Summary:
Prairie Vista Middle is a public middle school located in Hawthorne, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 759 students. The school is part of the Hawthorne School District, which is ranked 821 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past several years, Prairie Vista Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of California middle schools, typically around the 1,500-1,700 range out of over 2,700 schools.
Prairie Vista Middle has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 9.2% in 2020-2021 to 40.7% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the state average and the nearby Lawndale Elementary schools in the Hawthorne district. The school's academic performance, as measured by the Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST Science tests, is consistently below the state and Hawthorne district averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 39.66% of Prairie Vista students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 47.04% statewide and 39.32% in the Hawthorne district. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was just 20.52%, compared to 35.54% statewide and 29.88% in Hawthorne.
When comparing Prairie Vista Middle to other nearby middle schools in the Hawthorne district, such as Bud Carson Middle and Hawthorne Middle, it becomes clear that the school is underperforming, with both of those schools having higher academic proficiency rates, lower chronic absenteeism, and better overall rankings from SchoolDigger. Looking at schools outside the Hawthorne district, such as Manhattan Beach Middle and Wiseburn Middle, reveals a stark contrast in academic performance, with these schools consistently ranking in the top 20% of California middle schools and having significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.
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Detail:
Public 6-8
District:
Hawthorne
SchoolDigger Rank:
1607th of 2,777 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,534
Students who attend Prairie Vista Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for Prairie Vista Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 26.0
Number of students: 736
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
73.4%
African American:
19.4%
Asian:
3.1%
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Pacific Islander:
1.9%
White:
1.4%
Two or more races:
0.5%
American Indian:
0.3%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 86.3%
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