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Chester W. Nimitz Middle

Middle School
Los Angeles UnifiedHuntington ParkLos Angeles County90255
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
1,087 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
18:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
94%
Teachers
60 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+12.0 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+8.3 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
19.5%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 191 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic96.9%
White2.4%
Black0.5%
Other0.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Chester W. Nimitz Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard12.1%
Met Standard20.8%
Below Standard67.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "33% proficient" for Chester W. Nimitz Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

12.1% of students exceeded standard while 20.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 5.2 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 6.7 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 10.3% 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.

Proficiency drops by 10.1 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year. 19.5% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 23.0%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

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Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
12.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
32.9%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-10.1pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
23.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.8%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
2,005
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th30514.4%25.6%22.3%37.7%40.0%
7th33711.3%34.4%20.2%34.1%45.7%
8th3569.0%23.6%30.1%37.4%32.6%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th30718.6%14.0%18.9%48.5%32.6%
7th34212.0%14.9%26.9%46.2%26.9%
8th3587.5%12.3%19.3%60.9%19.8%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data
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Middle
Chester W. Nimitz Middle
37.937th 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

9 within ~3 mi · avg 40.4

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Nearby Elementary Schools

37 within ~3 mi · avg 42.4

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Nearby High Schools

11 within ~3 mi · avg 48.5

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