Belvedere Middle
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Los Angeles, California
Belvedere Middle in Los Angeles, California enrolled 734 students in 2024-25 with 43.4 full-time teachers, 16.9 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, 37-39% 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 held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 13%
727 students in 2022-23, 727 students in 2023-24, 734 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 38.5 to 43.4.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 727 | 38.5 | 18.9 |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 41.9 | 17.4 |
| 2024-25 | 734 | 43.4 | 16.9 |
16.9 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 90 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 345 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Belvedere Middle enrolled 690 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 1 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 345 of the 690 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions1
- Chronically absent31.4% (2022-23)
Who attends
97.7% of students were Hispanic, 1.4% White, 0.5% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- Hispanic97.7%
- White1.4%
- Two or more races0.5%
- Black0.3%
- Asian0.1%
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 Belvedere Middle scored proficient or above: 37-39% 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 | 37‑39% | 40% | 45% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 21% | 30% (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 Los Angeles
80 public middle schools in Los Angeles report 2024-25 enrollment.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Revere Charter Middle | 1,715 | 23.7 | 30.5% |
| Thomas Starr King Middle School Film and Media Magnet | 1,547 | 19.2 | 71.1% |
| John Burroughs Middle | 1,302 | 20.8 | 74.0% |
| Palms Middle | 1,081 | 19.6 | 67.8% |
| Griffith Middle | 1,070 | 20.5 | 86.9% |
| Virgil Middle | 975 | 16.6 | 93.6% |
| Mark Twain Middle | 974 | 19.1 | 54.9% |
| Hollenbeck Middle | 927 | 17.7 | 92.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Belvedere Middle
- Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 8The nearest public middle school, 0.4 miles away: 396 students, 23.2 per teacher (2024-25).0.4 mi
- Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 0.6 miles away: 280 students, 18.4 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
- Compare Belvedere Middle with Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 8Students, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Los Angeles Unified School District spends per student$22,606 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$22,606
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaBelvedere Middle is the number 534 by size of 1,363 California middle schools open in 2024-25.#534 of 1,363
- California schools by students per teacher16.9 students per teacher here against the California median of 21.0 for middle schools.16.9:1
- 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 Belvedere Middle
How many students attend Belvedere Middle?
734 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 727 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Los Angeles, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Belvedere Middle?
16.9 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 Belvedere Middle a Title I school?
Belvedere 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 Belvedere Middle do on state tests?
The students tested at Belvedere Middle scored proficient or above: 37-39% 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 Belvedere Middle in?
Los Angeles Unified School District, NCES district ID 0622710. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 062271002850 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.