📍 4950 Central Ave., Riverside, Riverside County, 92504
Sierra Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Riverside, Riverside County. The school has 830 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Renell Robinson. It is part of the Riverside Unified school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
Sierra Middle enrolls 830 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% White and 3.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 704 | 85% |
| White | 60 | 7.2% |
| Black or African American | 32 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 20 | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 8 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
720 of the school's 830 students (87%) 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.
Sierra 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.
Sierra Middle is one of 49 schools in Riverside Unified, based in Riverside, California. The district serves 38,033 students district-wide and employs 1,663 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 830 students, Sierra Middle is close to the district average of about 776 students per school.