Bunche Middle

Summary:

Bunche Middle is a public middle school located in Compton, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 365 students. The school is part of the Compton Unified School District, which is ranked 786 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bunche Middle consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of California middle schools, with significantly lower academic performance compared to the district and state averages across all subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 26.25% of Bunche Middle students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 43.02% for Compton Unified and 47.04% for California. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with African American and English Language Learner students performing relatively better, while other subgroups, such as Hispanic, Low Socioeconomic Status, and Disabled students, perform significantly worse. Additionally, Bunche Middle has seen a steady increase in chronic absenteeism rates, reaching 12.0% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the district and state averages.

Interestingly, Bunche Middle's performance is significantly lower than the nearby Davis Middle and Willowbrook Middle schools, which are also part of the Compton Unified School District. Willowbrook Middle, in particular, is a high-performing school, ranking in the top 5% of California middle schools and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The high rates of poverty and economic disadvantage among Bunche Middle's student population, as indicated by the free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, may be contributing to the school's lower academic performance, and addressing these factors could be crucial in improving the educational outcomes for the students at Bunche Middle.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 12338 Mona Blvd.
       Compton, CA  90059-1320


(310) 898-6010

District: Compton Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2074th of 2,777 California Middle Schools


Students who attend Bunche Middle usually attend:

High:    Centennial High

Feeder schools for Bunche Middle:

Elementary:    Jefferson Elementary
    Martin Luther King Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  20.3 Help
Number of students:  314

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
82.2%
African American:
15.6%
Two or more races:
1.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  94.9% Help


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Compare Details Bunche Middle ranks worse than 74.7% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 4th among 6 ranked middle schools in the Compton Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.14. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (82.2%), African American (15.6%), two or more races (1.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 94.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bunche Middle is 20.3, which is the 3rd best among 6 middle schools in the Compton Unified School District. (See more...)
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bunche Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Bunche Middle 2074th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Bunche Middle in the ranking list.)

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Compton Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Compton Unified 786th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Bunche Middle

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Rank History for all students at Bunche Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 15.61 1558th 1769 11.9%
2005 15.25 1569th 1777 11.7%
2006 11.60 1666th 1804 7.6%
2007 7.94 1909th 1999 4.5%
2008 10.71 1870th 2005 6.7%
2009 16.11 1816th 2063 12.0%
2010 19.46 1863rd 2179 14.5%
2011 21.68 1860th 2236 16.8%
2012 12.73 2072nd 2259 8.3%
2013 10.05 2221st 2379 6.6%
2015 13.04 2256th 2477 8.9%
2016 15.69 2183rd 2497 12.6%
2017 6.09 2462nd 2508 1.8%
2018 6.91 2421st 2480 2.4%
2019 9.92 2556th 2715 5.9%
2022 12.69 2545th 2740 7.1%
2023 27.45 1935th 2802 30.9%
2024 24.14 2074th 2777 25.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bunche Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.41 1332nd 1364 2.3%
2019 24.21 1403rd 1442 2.7%
2022 32.79 1098th 1540 28.7%
2023 40.94 744th 1529 51.3%
2024 48.18 483rd 1477 67.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Bunche Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 43.06 701st 1538 54.4%
2024 40.85 751st 1550 51.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bunche Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.61 2175th 2230 2.5%
2019 13.36 2191st 2369 7.5%
2022 15.96 2253rd 2458 8.3%
2023 38.22 1408th 2549 44.8%
2024 30.61 1748th 2575 32.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Bunche Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 6.03 2238th 2262 1.1%
2019 10.70 2253rd 2380 5.3%
2022 12.87 2346th 2509 6.5%
2023 23.91 1934th 2547 24.1%
2024 24.42 1916th 2546 24.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Bunche Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.22 1340th 1369 2.1%
2019 30.41 1022nd 1491 31.5%
2022 20.96 1423rd 1531 7.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Bunche Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.29 2221st 2273 2.3%
2019 9.16 2317th 2407 3.7%
2022 13.80 2342nd 2527 7.3%
2023 30.70 1638th 2558 36.0%
2024 23.64 1930th 2547 24.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Bunche Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.82 598th 600 0.3%
2019 14.03 616th 643 4.2%
2022 21.51 545th 637 14.4%
2023 52.99 243rd 614 60.4%
2024 45.86 306th 626 51.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bunche Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.36 2020th 2072 2.5%
2019 14.13 2044th 2213 7.6%
2022 17.71 2103rd 2359 10.9%
2023 38.72 1312th 2391 45.1%
2024 33.91 1498th 2383 37.1%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Bunche Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 2 206 7 709 0 n/a n/a 0 924
1989 1 193 9 731 0 n/a n/a 0 934
1990 1 190 7 842 0 n/a n/a 0 1040
1991 0 260 7 745 0 n/a n/a 0 1012
1992 0 164 1 753 1 n/a n/a 0 919
1993 2 167 1 649 1 n/a n/a 0 820
1994 0 135 3 690 0 n/a n/a 0 828
1995 0 139 0 659 0 n/a n/a 0 798
1996 0 139 0 659 0 n/a n/a 0 798
1997 0 98 0 605 0 n/a n/a 0 703
1998 0 166 0 647 0 n/a n/a 0 813
1999 0 98 2 678 0 n/a n/a 62 840
2000 0 163 7 782 0 n/a n/a 0 952
2001 0 186 3 802 1 n/a n/a 12 1004
2002 0 206 4 999 3 n/a n/a 17 1229
2003 0 206 4 999 3 n/a n/a 17 1229
2004 2 184 2 1021 0 n/a n/a 7 1216
2005 0 151 4 903 0 n/a n/a 4 1062
2006 0 118 2 755 0 n/a n/a 2 877
2007 2 121 0 709 0 n/a n/a 1 833
2008 1 93 n/a 699 n/a n/a n/a 0 793
2009 0 92 0 700 0 1 2 0 795
2010 1 88 0 703 0 0 5 0 797
2011 0 62 0 606 1 0 7 0 676
2012 0 73 0 632 0 0 10 0 715
2013 0 74 0 642 0 0 2 0 718
2014 0 54 0 565 0 1 1 0 621
2015 0 49 0 466 0 1 0 0 516
2016 0 38 0 387 1 1 1 0 428
2017 1 35 0 364 0 1 1 0 402
2018 3 41 0 365 1 1 3 0 414
2019 3 56 0 377 1 1 6 0 444
2020 3 54 1 409 0 1 1 0 469
2021 1 64 0 377 0 0 1 0 443
2022 1 53 0 369 0 0 1 0 424
2023 1 52 0 308 1 0 3 0 365
2024 1 49 0 258 1 0 4 1 314

