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John H. Liechty Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2334^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 15% of California middle schools

Summary

John H. Liechty Middle is a public middle school serving about 750 students in grades 6-8 in the Los Angeles Unified school district, located in a community where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with student proficiency in English, math, and science far below both state averages and the performance of nearby schools like Virgil Middle and Rise Kohyang Middle. Chronic absenteeism, at 26.7%, is also higher than at most comparison schools, such as Young Oak Kim Academy which has a much lower rate. The school's statewide ranking has declined over the past decade, and it shows uneven results for different student groups, with some subgroups performing much better than others.

An interesting finding is that despite spending more per student than the other local schools analyzed, John H. Liechty Middle has the lowest academic outcomes, creating a spending paradox. The presence of higher-performing charter schools like Equitas Academy 4 in the area, which serve similar student populations, suggests that improvement is possible. Addressing chronic absenteeism and learning from the approaches of nearby schools could be important pathways for progress.

748

Students ?

16.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,963

Per pupil spending ?

98.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

650 South Union Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90017-1633

(213) 989-1200

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend John H. Liechty Middle usually attend:

High:	Belmont Senior High
	Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community
	Contreras Learning Center-Los Angeles School of Global Studies
	Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice
	More...
	Edward R. Roybal Learning Center
	School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex

Feeder schools for John H. Liechty Middle:

Elementary:	Esperanza Elementary
	Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS)
	Olympic Primary Center
	Tenth Street Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.9%

African American:

2.5%

Asian:

1.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 6th percentile in 2017 → 15th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 15th (2025) from a 6th-percentile low (2017)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (19% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (27% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg39%

California avg41%

2,334^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 15%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

76^th of 83Middle Schools in the Los Angeles Unified

791^st of 1,543Los Angeles Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	2334 of 2761	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.5	2371 of 2783	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.3	2437 of 2781	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.9	2539 of 2740	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	2301 of 2715	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.7	2262 of 2480	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.5	2370 of 2508	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	15.4	2192 of 2497	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.5	2033 of 2477	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	25.7	1851 of 2379	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	15.8	2016 of 2259	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	20.6	1895 of 2236	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	20.6	1834 of 2179	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	51.4	257 of 627	59.0%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	22.3	1373 of 1531	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.0	1006 of 1491	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.4	1115 of 1369	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	28.7	1300 of 1478	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	1371 of 1521	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.1	1492 of 1540	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.4	1364 of 1442	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.2	1250 of 1364	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.0	2081 of 2533	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.2	2125 of 2551	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	2267 of 2531	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.8	2274 of 2509	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.0	2072 of 2380	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.4	2052 of 2262	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	1897 of 2395	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.2	1889 of 2388	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.9	1989 of 2374	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.8	2136 of 2359	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.8	1762 of 2213	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.8	1840 of 2072	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.8	262 of 477	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.2	316 of 394	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.9	332 of 336	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	2013 of 2542	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.3	2053 of 2579	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.3	2104 of 2531	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	2210 of 2458	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.1	1900 of 2369	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.6	1977 of 2230	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.7	2231 of 2534	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	2248 of 2552	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.5	2200 of 2538	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.1	2407 of 2527	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.4	2047 of 2407	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	2124 of 2273	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.2	1489 of 1566	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	34.1	958 of 1552	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.3	1333 of 1531	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2024)59th percentile+44 vs school

Homeless (2025)45th percentile+30 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)21st percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)18th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)12th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)12th percentile-4 vs school

Disabled (2022)10th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2025)5th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy24%-24 vs state

Mathematics17%-20 vs state

Science10%-23 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, January 20, 2011

IM SCARE OF THIS SCHOOL...CAUSE THE RUMORS...MY DAUGHTER IS IN THIS SCHOOL CAUSE THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS WERE FULL..IM JUST HOPOING SHE LEARNS SOMETHING ... CAUSE SHE IS A LITTLE BIT SLOW AND IF THE TEACHERS DONT CARE AND DONT HELP , SHE COULD GO THE BAD WAY... I REALLY HATE FOR STUDENTS TO GO IN AT 10AM ON TUESDAYS... I HATE FOR HER TO HAVE SAME TEACHERS ....I REALLY HATE WHEN I ASK HER WHAT DID SHE LEARN TODAY AND SHE TELLS ME NOTHING...i HOPE SHE LEARNS AND NOT TO GO WITH THE BAD PEOPLE...I HOPE THEY DO BETTER THINGS...IN THIS SCHOOOL...SO KIDS COULD LEARN MORE... Close Quote

