Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) Magnet

As a large middle-grades school in Wilmington, California, Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) Magnet enrolls 1,121 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. That puts it 70% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) Magnet is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) Magnet shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%); the rest is composed of 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) Magnet has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) Magnet is one campus in the mix.

Scholarship Prep - South Bay is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) Magnet has edged down 25%, going from 1,496 students in 2018 to 1,121 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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