📍 10000 Wells Ave., Riverside, Riverside County, 92503
Wells Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Riverside, Riverside County. The school has 776 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Christian Hernandez. It is part of the Alvord Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 35.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
Wells Middle enrolls 776 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 35.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% White and 1.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 735 | 95% |
| White | 15 | 1.9% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
739 of the school's 776 students (95%) 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.
Wells Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Wells Middle is one of 26 schools in Alvord Unified, based in Corona, California. The district serves 16,466 students district-wide and employs 781 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 776 students, Wells Middle is larger than the district average of about 633 students per school.