San Pasqual Middle

As a tiny intermediate school in Winterhaven, California, San Pasqual Middle serves 125 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within San Pasqual Valley Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so San Pasqual Middle sits 81% smaller than that benchmark.

San Pasqual Middle is one of 4 schools operated by San Pasqual Valley Unified, a district that educates 575 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, San Pasqual Middle logs that the largest single group is Native American at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 45% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting San Pasqual Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at San Pasqual Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Imperial County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, San Pasqual Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.3%, the actual is 10.3%, a residual of -12.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Imperial County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,681, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Imperial County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students), of which San Pasqual Middle is one.

The closest other public school is San Pasqual Valley High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. San Pasqual Middle's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 166 (now 125). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.