Arizona Middle
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Riverside, California
Arizona Middle in Riverside, California enrolled 804 students in 2024-25 with 37.1 full-time teachers, 21.7 students per teacher against the California middle-school median of 21.0. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 35-37% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 21% proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 45% and 34.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 10% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 8%
891 students in 2022-23, 872 students in 2023-24, 804 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 40.2 to 37.1.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 891 | 40.2 | 22.2 |
| 2023-24 | 872 | 39.3 | 22.2 |
| 2024-25 | 804 | 37.1 | 21.7 |
21.7 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 59 of every 100 California middle schools
Among the 1,353 California middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 21.0; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 364 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Arizona Middle enrolled 911 students and had 2.5 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 58 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)2.5, one per 364 of the 911 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions58
- Chronically absent28.4% (2022-23)
Who attends
79.1% of students were Hispanic, 7.2% White, 6.5% Black in 2024-25.
- Hispanic79.1%
- White7.2%
- Black6.5%
- Asian5.2%
- Two or more races1.1%
- Pacific Islander0.6%
- American Indian0.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Arizona Middle scored proficient or above: 35-37% in reading in 2021-22 and 21% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 35‑37% | 35% | 45% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 21% | 22% (2021-22) | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Middle schools in Riverside
11 public middle schools in Riverside report 2024-25 enrollment; Arizona Middle is number 8 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysmael Villegas Middle | 1,136 | 23.8 | 62.4% |
| Loma Vista Middle | 1,027 | 21.7 | 72.2% |
| Chemawa Middle | 885 | 23.7 | 77.4% |
| University Heights Middle | 870 | 22.6 | 80.9% |
| Frank Augustus Miller Middle | 844 | 23.6 | 42.2% |
| Matthew Gage Middle | 840 | 21.2 | 59.2% |
| Sierra Middle | 829 | 22.3 | 76.8% |
| Arizona Middle | 804 | 21.7 | 72.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Arizona Middle
- Ysmael Villegas MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 2.5 miles away: 1,136 students, 23.8 per teacher (2024-25).2.5 mi
- Wells MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 2.8 miles away: 768 students, 22.3 per teacher (2024-25).2.8 mi
- Compare Arizona Middle with Ysmael Villegas MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Alvord Unified spends per student$18,583 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$18,583
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaArizona Middle is the number 435 by size of 1,363 California middle schools open in 2024-25.#435 of 1,363
- California schools by students per teacher21.7 students per teacher here against the California median of 21.0 for middle schools.21.7:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Arizona Middle
How many students attend Arizona Middle?
804 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 891 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Riverside, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Arizona Middle?
21.7 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for middle schools is 21.0. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Arizona Middle a Title I school?
Arizona Middle has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.How do students at Arizona Middle do on state tests?
The students tested at Arizona Middle scored proficient or above: 35-37% in reading in 2021-22 and 21% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Arizona Middle in?
Alvord Unified, NCES district ID 0602430. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 060243000129 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.