Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle

Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle is a junior high of sizable scale in Los Alamitos, California, operated by Los Alamitos Unified, teacheing 1,018 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 54% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Los Alamitos Unified comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 8,702 students; Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle is among them.

Demographically, Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle records that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 13% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

With demographic context factored in, Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Orange County shows the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle is one campus in the mix.

Los Alamitos Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle has shrank 15%, going from 1,199 students in 2018 to 1,018 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 44% to 36%.

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