Middle · California

Prairie Vista Middle

Free meals for all

Prairie Vista Middle, a public middle school in Hawthorne, California: grades 6–8, 674 students, 25.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hawthorne.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
674
Teachers (FTE)
26.1
Students per teacher
25.8
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 94% of middle schools in California

Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared

More students per teacher than 99% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 53% of middle schools in California

Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared

Larger than 67% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

43%proficient

+2.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 52% of middle schools in California

Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared

644 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

25%proficient

+4.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 56% of middle schools in California

Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared

645 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb
Run by
Hawthorne

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Hawthorne.

Location

Address
13600 South Prairie Ave., Hawthorne, CA 90250
Phone
(310)679-1003
City or town
Hawthorne

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Bud Carson MiddleFree meals for all
6–860123.936%30%
Hawthorne MiddleFree meals for all
6–876124.041%28%
Will Rogers MiddleFree meals for all
6–879920.849%31%
Jane Addams MiddleFree meals for all
6–864419.458%41%
6–835820.450%39%
Wiseburn MiddleFree meals for all
6–895326.265%41%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 061668007520