Sierra Madre Middle

Sierra Madre Middle is a middle school of mid-sized scale in Sierra Madre, California, operated by Pasadena Unified, hosting 597 students in grades 6 through 8.

Pasadena Unified comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 13,639 students; Sierra Madre Middle is among them.

Demographically, Sierra Madre Middle shows that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 30% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 12% multiracial, 5% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Los Angeles County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at Sierra Madre Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Sierra Madre Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.1%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sierra Madre Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Sierra Madre Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sierra Madre Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 14%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 597 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 49% to 33%. Class-load math has fell: from 31.4:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 in 2025.

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