Stephen M. White Middle

Summary:

Stephen M. White Middle is a public middle school located in Carson, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 1,384 students. It 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.

Stephen M. White Middle consistently performs better than the Los Angeles Unified School District and the state of California in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics assessments across all grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rates ranged from 40.74% to 58.64%, compared to 41.19% to 43.06% for the district and 45.82% to 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 28.34% to 41%, compared to 27.14% to 32.83% for the district and 31.57% to 35.54% for the state. However, the school's performance in Science and Spanish Language Arts assessments is more mixed, with some grades performing better than the district and state, while others lag behind.

While Stephen M. White Middle generally outperforms the nearby Robert E. Peary Middle and Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle, it lags behind the higher-performing Torrance Unified School District schools, such as Casimir Middle and Madrona Middle, in both academic achievement and student attendance. Additionally, the nearby Environmental Charter Middle - Gardena, a public charter school, also performs better than Stephen M. White Middle in some academic areas, despite serving a similar demographic of students.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 22102 South Figueroa St.
       Carson, CA  90745-4404


(310) 783-4900

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
984th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,838 Help


Feeder schools for Stephen M. White Middle:

Elementary:    Carson Street Elementary
    Two Hundred Thirty-Second Place Elementary
    Van Deene Avenue Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  19.0 Help
Number of students:  1,386

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
60.8%
African American:
15.6%
Asian:
12.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  79.4% Help


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Compare Details Stephen M. White Middle ranks better than 64.6% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 17th 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 56.16. (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 Student population at Stephen M. White Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (60.8%), African American (15.6%), Asian (12.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 79.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Stephen M. White Middle is 19. 53 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 Stephen M. White Middle is $8,838. 66 middle schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Stephen M. White Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Stephen M. White Middle 984th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Stephen M. White 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 Stephen M. White Middle

