Stephen M. White Middle

Located at 22102 South Figueroa St., in Carson, California, Stephen M. White Middle is a roomy 6-8 campus that instructs 1,423 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 116% larger than the state mean of about 659.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Stephen M. White Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Stephen M. White Middle reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 15% Black, 13% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Stephen M. White Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stephen M. White Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Stephen M. White Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Caroldale Learning Community, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stephen M. White Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.0%.

Stephen M. White Middle operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stephen M. White Middle has contracted 15%, going from 1,683 students in 2018 to 1,423 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 18% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

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