Thomas Russell Middle

As a mid-sized 6-8 campus in Milpitas, California, Thomas Russell Middle teaches 761 students from grades 7 through 8, run under Milpitas Unified.

Thomas Russell Middle is one of 15 schools operated by Milpitas Unified, a district that works with 10,076 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Thomas Russell Middle records that the largest single group is Asian, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% White. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Thomas Russell Middle sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.4%; actual is 73.3%, +16.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Santa Clara County reports that median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Thomas Russell Middle is one campus in the mix.

Milpitas Middle College High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thomas Russell Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomas Russell Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 796 students in 2018 compared to 761 in 2025.

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