📍 670 W. Laurel St., Colton, San Bernardino County, 92324
Colton Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Colton, San Bernardino County. The school has 835 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ruzanna Hernandez. It is part of the Colton Joint Unified school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
Colton Middle enrolls 835 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% White and 1.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 793 | 95% |
| White | 18 | 2.2% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
720 of the school's 835 students (86%) 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.
Colton Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Colton Middle is one of 28 schools in Colton Joint Unified, based in Colton, California. The district serves 18,414 students district-wide and employs 921 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 835 students, Colton Middle is larger than the district average of about 658 students per school.