# Ross (Faye) Middle

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ross-faye-middle-artesia

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060162000012`
- **School name**: Ross (Faye) Middle
- **Location**: Artesia, CA 90701
- **Address**: 17707 Elaine Ave.
- **District**: ABC Unified (LEAID `0601620`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Middle
- **Grade range**: 7–8
- **Coordinates**: 33.87020, -118.07780
- **Phone**: (562)229-7785
- **Website**: https://www.rossms.us

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 528
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 23
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 23.0:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 66.5%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Orange
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Green
  - math: Orange
  - ela: Yellow
  - chronic_absent: Orange

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 48.0% proficient — 489 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 52.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 38.0% proficient

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 18.7% (101 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 4.8% (29 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 0.6% (3 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.3%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 58.8%
- **Black/African American**: 19.9%
- **Asian**: 11.5%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 7.2%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 2.3%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 74.6%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 17.1% — 89 students
- **English Learners**: 19.0% — 99 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 58 students
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 12 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 4 students
- **Autism**: 3 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Gifted & Talented

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $20,038
- **Federal share**: $2,209
- **State + local share**: $17,829
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 520
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $17,956,800
- **Federal share**: 9.7%
- **State share**: 68.2%
- **Local share**: 22.1%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $9,513,526

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $107,270
- **Poverty rate**: 6.4%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 39.1%
- **Unemployment**: 9.2%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,965
- **Foreign-born residents**: 57.0%
- **Single-parent households**: 6.5%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 5.7 miles (WASTE DISPOSAL INC)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 2
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 128
- **Nearest brownfield**: 2.80 miles (CAF CAMELLIA)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: STAY A WHILE RV PARK
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 3
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2025-10-26

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 12.6589 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 7.1 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Juarez (Benito) Elementary** — 0.3 mi away, 17.9% (this school: 18.7%)
- **ABC Virtual Academy** — 0.3 mi away, 13.3% (this school: 18.7%)
- **Kennedy (John F.) Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 6.4% (this school: 18.7%)
- **Elliott (William F) Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 9.9% (this school: 18.7%)
- **Burbank (Luther) Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 12.4% (this school: 18.7%)

### ela proficiency
- **ABC Virtual Academy** — 0.3 mi away, 54.25% (this school: 50%)
- **Kennedy (John F.) Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 59% (this school: 50%)
- **Elliott (William F) Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 59.15% (this school: 50%)
- **Burbank (Luther) Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 50.85% (this school: 50%)
- **Cerritos High** — 0.8 mi away, 67.75% (this school: 50%)

### math proficiency
- **Kennedy (John F.) Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Elliott (William F) Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Burbank (Luther) Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Niemes (John H.) Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Cerritos High** — 0.8 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ross-faye-middle-artesia
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ross-faye-middle-artesia/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ross-faye-middle-artesia/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ross-faye-middle-artesia/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ross-faye-middle-artesia/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ross-faye-middle-artesia/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ross-faye-middle-artesia/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ross-faye-middle-artesia/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ross-faye-middle-artesia/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ross-faye-middle-artesia/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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