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Belvedere Middle

Middle School
Los Angeles UnifiedLos AngelesLos Angeles County90063
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
727 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
18:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
96%
Teachers
41 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+11.0 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+8.6 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
16.8%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 107 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic96.8%
White2.2%
Black0.1%
Other0.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Belvedere Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard12.3%
Met Standard18.7%
Below Standard69.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "31% proficient" for Belvedere Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

12.3% of students exceeded standard while 18.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 5.0 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 6.6 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 13.9% exceeded — about the same. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 0.0 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year. 16.8% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 22.7%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

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Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
12.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
30.9%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+0.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
22.7%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.8%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,449
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8
Math Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th10612.3%20.8%13.2%53.8%33.0%
7th28911.8%29.4%20.4%38.4%41.2%
8th32713.2%22.0%19.6%45.3%35.2%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th10615.1%10.4%25.5%49.1%25.5%
7th29110.0%17.5%24.1%48.5%27.5%
8th33011.5%11.8%20.3%56.4%23.3%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data
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Middle
Belvedere Middle
40.044th pctile
This school

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

Nearby schools

Nearby Middle Schools

4 within ~3 mi · avg 42.8

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Nearby Elementary Schools

39 within ~3 mi · avg 43.2

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Nearby High Schools

16 within ~3 mi · avg 52.0

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Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score