Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle

Set in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle is a high-enrollment junior high, operated by Los Angeles Unified. It instructs 1,337 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle sits 103% bigger than that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Black, 13% Asian, 11% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 39.1%; Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle posts 57.5%, +18.3 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle is one.

The closest other public school is William J. Johnston Community Day, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 1,723 (now 1,337). Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

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