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bunche Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 924 39.0 23.6 n/a
1989 934 37.8 24.7 n/a
1990 1040 36.7 28.3 n/a
1991 1012 35.9 28.1 n/a
1992 919 36.5 25.1 59.1
1993 820 35.0 23.4 95
1994 828 34.0 24.4 62.6
1995 798 30.9 25.8 71.6
1996 798 30.9 25.8 71.6
1997 703 30.0 23.4 87.3
1998 813 23.0 35.3 95
1999 840 35.0 24.0 102.6
2000 952 33.0 28.8 97.2
2001 1004 41.0 24.5 92.6
2002 1229 46.0 26.7 100.4
2003 1229 46.0 26.7 100.4
2004 1216 46.0 26.4 99.6
2005 1062 44.0 24.1 99.4
2006 877 36.0 24.4 99.2
2007 833 34.0 24.5 99.8
2008 793 37.0 21.4 78.1
2009 795 33.0 21.5 87.5
2010 797 49.0 16.2 90
2011 676 n/a n/a 96.6
2012 715 40.5 17.6 n/a
2013 718 36.5 19.6 90.9
2014 621 32.0 19.4 95.3
2015 516 29.0 17.7 90.9
2016 428 18.0 23.7 93.9
2017 402 14.1 28.4 90
2018 414 15.4 26.8 92.8
2019 444 17.2 25.7 85.8
2020 469 n/a n/a 93.4
2021 443 20.4 21.7 91.4
2022 424 17.2 24.5 91
2023 365 19.0 19.2 70.1
2024 314 15.4 20.3 94.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bunche Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 924 39.0 23.6 n/a
1989 934 37.8 24.7 n/a
1990 1040 36.7 28.3 n/a
1991 1012 35.9 28.1 n/a
1992 919 36.5 25.1 59.1
1993 820 35.0 23.4 95
1994 828 34.0 24.4 62.6
1995 798 30.9 25.8 71.6
1996 798 30.9 25.8 71.6
1997 703 30.0 23.4 87.3
1998 813 23.0 35.3 95
1999 840 35.0 24.0 102.6
2000 952 33.0 28.8 97.2
2001 1004 41.0 24.5 92.6
2002 1229 46.0 26.7 100.4
2003 1229 46.0 26.7 100.4
2004 1216 46.0 26.4 99.6
2005 1062 44.0 24.1 99.4
2006 877 36.0 24.4 99.2
2007 833 34.0 24.5 99.8
2008 793 37.0 21.4 78.1
2009 795 33.0 21.5 87.5
2010 797 49.0 16.2 90
2011 676 n/a n/a 96.6
2012 715 40.5 17.6 n/a
2013 718 36.5 19.6 90.9
2014 621 32.0 19.4 95.3
2015 516 29.0 17.7 90.9
2016 428 18.0 23.7 93.9
2017 402 14.1 28.4 90
2018 414 15.4 26.8 92.8
2019 444 17.2 25.7 85.8
2020 469 n/a n/a 93.4
2021 443 20.4 21.7 91.4
2022 424 17.2 24.5 91
2023 365 19.0 19.2 70.1
2024 314 15.4 20.3 94.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Bunche Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2556th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1935th of 2802 Middle schools
 25.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Bunche Middle)1420.7
 6.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Compton Unified)37.936.6
 1.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Bunche Middle)4.416.1
 11.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Compton Unified)31.630.3
 1.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Bunche Middle)29.333.3
 4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Compton Unified)40.447.8
 7.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Bunche Middle)12.321.1
 8.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Compton Unified)24.731.1
 6.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Bunche Middle)20.132.3
 12.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Compton Unified)33.546
 12.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Bunche Middle)3.925.2
 21.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Compton Unified)23.126.2
 3.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Bunche Middle)6.59
 2.5%
   8th Grade Science (Compton Unified)15.615.2
 0.4%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students444365
 17.8%
African American5652
 7.1%
American Indian11
Asian00
Hispanic377308
 18.3%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White31
 66.7%
Two or More Races63
 50%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients85.8%70.1%
 15.7%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 314 students attended Bunche Middle.

Bunche Middle ranks 2074th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Bunche Middle are 82% Hispanic, 16% African American, 1% Two or more races.

Students who attend Bunche Middle usually go on to attend Centennial High


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