📍 1011 North Somerton Ave., Somerton, Yuma County, 85350
Somerton Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Somerton, Yuma County. The school has 625 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Somerton Elementary District (4500) school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
Somerton Middle School enrolls 625 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% White and 1.6% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 603 | 96% |
| White | 11 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
543 of the school's 625 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Somerton Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-70.
Somerton Middle School is one of 8 schools in Somerton Elementary District (4500), based in Somerton, Arizona. The district serves 2,986 students district-wide and employs 158 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 625 students, Somerton Middle School is larger than the district average of about 373 students per school.
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