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John Muir Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2389^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 13% of California middle schools

Summary

John Muir Middle is a public middle school serving about 624 students in grades 6-8 within the Los Angeles Unified district, located in a community where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

The school faces significant academic challenges, with student proficiency in English, math, and science being well below both district and state averages; it is currently ranked in the bottom 15% of all California schools. A major area of concern is chronic absenteeism, with about 40% of students missing a significant amount of school, a rate that is among the highest when compared to nearby schools like Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 (11% absenteeism) and is strongly linked to lower academic performance.

Interestingly, several nearby charter schools, such as Vox Collegiate and Libertas College Preparatory Charter, achieve better academic results with similar student populations and often with lower per-student funding. While John Muir Middle has shown recent improvement in its state ranking and test scores, it continues to lag behind most other schools in the area, indicating that addressing attendance and learning from effective practices at neighboring schools could be key pathways for growth.

624

Students ?

18.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,731

Per pupil spending ?

98.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5929 South Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90044-3713

(323) 565-2200

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend John Muir Middle usually attend:

High:

Augustus Hawkins High

Feeder schools for John Muir Middle:

Elementary:	Budlong Avenue Elementary
	Fifty-Second Street Elementary
	Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

81.6%

African American:

16.3%

White:

1.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 10th percentile in 2013 → 13th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (18% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (40% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school18%

District avg39%

California avg41%

2,389^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 13%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

77^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	16.3	2389 of 2761	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.9	2635 of 2783	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.4	2680 of 2781	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.2	2604 of 2740	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.7	2562 of 2715	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.3	2314 of 2480	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.3	2422 of 2508	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	9.7	2348 of 2497	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	14.6	2200 of 2477	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	14.7	2132 of 2379	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	12.1	2086 of 2259	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	11.7	2063 of 2236	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	11.3	2029 of 2179	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	12.6	1882 of 2063	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	9.3	1892 of 2005	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	13.4	1812 of 1999	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	13.7	1628 of 1804	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	12.6	1618 of 1777	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	13.9	1599 of 1769	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.8	563 of 609	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.2	556 of 627	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.7	561 of 613	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	547 of 637	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.0	528 of 643	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.1	484 of 600	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	22.1	1389 of 1531	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.4	1070 of 1491	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.8	1151 of 1369	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.2	1119 of 1478	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.1	1432 of 1521	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.7	1474 of 1540	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.2	1404 of 1442	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.8	1311 of 1364	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.5	2183 of 2533	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.3	2420 of 2551	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.8	2408 of 2531	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.6	2359 of 2509	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.8	2293 of 2380	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.1	2148 of 2262	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.9	1794 of 2395	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.5	2192 of 2388	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.1	2248 of 2374	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.3	2173 of 2359	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	2081 of 2213	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.5	1880 of 2072	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	17.6	370 of 394	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	66.8	69 of 320	78.4%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.2	2101 of 2542	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	2390 of 2579	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.0	2394 of 2531	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	2274 of 2458	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.9	2208 of 2369	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.0	2019 of 2230	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.2	2242 of 2534	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.9	2449 of 2552	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.5	2473 of 2538	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.4	2446 of 2527	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.2	2302 of 2407	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.1	2129 of 2273	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.6	1259 of 1566	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	1390 of 1552	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.2	1512 of 1531	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Hispanic (2025)25th percentile+12 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)24th percentile+19 vs school

Special Education (2025)20th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)14th percentile~ school

Male (2025)12th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)9th percentile+4 vs school

African American (2025)8th percentile-6 vs school

Homeless (2024)6th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy25%-24 vs state

