📍 7610 El Cerrito Rd., Corona, Riverside County, 92881
El Cerrito Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Corona, Riverside County. The school has 1,188 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Karen Deberry. It is part of the Corona-Norco Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.7:1.
El Cerrito Middle enrolls 1,188 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 16% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 500 | 42% |
| White | 361 | 30% |
| Asian | 186 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 89 | 7.5% |
| Two or more races | 45 | 3.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
730 of the school's 1,188 students (61%) 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.
El Cerrito 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.
El Cerrito Middle is one of 53 schools in Corona-Norco Unified, based in Norco, California. The district serves 49,487 students district-wide and employs 2,032 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,188 students, El Cerrito Middle is larger than the district average of about 934 students per school.