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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Wiseburn Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
953
Middle
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISEBURN UNIFIED·NCES 060142806993
Wiseburn Middle
5504 West 135th St., Hawthorne, CA 90250 · (310) 725-2101 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL953 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
359 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 318 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 325 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 310 | 33% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Wiseburn Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
64.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.5pp since 2014
Math
40.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.6% | 40.9% | 21.9% | 13.6% |
| Math | 18.5% | 22.3% | 32.2% | 26.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 43.9% |
| 2022-23 | 68.2% | 49.6% |
| 2021-22 | 68.8% | 47.2% |
| 2018-19 | 77.7% | 62.8% |
| 2017-18 | 75.7% | 58.2% |
| 2016-17 | 75.3% | 55.5% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 34.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Wiseburn Middle
Wiseburn Middle's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiseburn Middle this school | 953 | 37.7% | 53.2% |
| Heritage Intermediate Fontana | 1,175 | 32.9% | 54.3% |
| Delta Vista Middle Oakley | 873 | 43.9% | 25.3% |
| Marshall Academy of the Arts Long Beach | 940 | 45.0% | 54.6% |
| Bancroft Middle Long Beach | 806 | 49.1% | 47.0% |
| Stanford Middle Long Beach | 1,165 | 41.9% | 60.9% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Wiseburn Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #306 of 1,224 | #65 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #394 of 1,227 ▼ 63 | #89 of 248 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #267 of 1,227 ▼ 22 | #56 of 248 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #60 of 1,214 | #3 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 953 | #240 of 1,377 | #62 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.3:1 | #1,226 of 1,279 | #281 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #335 of 1,278 | #48 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.7% | #1,074 of 1,329 | #273 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #814 of 930 | #193 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
953
-25 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
26.3:1
was 30.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 953 | 36.3 | 26.3:1 | 38% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 975 | 36.8 | 26.5:1 | 37% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 970 | 36.6 | 26.5:1 | 33% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 978 | 32 | 30.6:1 | 35% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 1,003 | 40.6 | 24.7:1 | 42% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 984 | 39 | 25.2:1 | 51% (501) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wiseburn Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (1,003 to 953); teachers down 11% (40.6 to 36.3).
About Wiseburn Middle
Wiseburn Middle serves students in Hawthorne, California, as a mid-sized middle school. It had 953 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in California enroll about 659 students on average.
The 5 schools of Wiseburn Unified, including Wiseburn Middle, enroll 2,536 students.
Hispanic students are 56% of those enrolled at Wiseburn Middle. The rest of enrollment is 16% Black, 13% White, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
The school had 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 26.3:1. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 38%. That is 32 points below the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Wiseburn Middle would be expected to post about 57.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.2%.
For the population of Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Los Angeles County, 2,244 public schools serve about 1,265,907 students.
Success Learning Center is the nearest public school to Wiseburn Middle, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Wiseburn Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 953, down from 978 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 26.3 students per teacher, compared with 30.6 in 2020-21.
Wiseburn Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wiseburn Unified
- Del Aire ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Hollyglen ElementaryElementary · 518 students
- Aviation ElementaryElementary · 439 students
- Success Learning CenterCombined · 14 students
Other schools in Hawthorne
- Hawthorne HighHigh · 1,675 students
- Da Vinci ConnectCombined · 923 students
- Zela DavisElementary · 843 students
- RamonaElementary · 767 students
- Hawthorne MiddleMiddle · 761 students
- EucalyptusElementary · 709 students
Nearby schools
- Success Learning Center0.1 mi · 14
- Aviation Elementary0.1 mi · 439
- Hollyglen Elementary0.3 mi · 518
- Da Vinci Connect0.7 mi · 923
- Da Vinci Communications0.8 mi · 550
- Da Vinci Design0.8 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Wiseburn MiddleHow large is Wiseburn Middle?
Wiseburn Middle enrolls approximately 953 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Wiseburn Middle serve?
Wiseburn Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Wiseburn Middle have?
Wiseburn Middle employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wiseburn Middle?
At Wiseburn Middle, the student body is approximately 13% White, 56% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Wiseburn Middle public or private?
Wiseburn Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wiseburn Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.