Wells Middle

Located at 10000 Wells Ave., in Riverside, California, Wells Middle is a moderately sized middle school that instructs 768 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Alvord Unified.

Within Alvord Unified, which oversees 23 schools and 16,432 students, Wells Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Wells Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Wells Middle has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Wells Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.4%, the actual is 12.8%, a residual of -9.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Wells Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Foothill Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wells Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 23.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Wells Middle's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 973 (now 768). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Wells Middle community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.