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Rank History for all students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 30.20 1189th 1769 32.8%
2005 24.52 1349th 1777 24.1%
2006 28.41 1289th 1804 28.5%
2007 30.86 1365th 1999 31.7%
2008 38.88 1192nd 2005 40.5%
2009 39.45 1218th 2063 41.0%
2010 38.22 1357th 2179 37.7%
2011 37.09 1440th 2236 35.6%
2012 37.96 1417th 2259 37.3%
2013 36.02 1542nd 2379 35.2%
2015 29.09 1656th 2477 33.1%
2016 30.97 1618th 2497 35.2%
2017 29.76 1679th 2508 33.1%
2018 39.29 1386th 2480 44.1%
2019 46.04 1268th 2715 53.3%
2022 50.56 1160th 2740 57.7%
2023 50.22 1162nd 2802 58.5%
2024 56.16 984th 2777 64.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 39.65 402nd 665 39.5%
2023 37.26 424th 678 37.5%
2024 43.66 404th 699 42.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.61 1067th 1364 21.8%
2019 37.29 781st 1442 45.8%
2022 27.70 1348th 1540 12.5%
2023 30.31 1206th 1529 21.1%
2024 30.64 1196th 1477 19.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 42.31 716th 1538 53.4%
2024 41.79 731st 1550 52.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.04 1023rd 2230 54.1%
2019 53.63 914th 2369 61.4%
2022 62.41 680th 2458 72.3%
2023 59.79 754th 2549 70.4%
2024 61.62 716th 2575 72.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.28 1260th 2262 44.3%
2019 48.09 1108th 2380 53.4%
2022 50.71 1057th 2509 57.9%
2023 50.80 1041st 2547 59.1%
2024 54.71 935th 2546 63.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.17 782nd 1369 42.9%
2019 42.93 692nd 1491 53.6%
2022 40.88 737th 1531 51.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.92 1374th 2273 39.6%
2019 42.16 1239th 2407 48.5%
2022 49.61 1074th 2527 57.5%
2023 48.57 1108th 2558 56.7%
2024 55.76 907th 2547 64.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.31 506th 700 27.7%
2019 47.95 446th 745 40.1%
2022 47.21 442nd 733 39.7%
2023 56.62 360th 718 49.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.78 203rd 600 66.2%
2019 71.12 149th 643 76.8%
2022 69.87 155th 637 75.7%
2023 74.61 105th 614 82.9%
2024 83.64 68th 626 89.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.58 1145th 2072 44.7%
2019 46.84 1026th 2213 53.6%
2022 54.77 862nd 2359 63.5%
2023 52.45 913th 2391 61.8%
2024 60.67 713th 2383 70.1%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.80 4th 11 63.6%
2019 70.87 4th 19 78.9%
2022 86.56 2nd 15 86.7%
2023 81.95 2nd 12 83.3%
2024 73.46 3rd 12 75.0%
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Rank History for White students at Stephen M. White Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.95 1197th 1496 20.0%
2019 53.85 721st 1602 55.0%
2022 39.06 931st 1555 40.1%
2023 49.81 749th 1552 51.7%
2024 40.76 883rd 1535 42.5%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Stephen M. White Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 311 98 399 696 7 n/a n/a 0 1511
1989 308 107 424 694 7 n/a n/a 0 1540
1990 274 120 455 765 3 n/a n/a 0 1617
1991 240 143 446 772 6 n/a n/a 0 1607
1992 238 175 459 768 12 n/a n/a 0 1652
1993 218 188 476 788 12 n/a n/a 0 1682
1994 189 186 497 823 15 n/a n/a 0 1710
1995 160 220 508 875 16 n/a n/a 0 1779
1996 160 220 508 875 16 n/a n/a 0 1779
1997 152 251 467 865 13 n/a n/a 0 1748
1998 147 281 469 888 9 n/a n/a 0 1794
1999 137 268 470 925 19 n/a n/a 0 1819
2000 125 260 468 1024 11 n/a n/a 0 1888
2001 117 259 488 975 11 n/a n/a 0 1850
2002 127 266 525 1079 11 n/a n/a 0 2008
2003 127 266 525 1079 11 n/a n/a 0 2008
2004 102 247 518 1055 10 n/a n/a 0 1932
2005 96 222 510 1154 12 n/a n/a 0 1994
2006 73 212 472 1160 11 n/a n/a 0 1928
2007 71 201 450 1215 9 n/a n/a 24 1970
2008 80 168 445 1198 12 n/a n/a 0 1903
2009 62 149 400 1132 11 69 28 0 1851
2010 60 152 339 1146 8 58 86 0 1849
2011 58 176 392 1122 4 71 1 0 1824
2012 60 179 383 1161 7 77 0 0 1867
2013 55 171 345 1158 8 76 0 0 1813
2014 57 155 303 1086 9 80 0 0 1690
2015 60 159 294 1053 5 66 19 0 1656
2016 51 162 308 998 3 63 25 0 1610
2017 54 203 315 1005 2 65 25 0 1669
2018 61 206 311 1012 2 69 22 0 1683
2019 75 265 291 1017 5 70 1 0 1724
2020 64 286 281 984 5 57 26 0 1703
2021 51 305 263 938 6 43 26 0 1632
2022 49 299 214 842 1 38 31 0 1474
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1384 1384
2024 62 216 175 843 2 46 42 0 1386

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

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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 Stephen M. White Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1511 67.6 22.3 n/a
1989 1540 65.4 23.5 n/a
1990 1617 71.6 22.5 n/a
1991 1607 69.4 23.1 n/a
1992 1652 70.5 23.4 51.8
1993 1682 67.3 25.0 50.1
1994 1710 69.2 24.7 55.6
1995 1779 73.3 24.3 61.6
1996 1779 73.3 24.3 61.6
1997 1748 72.2 24.2 73.7
1998 1794 78.0 23.0 70.7
1999 1819 79.8 22.8 71.2
2000 1888 81.8 23.1 68.3
2001 1850 82.6 22.4 68.1
2002 2008 77.7 25.8 67
2003 2008 77.7 25.8 67
2004 1932 79.0 24.5 60.1
2005 1994 80.1 24.9 69.6
2006 1928 80.6 23.9 71.7
2007 1970 81.4 24.2 67.7
2008 1903 95.0 20.0 66.6
2009 1851 82.0 19.8 67.7
2010 1849 78.9 23.4 67
2011 1824 n/a n/a 65.2
2012 1867 72.5 25.7 n/a
2013 1813 69.0 26.2 59.4
2014 1690 64.5 26.2 73.3
2015 1656 64.0 25.8 68.8
2016 1610 66.0 24.3 76
2017 1669 71.0 23.5 76.5
2018 1683 69.5 24.2 77.1
2019 1724 69.0 24.9 75.9
2020 1703 n/a n/a 72.2
2021 1632 74.0 22.0 76.3
2022 1474 76.0 19.3 71.2
2023 1384 69.4 19.9 80.6
2024 1386 72.6 19.0 79.4

