Belvedere Middle School

Belvedere Middle School is a public middle school located in Los Angeles, California. A member of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Belvedere has been offering middle school education for 6th through 8th grade students since September of 1995. The school was originally a junior high school since it first opened in September 1924 but was reconfigured 7 decades later.

School Statistics

The Olympians (the school monicker) are consist of approximately 2,600 students, 1 10 teachers, five administrators, five counselors, two deans, fifteen office personnel, teacher assistants, education aides, cafeteria worlters, custodians, and numerous parent and community volunteers. The teachers have full credential rating of 82% and an emergency credential of 9%. 11% of the faculty, who average 10 years of teaching experience, are first year teachers.

Belvedere's average class size is 28 for grade 6, 29 for grade 7, and 29 for grade 8. The student staff-ratio is 85 Students per paraprofessional staff, 189 Students per office/clerical staff, and 111 Students per other classified staff. Majority of the enrollees, approximately 99%, are Hispanic or Latino. The rest are African Americans, Whites, and Asians.