Samuel Gompers Middle

Samuel Gompers Middle is a cozy 6-8 campus in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. The school serves 406 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 38% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Samuel Gompers Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Samuel Gompers Middle logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 32% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Samuel Gompers Middle has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Samuel Gompers Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Samuel Gompers Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 12.9%, a residual of -9.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Samuel Gompers Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Samuel Gompers Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 440 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Samuel Gompers Middle community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.