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Edwin Markham Middle

Middle School
Los Angeles UnifiedLos AngelesLos Angeles County90002
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
634 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
16:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
99%
Teachers
40 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+17.7 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+10.0 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
17.7%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 148 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic75.1%
White1.6%
Black22.2%
Other1.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Edwin Markham Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard4.3%
Met Standard11.6%
Below Standard84.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "16% proficient" for Edwin Markham Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

4.3% of students exceeded standard while 11.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 13.0 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 14.6 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The 7 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 9.4% exceeded — 5.1 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 7.0 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 significantly and Math increased year-over-year. 17.7% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 35.9%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

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Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
4.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
15.9%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-7.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
35.9%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.3%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,209
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1783.9%16.3%26.4%53.4%20.2%
7th2054.4%13.7%21.0%61.0%18.1%
8th2183.7%13.3%23.9%59.2%17.0%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1817.2%12.7%17.7%62.4%19.9%
7th2073.4%7.7%23.7%65.2%11.1%
8th2203.2%5.9%19.1%71.8%9.1%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data
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Edwin Markham Middle
28.611th pctile
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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

7 within ~3 mi · avg 38.9

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Nearby Elementary Schools

59 within ~3 mi · avg 41.3

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Nearby High Schools

13 within ~3 mi · avg 45.9

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