Walnut Park Mid B Sci Tech Engr and Math Acad

Walnut Park Mid B Sci Tech Engr and Math Acad is a middle-grades school of modestly sized scale in Walnut Park, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, hosting 365 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 45% smaller than typical.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Walnut Park Mid B Sci Tech Engr and Math Acad accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Walnut Park Mid B Sci Tech Engr and Math Acad records that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.5:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Walnut Park Mid B Sci Tech Engr and Math Acad performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.0%, the actual is 30.2%, a residual of +7.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Walnut Park Mid B Sci Tech Engr and Math Acad is one.

Walnut Park Mid A Sch of Soc Just and Service Lrng is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walnut Park Mid B Sci Tech Engr and Math Acad. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walnut Park Mid B Sci Tech Engr and Math Acad ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 32%: 534 students in 2018 compared to 365 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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