Venado Middle

Venado Middle is a middle-grades school of compact scale in Irvine, California, one of the schools within Irvine Unified, teacheing 506 students in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Irvine Unified runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 37,948 students. Venado Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Venado Middle records that the largest single group is Asian at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 20% White, 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 21% of students at Venado Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Venado Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.2%; this one delivers 69.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Orange County) logs that median household income runs about $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Venado Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Deerfield Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Venado Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 70.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Venado Middle's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 613 (now 506). The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 45% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Venado Middle typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.