Rivera Middle

Rivera Middle, a small middle school, is located in Pico Rivera, California. Total enrollment is 544 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.

El Rancho Unified has 6,716 students in 13 schools, and Rivera Middle is one of those schools.

By race and ethnicity, Rivera Middle is 98% Hispanic. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 4, compared with 70 nationally.

For every teacher at Rivera Middle, there are about 22.2 students; the school has 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 473 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 87% of enrollment. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.

Rivera Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (26.3%) and its predicted rate (28.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.

For the population of Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Los Angeles County, 2,244 public schools serve about 1,265,907 students.

Rivera Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Rivera Middle ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 673 to 544, a 19% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.9:1 to 22.2:1.

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