📍 200 W. 15th Ave., Delano, Kern County, 93215
Almond Tree Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Delano, Kern County. The school has 550 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rodney Del Rio. It is part of the Delano Union Elementary school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
Almond Tree Middle enrolls 550 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% Asian and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 500 | 91% |
| Asian | 45 | 8.2% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
473 of the school's 550 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.
Almond Tree 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.
Almond Tree Middle is one of 12 schools in Delano Union Elementary, based in Delano, California. The district serves 6,185 students district-wide and employs 302 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 550 students, Almond Tree Middle is close to the district average of about 515 students per school.