📍 1125 Sycamore St., Gridley, Butte County, 95948
Sycamore Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Gridley, Butte County. The school has 444 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Chris Schmidt. It is part of the Gridley Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
Sycamore Middle enrolls 444 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White and 3.2% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 276 | 62% |
| White | 144 | 32% |
| Asian | 14 | 3.2% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
326 of the school's 444 students (73%) 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.
Sycamore Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Sycamore Middle is one of 5 schools in Gridley Unified, based in Gridley, California. The district serves 2,002 students district-wide and employs 101 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 444 students, Sycamore Middle is close to the district average of about 400 students per school.