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
John H. Liechty Middle	Public	6-8	650 South Union Ave.	Los Angeles	90017	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 989-1200	748	44	16.8	98.3%	6 (0.8%)	19 (2.5%)	710 (94.9%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	17.6	2334^th of 2761 public middle schools	15.5%		17.5	2371^st of 2783 public middle schools	14.8%	37		9.7	9.7		22.9	27.5	22.8	24.4		16.9	24.5	11.3	17.4	$24,963	$4,814	$20,149
Sal Castro Middle	Public	6-8	1575 West 2nd St.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 241-4416	276	19	14.2	97.8%	6 (2.2%)	13 (4.7%)	249 (90.2%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	31.5	1779^th of 2761 public middle schools	35.6%		15.7	2450^th of 2783 public middle schools	12.0%	671		30.6	30.6		36.3	29.3	36.8	34.2		29.1	13.1	19.4	20.5	$23,384	$3,608	$19,776
Equitas Academy 4	Public, Charter	5-8	2501 West 7th St.	Los Angeles	90057	Los Angeles County	Equitas Academy 4 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 201-5934	456	19	24.2	93.2%	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	450 (98.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	31	1798^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.9%		41.6	1409^th of 2783 public middle schools	49.4%	389	30.1	24.8	27.1	36.6	40.7	35.3	33.6	36.5	25.8	20.5	29.1	13.1	21.6	$19,878	$892	$18,986
Rise Kohyang Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	600 South Lafayette Park Pl.	Los Angeles	90057	Los Angeles County	Rise Kohyang Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(424) 789-8338	280	12	23.3	93.6%	4 (1.4%)	14 (5.0%)	223 (79.6%)	38 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	54.8	1040^th of 2761 public middle schools	62.3%		43	1372^nd of 2783 public middle schools	50.7%	332		37.0	37.0		44.8	48.5	53.8	49.4		33.3	34.3	30.8	32.6	$24,308	$3,118	$21,190
Equitas Academy #2	Public, Charter	5-8	2723 West 8th St.	Los Angeles	90005	Los Angeles County	Equitas Academy #2 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 201-5940	437	19	23.1	93.6%	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	428 (97.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38.5	1533^rd of 2761 public middle schools	44.5%		30.1	1809^th of 2783 public middle schools	35.0%	276	22.9	24.1	23.4	42.9	32.0	39.8	50.6	40.4	29.5	24.6	30.4	29.6	28.3	$20,290	$2,433	$17,857
Young Oak Kim Academy	Public	6-8	615 South Shatto Pl.	Los Angeles	90005	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 739-6500	715	36	19.9	98.6%	14 (2.0%)	8 (1.1%)	678 (94.8%)	11 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	34.5	1660^th of 2761 public middle schools	39.9%		30.2	1803^rd of 2783 public middle schools	35.2%	143		23.3	23.3		29.4	43.2	42.7	38.8		19.1	27.8	23.7	23.8	$19,239	$4,181	$15,058
Vista Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	2900 West Temple St.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	Vista Charter Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 201-4000	364	15	23.8	88.5%	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	341 (93.7%)	10 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	24.8	2019^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.9%		24.1	2082^nd of 2783 public middle schools	25.2%	63		12.0	12.0		29.3	40.7	32.6	34.7		22.2	22.4	11.4	18.4	$23,661	$6,356	$17,305
Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	2670 West 11th St.	Los Angeles	90006	Los Angeles County	Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 413-9600	298	15	19.9	90.6%	5 (1.7%)	7 (2.3%)	279 (93.6%)	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.6	2333^rd of 2761 public middle schools	15.5%		17.1	2392^nd of 2783 public middle schools	14.0%	59		17.3	17.3		25.0	25.6	34.6	28.5		14.4	7.8	7.7	10.1	$24,658	$4,521	$20,137
Berendo Middle	Public	6-8	1157 South Berendo St.	Los Angeles	90006	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 739-5600	552	36	15.5	96.6%	12 (2.2%)	21 (3.8%)	499 (90.4%)	12 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	23.1	2097^th of 2761 public middle schools	24.0%		24.3	2069^th of 2783 public middle schools	25.7%	28		17.5	17.5		33.1	30.9	29.6	31.0		19.4	19.3	16.0	18.0	$26,212	$5,946	$20,266
Para Los Ninos Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	835 Stanford Ave.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Para Los Ninos Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 896-2640	305	15	20.3	94.1%	7 (2.3%)	8 (2.6%)	287 (94.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	22.9	2103^rd of 2761 public middle schools	23.8%		32.8	1713^th of 2783 public middle schools	38.4%	390		18.2	18.2		34.3	34.0	26.9	31.4		23.1	16.7	11.8	16.8	$23,971	$6,600	$17,371

Frequently Asked Questions about John H. Liechty Middle

What district is John H. Liechty Middle in?

Los Angeles Unified

What high school do graduates of John H. Liechty Middle attend?

Students who attend John H. Liechty Middle usually go on to attend Belmont Senior High

What is the racial makeup of John H. Liechty Middle?

Students at John H. Liechty Middle are 95% Hispanic, 3% African American, 1% Asian.

How many students attend John H. Liechty Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 748 students attended John H. Liechty Middle.

Is John H. Liechty Middle a good school?

John H. Liechty Middle ranks in the bottom 15.5% of California middle schools.

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