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Enrollment
979
Middle
DISTRICT 1,173 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALNUT VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 064128009654
South Pointe Middle
20671 Larkstone Dr., Walnut, CA 91789 · (909) 595-8171 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL979 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
245 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 332 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 344 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 303 | 31% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
79.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.8pp since 2014
Math
78.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 49.3% | 30.5% | 10.6% | 9.6% |
| Math | 61.9% | 16.7% | 12.7% | 8.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.8% | 78.6% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 77.1% |
| 2022-23 | 77.3% | 75.5% |
| 2021-22 | 78.3% | 73.3% |
| 2018-19 | 75.7% | 78.2% |
| 2017-18 | 77.0% | 77.3% |
| 2016-17 | 75.1% | 76.5% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 72.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 66.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like South Pointe Middle
South Pointe Middle's state test result (78.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Pointe Middle this school | 979 | 25.0% | 78.3% |
| Chaparral Middle Diamond Bar | 1,349 | 24.6% | 81.2% |
| Sierramont Middle San Jose | 742 | 24.8% | 66.5% |
| Chaboya Middle San Jose | 815 | 16.4% | 78.2% |
| Richard Henry Dana Middle Arcadia | 710 | 29.4% | 70.2% |
| Warren E. Hyde Middle Cupertino | 800 | 26.3% | 79.8% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where South Pointe Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #48 of 1,224 | #5 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #40 of 1,227 ▼ 4 | #5 of 248 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #73 of 1,227 ▲ 14 | #9 of 248 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #476 of 1,214 | #142 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 979 | #213 of 1,377 | #59 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #1,205 of 1,279 | #275 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #865 of 1,278 | #147 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.0% | #1,182 of 1,329 | #292 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #95 of 257 | #21 of 38 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
979
+79 (+9%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 867
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 23.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 979 | 38.3 | 25.6:1 | 25% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 949 | 38.1 | 24.9:1 | 26% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 879 | 36 | 24.4:1 | 26% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 900 | 38 | 23.7:1 | 24% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 882 | 38.2 | 23.1:1 | 24% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 917 | 37 | 24.8:1 | 17% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 996 | N/A | N/A | 17% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 1,271 | 48 | 26.5:1 | 12% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 867 | 31 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Pointe Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (882 to 979); teachers unchanged (38.2 to 38.3).
About South Pointe Middle
South Pointe Middle is classified as a middle school. It is located in Walnut, California. Its 979 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in California is about 659 students.
The Walnut Valley Unified system has 15 schools and 13,992 students.
Asian students make up a majority at South Pointe Middle, at 78%. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Los Angeles County overall, about 15% of residents are Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 25.6:1, with 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 4.8 students per teacher above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 25%. That is 45 points below the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, South Pointe Middle falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 78.3% actual against 64.9% predicted.
Within Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
The shortest distance from South Pointe Middle to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Walnut Elementary. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, South Pointe Middle is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put South Pointe Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment is up 9% from 2020-21, when South Pointe Middle had 900 students, to 2024-25, when it had 979. Students per teacher rose from 23.7 in 2020-21 to 25.6 in 2024-25.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walnut Valley Unified
- Diamond Bar HighHigh · 2,563 students
- Walnut HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Chaparral MiddleMiddle · 1,349 students
- Suzanne MiddleMiddle · 1,190 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 709 students
- Walnut ElementaryElementary · 706 students
Other schools in Walnut
- Walnut HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Suzanne MiddleMiddle · 1,190 students
- Stanley G. Oswalt AcademyElementary · 879 students
- Walnut ElementaryElementary · 706 students
- Leonard G. Westhoff ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Vejar ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Walnut Elementary0.8 mi · 706
- Diamond Bar High0.9 mi · 2,563
- Evergreen Elementary1.2 mi · 709
- Ron Hockwalt Academies (Continuation)1.2 mi · 36
- Ybarra Academy for the Arts and Technology1.3 mi · 630
- Castle Rock Elementary1.4 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About South Pointe MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at South Pointe Middle?
South Pointe Middle enrolls approximately 979 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does South Pointe Middle serve?
South Pointe Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at South Pointe Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Pointe Middle is approximately 25.6:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is South Pointe Middle?
South Pointe Middle reports a student body of 2% White, 16% Hispanic, 0% Black, 78% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees South Pointe Middle?
South Pointe Middle is overseen by Walnut Valley Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.