Charles Drew Middle

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Charles Drew Middle is a public middle school located in Los Angeles, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 681 students. The school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is ranked 871 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Charles Drew Middle consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of California middle schools, with a statewide ranking between 2,198 and 2,572 out of around 2,700-2,800 schools over the past decade. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the district and state averages across all subjects and grade levels, with only 21.57% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts, 7.94% in Mathematics, and 9.91% in Science. The school's performance is especially low for certain student subgroups, such as African American students, Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities.

While the nearby schools, such as Walnut Park Mid B Sci Technical Engr and Math Academy and Edwin Markham Middle, generally perform better than Charles Drew Middle on academic measures, they still struggle to meet state and district averages. The charter schools in the area, such as Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4 and Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy, tend to outperform the traditional public schools, including Charles Drew Middle, on academic measures. Additionally, Charles Drew Middle has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 15.1% in 2017-2018 to 38.1% in 2022-2023, which is a concerning trend.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 8511 Compton Ave.
       Los Angeles, CA  90001-3921


(323) 826-1700

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2507th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,951 Help


Feeder schools for Charles Drew Middle:

Elementary:    Graham Elementary
    Judith F. Baca Arts Academy
    McKinley Avenue Elementary
    Ninety-Second Street Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  18.7 Help
Number of students:  681

Racial breakdown:

Not Specified:
100.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99% Help


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Compare Details Charles Drew Middle ranks worse than 90.3% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 76th among 83 ranked middle schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.98. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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 99% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Charles Drew Middle is 18.7. 43 middle schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Charles Drew Middle is $12,951, which is the 12th highest among 83 middle schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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Charles Drew Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Charles Drew Middle 2507th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Charles Drew Middle in the ranking list.)

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Los Angeles Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Angeles Unified 871st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Charles Drew Middle

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Rank History for all students at Charles Drew Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 9.97 1679th 1769 5.1%
2005 8.73 1695th 1777 4.6%
2006 8.28 1712th 1804 5.1%
2007 7.40 1918th 1999 4.1%
2008 6.11 1932nd 2005 3.6%
2009 8.41 1945th 2063 5.7%
2010 7.53 2082nd 2179 4.5%
2011 13.38 2031st 2236 9.2%
2012 13.08 2059th 2259 8.9%
2013 11.39 2198th 2379 7.6%
2015 9.10 2368th 2477 4.4%
2016 7.43 2400th 2497 3.9%
2017 8.12 2425th 2508 3.3%
2018 12.70 2261st 2480 8.8%
2019 9.29 2572nd 2715 5.3%
2022 13.00 2533rd 2740 7.6%
2023 14.60 2529th 2802 9.7%
2024 13.98 2507th 2777 9.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Charles Drew Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.34 1188th 1364 12.9%
2019 25.22 1368th 1442 5.1%
2022 27.99 1330th 1540 13.6%
2023 30.45 1198th 1529 21.6%
2024 29.65 1241st 1477 16.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Charles Drew Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 17.07 1528th 1538 0.7%
2024 24.60 1294th 1550 16.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Charles Drew Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.85 1972nd 2230 11.6%
2019 12.24 2220th 2369 6.3%
2022 17.90 2190th 2458 10.9%
2023 19.38 2198th 2549 13.8%
2024 18.17 2250th 2575 12.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Charles Drew Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 8.75 335th 336 0.3%
2024 13.47 383rd 394 2.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Charles Drew Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.58 2111th 2262 6.7%
2019 7.90 2320th 2380 2.5%
2022 14.18 2296th 2509 8.5%
2023 14.60 2324th 2547 8.8%
2024 14.24 2316th 2546 9.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Charles Drew Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.47 1302nd 1369 4.9%
2019 21.47 1350th 1491 9.5%
2022 22.42 1363rd 1531 11.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Charles Drew Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.19 2100th 2273 7.6%
2019 10.27 2296th 2407 4.6%
2022 12.65 2382nd 2527 5.7%
2023 15.01 2315th 2558 9.5%
2024 14.06 2321st 2547 8.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Charles Drew Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.22 539th 600 10.2%
2019 17.07 593rd 643 7.8%
2022 12.38 624th 637 2.0%
2023 21.37 531st 614 13.5%
2024 27.18 475th 626 24.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Charles Drew Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.72 1762nd 2072 15.0%
2019 11.75 2089th 2213 5.6%
2022 19.97 2009th 2359 14.8%
2023 19.87 2042nd 2391 14.6%
2024 18.35 2072nd 2383 13.1%
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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 Charles Drew Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 2 852 0 961 2 n/a n/a 0 1817
1989 3 775 5 1109 2 n/a n/a 0 1894
1990 1 717 5 1225 0 n/a n/a 0 1948
1991 2 669 6 1268 1 n/a n/a 0 1946
1992 1 596 0 1293 1 n/a n/a 0 1891
1993 0 540 3 1225 0 n/a n/a 0 1768
1994 1 520 6 1298 0 n/a n/a 0 1825
1995 1 530 2 1554 0 n/a n/a 0 2087
1996 1 530 2 1554 0 n/a n/a 0 2087
1997 2 517 4 1593 2 n/a n/a 0 2118
1998 1 552 2 1640 2 n/a n/a 0 2197
1999 1 576 0 1644 2 n/a n/a 0 2223
2000 1 571 1 1652 2 n/a n/a 0 2227
2001 3 601 2 1788 2 n/a n/a 0 2396
2002 6 588 4 2075 1 n/a n/a 0 2674
2003 6 588 4 2075 1 n/a n/a 0 2674
2004 6 555 2 2149 5 n/a n/a 0 2717
2005 4 542 3 2167 3 n/a n/a 0 2719
2006 5 484 1 2123 3 n/a n/a 0 2616
2007 5 439 2 2113 4 n/a n/a 8 2571
2008 5 375 3 1934 7 n/a n/a 0 2324
2009 7 332 0 1807 7 0 3 0 2156
2010 4 319 1 1608 4 0 2 0 1938
2011 4 194 0 1078 2 0 2 0 1280
2012 2 192 1 972 1 0 2 0 1170
2013 4 200 0 893 1 0 0 0 1098
2014 2 153 0 856 3 0 0 0 1014
2015 4 134 0 746 1 0 5 0 890
2016 1 118 0 701 0 0 6 0 826
2017 7 147 0 705 1 0 2 0 862
2018 6 142 1 652 0 0 1 0 802
2019 4 93 1 611 1 0 0 0 710
2020 5 109 0 630 1 0 4 0 749
2021 2 110 0 659 1 0 3 0 775
2022 12 100 0 599 1 0 7 0 719
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 681 681

