | 19.3:1 | 95% (469) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 27 | 21.5:1 | 83% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 29.9 | 21.6:1 | 87% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 30 | 24.9:1 | 85% (633) |
| 2010-11 | 807 | N/A | N/A | 64% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 868 | 37 | 23.5:1 | 78% (676) |
| 1990-91 | 700 | 31 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard L. Graves Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (645 to 484); teachers down 17% (29.9 to 24.7).
About Richard L. Graves Middle
Richard L. Graves Middle is a middle-grades school located in Whittier, California, in Los Angeles County. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 484 students. By comparison, middle schools in California enroll about 659 students on average.
Richard L. Graves Middle is part of South Whittier Elementary, where 6 schools serve 2,253 students.
Of every 100 students at Richard L. Graves Middle, about 95 are Hispanic. The remaining students are 2% Asian. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 9, compared with 70 nationally.
Richard L. Graves Middle reports a ratio of 19.6 students per teacher, from 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. Lunch program data show 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 22 points above the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
On the allk12 Grade, Richard L. Graves Middle lands at B-, ahead of 50% of California public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Richard L. Graves Middle is 25.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.4%.
Census data for Los Angeles County show the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Los Angeles County number 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
The closest school to Richard L. Graves Middle is Lake Marie Elementary, located about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 36.4% on proficiency, and Richard L. Graves Middle is below that at 27.4%.
Richard L. Graves Middle has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 96 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 21.5:1 in 2020-21 and 19.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 South Whittier Elementary
- Los Altos ElementaryElementary · 457 students
- Howard J. McKibben ElementaryElementary · 430 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryElementary · 379 students
- Carmela ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- Lake Marie ElementaryElementary · 186 students
Other schools in Whittier
- La Serna HighHigh · 2,372 students
- California HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Whittier HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,000 students
- Granada MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- East Whittier MiddleMiddle · 985 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Marie Elementary0.2 mi · 186
- Sierra Vista High (Alternative)0.7 mi · 284
- Frontier High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 364
- Howard J. McKibben Elementary0.8 mi · 430
- Carmela Elementary0.9 mi · 317
- Mulberry Elementary1.2 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Richard L. Graves MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Richard L. Graves Middle?
Richard L. Graves Middle enrolls approximately 484 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Richard L. Graves Middle serve?
Richard L. Graves Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Richard L. Graves Middle?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at Richard L. Graves Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Richard L. Graves Middle?
At Richard L. Graves Middle, the student body is approximately 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Richard L. Graves Middle public or private?
Richard L. Graves Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Whittier Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.