📍 4100 Firestone Blvd., South Gate, Los Angeles County, 90280
South Gate Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in South Gate, Los Angeles County. The school has 1,342 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Luis Tejada. It is part of the Los Angeles Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 64.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
South Gate Middle enrolls 1,342 students across grades 6–8. A teaching staff of 64.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
1,257 of the school's 1,342 students (94%) 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.
South Gate 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.
South Gate Middle is one of 785 schools in Los Angeles Unified, based in Los Angeles, California. The district serves 408,026 students district-wide and employs 21,760 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,342 students, South Gate Middle is larger than the district average of about 520 students per school.