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 Stephen M. White Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1511 67.6 22.3 n/a
1989 1540 65.4 23.5 n/a
1990 1617 71.6 22.5 n/a
1991 1607 69.4 23.1 n/a
1992 1652 70.5 23.4 51.8
1993 1682 67.3 25.0 50.1
1994 1710 69.2 24.7 55.6
1995 1779 73.3 24.3 61.6
1996 1779 73.3 24.3 61.6
1997 1748 72.2 24.2 73.7
1998 1794 78.0 23.0 70.7
1999 1819 79.8 22.8 71.2
2000 1888 81.8 23.1 68.3
2001 1850 82.6 22.4 68.1
2002 2008 77.7 25.8 67
2003 2008 77.7 25.8 67
2004 1932 79.0 24.5 60.1
2005 1994 80.1 24.9 69.6
2006 1928 80.6 23.9 71.7
2007 1970 81.4 24.2 67.7
2008 1903 95.0 20.0 66.6
2009 1851 82.0 19.8 67.7
2010 1849 78.9 23.4 67
2011 1824 n/a n/a 65.2
2012 1867 72.5 25.7 n/a
2013 1813 69.0 26.2 59.4
2014 1690 64.5 26.2 73.3
2015 1656 64.0 25.8 68.8
2016 1610 66.0 24.3 76
2017 1669 71.0 23.5 76.5
2018 1683 69.5 24.2 77.1
2019 1724 69.0 24.9 75.9
2020 1703 n/a n/a 72.2
2021 1632 74.0 22.0 76.3
2022 1474 76.0 19.3 71.2
2023 1384 69.4 19.9 80.6
2024 1386 72.6 19.0 79.4

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 Stephen M. White Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,838

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

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1268th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1162nd of 2802 Middle schools
 5.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Stephen M. White Middle)47.646.9
 0.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Angeles Unified)41.238.6
 2.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Stephen M. White Middle)4043.3
 3.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified)32.528.1
 4.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
6th Grade Reading/Language Arts (Stephen M. White Middle)33.39.5
 23.8%
   6th Grade Reading/Language Arts (Los Angeles Unified)12.412.2
 0.2%
   6th Grade Reading/Language Arts (California)17.217.8
 0.6%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Stephen M. White Middle)51.643.4
 8.2%
   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 (Stephen M. White Middle)36.833
 3.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified)30.527.5
 3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Stephen M. White Middle)40.542.4
 2%
   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 (Stephen M. White Middle)2321.7
 1.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified)29.223.7
 5.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Stephen M. White Middle)25.320.9
 4.4%
   8th Grade Science (Los Angeles Unified)23.120.9
 2.2%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%
8th Grade Reading/Language Arts (Stephen M. White Middle)07.7
 7.7%
   8th Grade Reading/Language Arts (Los Angeles Unified)4.78.7
 4%
   8th Grade Reading/Language Arts (California)9.111.4
 2.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students17241384
 19.7%
African American2650
 100%
American Indian50
 100%
Asian2910
 100%
Hispanic10170
 100%
Pacific Islander700
 100%
White750
 100%
Two or More Races10
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients75.9%80.6%
 4.6%


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Students at Stephen M. White Middle are 61% Hispanic, 16% African American, 13% Asian, 4% White, 3% Pacific Islander, 3% Two or more races.

Stephen M. White Middle ranks 984th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,386 students attended Stephen M. White Middle.


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