📍 3180 Mojave-Tropico Rd., Rosamond, Kern County, 93560
Tropico Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Rosamond, Kern County. The school has 782 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Debi Keys. It is part of the Southern Kern Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 35.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
Tropico Middle enrolls 782 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 35.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Hispanic or Latino, 22% White and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 477 | 61% |
| White | 172 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 79 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 4.9% |
| Asian | 14 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
629 of the school's 782 students (80%) 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.
Tropico Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Tropico Middle is one of 6 schools in Southern Kern Unified, based in Rosamond, California. The district serves 3,636 students district-wide and employs 161 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 782 students, Tropico Middle is larger than the district average of about 606 students per school.