Walton Middle

Located at 900 West Greenleaf Ave., in Compton, California, Walton Middle is a very small junior high that works with 72 students (grades 7 through 8), operated by Compton Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 89% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Across the 36 schools in Compton Unified (16,304 students total), Walton Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Walton Middle shows that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Walton Middle has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Walton Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.2%; this one delivers 24.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Walton Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Longfellow Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Walton Middle comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walton Middle has decreased 77%, going from 311 students in 2018 to 72 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 74% to 81%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Walton Middle community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.