Mathematics15%-22 vs state

Science10%-23 vs state

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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 4th Grade	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 4th Grade	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 Muir Middle	Public	6-8	5929 South Vermont Ave.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 565-2200	624	34	18.3	98.7%	7 (1.1%)	102 (16.3%)	509 (81.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	16.3	2389^th of 2761 public middle schools	13.5%		10.9	2635^th of 2783 public middle schools	5.3%	246		9.6	9.6			18.8	27.0	27.5	25.0			17.0	13.4	14.7	14.9	$25,731	$5,437	$20,294
KIPP Scholar Academy	Public, Charter	5-8	6100 S. Hoover St	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	KIPP Scholar Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 292-2272	434	19	22.9	83.6%	2 (0.5%)	173 (39.9%)	246 (56.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.8%)	34.6	1657^th of 2761 public middle schools	40.0%		34.5	1651^st of 2783 public middle schools	40.7%	6	13.8	17.4	15.6		29.5	39.3	39.6	40.2	37.3		16.0	23.4	26.4	26.7	23.2	$25,528	$1,731	$23,797
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle	Public	6-8	155 West 69th St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 541-1800	843	49	17.2	97.6%	10 (1.2%)	101 (12.0%)	723 (85.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.1%)	18.5	2289^th of 2761 public middle schools	17.1%		19	2297^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.5%	8		11.5	11.5			29.4	25.0	23.4	24.4			23.5	21.3	16.0	18.8	$23,839	$4,546	$19,293
Libertas College Preparatory Charter	Public, Charter	4-8	5101 South Western Ave.	Los Angeles	90062	Los Angeles County	Libertas College Preparatory Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 400-6149	301	12	25.1	91.4%	2 (0.7%)	62 (20.6%)	233 (77.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	48.1	1234^th of 2761 public middle schools	55.3%		55.2	1009^th of 2783 public middle schools	63.7%	225	26.5	19.7	22.5	13.8	37.5	42.5	44.4	50.7	41.3	26.7	40.8	32.9	37.8	33.8	35.0	$21,932	$2,020	$19,912
Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12	Public, Charter	6-8	131 East 50th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-7270	496	19	25.6	91.9%	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.4%)	474 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	33.8	1684^th of 2761 public middle schools	39.0%		24.2	2073^rd of 2783 public middle schools	25.5%	389		21.5	21.5			34.8	39.5	42.6	38.9			22.0	19.4	29.2	23.5	$18,867	$2,720	$16,147
Los Angeles Academy Middle	Public	6-8	644 East 56th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-1800	829	49	17.0	97.7%	7 (0.8%)	66 (8.0%)	742 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.6%)	24.4	2040^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.1%		20.5	2245^th of 2783 public middle schools	19.3%	205		13.8	13.8			23.9	36.3	35.6	32.8			20.5	23.0	14.4	19.2	$26,590	$5,145	$21,445
KIPP Academy of Opportunity	Public, Charter	5-8	8500 South Figueroa St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	KIPP Academy of Opportunity District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 778-0125	466	20	23.7	83.0%	1 (0.2%)	185 (39.7%)	269 (57.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	21.7	2160^th of 2761 public middle schools	21.8%		24.9	2037^th of 2783 public middle schools	26.8%	123	15.7	12.3	14.0		21.9	28.2	27.4	28.1	26.4		13.9	21.4	23.1	17.5	19.0	$18,514	$1,384	$17,130
Vox Collegiate of Los Angeles	Public, Charter	6-10	1100 West Manchester Ave.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Vox Collegiate of Los Angeles District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 570-2915	224	9	24.6	77.2%	1 (0.4%)	36 (16.1%)	186 (83.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37.3	1564^th of 2761 public middle schools	43.4%		48.9	1199^th of 2783 public middle schools	56.9%	365		26.2	26.2			30.9	35.0	46.4	38.4			20.0	27.2	29.8	26.4	$15,357	$1,352	$14,005
Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	2941 West 70th St.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 920-4388	399	19	20.6	95.0%	1 (0.3%)	104 (26.1%)	288 (72.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	20.1	2219^th of 2761 public middle schools	19.6%		25.4	2018^th of 2783 public middle schools	27.5%	201		17.6	17.6			27.5	22.4	29.2	26.5			16.8	18.3	16.4	17.1	$19,390	$2,431	$16,959
George Washington Carver Middle	Public	6-8	4410 McKinley Ave.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-2900	635	39	16.1	98.3%	4 (0.6%)	49 (7.7%)	571 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)	21	2183^rd of 2761 public middle schools	20.9%		13.9	2517^th of 2783 public middle schools	9.6%	334		12.9	12.9			30.5	27.1	27.7	28.4			23.8	15.9	17.6	18.9	$27,944	$4,355	$23,589

Frequently Asked Questions about John Muir Middle

How many students attend John Muir Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 624 students attended John Muir Middle.

What district is John Muir Middle in?

Los Angeles Unified

What is the racial makeup of John Muir Middle?

Students at John Muir Middle are 82% Hispanic, 16% African American, 1% White.

What high school do graduates of John Muir Middle attend?

Students who attend John Muir Middle usually go on to attend Augustus Hawkins High

Is John Muir Middle a good school?

John Muir Middle ranks in the bottom 13.5% of California middle schools.

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