Sierra Vista Middle

Located at 13400 Foster Ave., in Baldwin Park, California, Sierra Vista Middle is a mid-sized intermediate school that hosts 709 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Baldwin Park Unified.

Sierra Vista Middle is one of 17 schools operated by Baldwin Park Unified, a district that educates 9,856 students overall.

On demographics, Sierra Vista Middle logs that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 10% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at Sierra Vista Middle qualify 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 meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sierra Vista Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.1%; this one delivers 33.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $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 Vista 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 Vista High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sierra Vista Middle at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.7%.

Sierra Vista Middle operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 761 students in 2018 compared to 709 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

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