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 Charles Drew Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1817 80.3 22.6 n/a
1989 1894 78.1 24.2 n/a
1990 1948 82.6 23.5 n/a
1991 1946 82.5 23.5 n/a
1992 1891 83.8 22.5 65.8
1993 1768 72.0 24.6 71.7
1994 1825 71.8 25.4 74
1995 2087 81.2 25.7 58.6
1996 2087 81.2 25.7 58.6
1997 2118 83.9 25.2 82.8
1998 2197 83.7 26.2 78
1999 2223 93.3 23.8 73.3
2000 2227 85.0 26.2 67.4
2001 2396 88.8 27.0 79
2002 2674 102.4 26.1 84.6
2003 2674 102.4 26.1 84.6
2004 2717 103.9 26.2 82
2005 2719 96.6 28.1 82.4
2006 2616 104.2 25.1 93.3
2007 2571 103.7 24.8 85.2
2008 2324 130.2 17.8 84.1
2009 2156 101.2 16.7 83.7
2010 1938 98.0 19.7 89.5
2011 1280 n/a n/a 50.7
2012 1170 66.5 17.5 n/a
2013 1098 47.0 23.3 55.7
2014 1014 44.0 23.0 81.9
2015 890 46.0 19.3 88.1
2016 826 34.0 24.2 87.8
2017 862 35.0 24.6 91.8
2018 802 36.6 21.9 97.8
2019 710 33.5 21.1 91.4
2020 749 n/a n/a 99.6
2021 775 38.5 20.1 98.3
2022 719 40.3 17.8 97.8
2023 681 36.3 18.7 99

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 Charles Drew Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1817 80.3 22.6 n/a
1989 1894 78.1 24.2 n/a
1990 1948 82.6 23.5 n/a
1991 1946 82.5 23.5 n/a
1992 1891 83.8 22.5 65.8
1993 1768 72.0 24.6 71.7
1994 1825 71.8 25.4 74
1995 2087 81.2 25.7 58.6
1996 2087 81.2 25.7 58.6
1997 2118 83.9 25.2 82.8
1998 2197 83.7 26.2 78
1999 2223 93.3 23.8 73.3
2000 2227 85.0 26.2 67.4
2001 2396 88.8 27.0 79
2002 2674 102.4 26.1 84.6
2003 2674 102.4 26.1 84.6
2004 2717 103.9 26.2 82
2005 2719 96.6 28.1 82.4
2006 2616 104.2 25.1 93.3
2007 2571 103.7 24.8 85.2
2008 2324 130.2 17.8 84.1
2009 2156 101.2 16.7 83.7
2010 1938 98.0 19.7 89.5
2011 1280 n/a n/a 50.7
2012 1170 66.5 17.5 n/a
2013 1098 47.0 23.3 55.7
2014 1014 44.0 23.0 81.9
2015 890 46.0 19.3 88.1
2016 826 34.0 24.2 87.8
2017 862 35.0 24.6 91.8
2018 802 36.6 21.9 97.8
2019 710 33.5 21.1 91.4
2020 749 n/a n/a 99.6
2021 775 38.5 20.1 98.3
2022 719 40.3 17.8 97.8
2023 681 36.3 18.7 99

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Charles Drew Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $12,951

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Charles Drew Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2572nd of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2529th of 2802 Middle schools
 4.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Charles Drew Middle)17.527.6
 10.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Angeles Unified)43.740.8
 2.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Charles Drew Middle)8.19.3
 1.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified)30.527.5
 3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
7th Grade Reading/Language Arts (Charles Drew Middle)08.3
 8.3%
   7th Grade Reading/Language Arts (Los Angeles Unified)1.63.4
 1.8%
   7th Grade Reading/Language Arts (California)4.55.6
 1.1%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Charles Drew Middle)17.216.6
 0.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Angeles Unified)41.138.9
 2.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Charles Drew Middle)10.16.2
 3.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified)29.223.7
 5.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Charles Drew Middle)6.79.7
 3.1%
   8th Grade Science (Los Angeles Unified)23.120.9
 2.2%
   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 Students710681
 4.1%
African American930
 100%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic6110
 100%
Pacific Islander00
White40
 100%
Two or More Races00
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients91.4%99%
 7.6%


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Charles Drew Middle ranks in the bottom 9.7% of California middle schools.

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In the 2022-23 school year, 681 students attended Charles Drew Middle.


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