📍 340 W. Church St., Ridgecrest, Kern County, 93555
James Monroe Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ridgecrest, Kern County. The school has 548 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sierra Sands Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
James Monroe Middle enrolls 548 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 7.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 279 | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 171 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 42 | 7.7% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 18 | 3.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
267 of the school's 548 students (49%) 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.
James Monroe Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
James Monroe Middle is one of 11 schools in Sierra Sands Unified, based in Ridgecrest, California. The district serves 4,974 students district-wide and employs 238 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 548 students, James Monroe Middle is larger than the district average of about 452 students per school.
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