Lorbeer Middle

Summary:

Lorbeer Middle is a public middle school located in Diamond Bar, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 623 students. It is part of the Pomona Unified School District, which is ranked 1056 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lorbeer Middle consistently outperforms the Pomona Unified School District and the state of California in academic assessments, with 44.16% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 27.91% proficiency in Mathematics, compared to the district and state averages. The school also has strong performance among certain student subgroups, such as African American students, who rank 220 out of 626 California middle schools. However, Lorbeer Middle struggles with a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 3.0% in 2017-2018 to 31.0% in 2021-2022, and a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, reaching 78.81% in the 2022-2023 school year.

When compared to nearby middle schools in the same district, Emerson Middle and Marshall Middle, Lorbeer Middle generally outperforms them in academic assessments. However, it lags behind the high-performing schools in the Walnut Valley Unified School District, such as South Pointe Middle, Chaparral Middle, and Suzanne Middle, which consistently rank among the top middle schools in the state.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 501 Diamond Bar Blvd.
       Diamond Bar, CA  91765-2002


(909) 397-4527

District: Pomona Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1245th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,384 Help


Students who attend Lorbeer Middle usually attend:

High:    Diamond Ranch High

Feeder schools for Lorbeer Middle:

Elementary:    Armstrong Elementary
    Decker Elementary
    Golden Springs Elementary
    Pantera Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  22.8 Help
Number of students:  676

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
75.3%
Asian:
10.7%
Two or more races:
4.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  76.3% Help


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Compare Details Lorbeer Middle ranks better than 55.2% of middle schools in California. It also ranks first among 4 ranked middle schools in the Pomona Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 46.93. (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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (75.3%), Asian (10.7%), two or more races (4.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 76.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Pomona Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lorbeer Middle is 22.8, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Pomona Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lorbeer Middle is $5,384, which is the 2nd highest among 4 middle schools in the Pomona Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lorbeer Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Lorbeer Middle 1245th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Lorbeer Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Pomona Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Pomona Unified 1056th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Lorbeer Middle

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Rank History for all students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 66.80 490th 1769 72.3%
2005 68.64 470th 1777 73.6%
2006 70.81 450th 1804 75.1%
2007 71.41 462nd 1999 76.9%
2008 65.64 578th 2005 71.2%
2009 47.43 1026th 2063 50.3%
2010 51.22 1010th 2179 53.6%
2011 51.17 1066th 2236 52.3%
2012 32.75 1563rd 2259 30.8%
2013 49.96 1154th 2379 51.5%
2015 56.94 922nd 2477 62.8%
2016 61.69 822nd 2497 67.1%
2017 51.45 1062nd 2508 57.7%
2018 55.24 956th 2480 61.5%
2019 55.97 997th 2715 63.3%
2022 51.04 1144th 2740 58.2%
2023 47.30 1243rd 2802 55.6%
2024 46.93 1245th 2777 55.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 42.29 349th 554 37.0%
2022 42.56 389th 665 41.5%
2023 43.79 389th 678 42.6%
2024 38.94 431st 699 38.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.33 410th 1364 69.9%
2019 44.45 558th 1442 61.3%
2022 36.73 903rd 1540 41.4%
2023 37.76 857th 1529 44.0%
2024 44.07 590th 1477 60.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 42.73 706th 1538 54.1%
2024 35.81 897th 1550 42.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.28 689th 2230 69.1%
2019 65.99 583rd 2369 75.4%
2022 57.39 793rd 2458 67.7%
2023 54.62 890th 2549 65.1%
2024 50.18 1037th 2575 59.7%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 75.22 52nd 336 84.5%
2023 51.61 125th 321 61.1%
2024 54.50 133rd 394 66.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.36 886th 2262 60.8%
2019 61.05 806th 2380 66.1%
2022 49.72 1071st 2509 57.3%
2023 43.96 1218th 2547 52.2%
2024 47.73 1121st 2546 56.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.50 710th 1369 48.1%
2019 37.73 794th 1491 46.7%
2022 27.79 1143rd 1531 25.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.82 942nd 2273 58.6%
2019 49.13 1040th 2407 56.8%
2022 51.59 1014th 2527 59.9%
2023 49.35 1085th 2558 57.6%
2024 44.45 1218th 2547 52.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.56 466th 700 33.4%
2019 58.15 361st 745 51.5%
2022 35.24 515th 733 29.7%
2023 33.34 521st 718 27.4%
2024 50.40 425th 741 42.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.36 156th 600 74.0%
2019 62.29 207th 643 67.8%
2023 65.50 162nd 614 73.6%
2024 56.11 220th 626 64.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.22 638th 2072 69.2%
2019 62.94 619th 2213 72.0%
2022 62.29 668th 2359 71.7%
2023 53.16 894th 2391 62.6%
2024 50.00 991st 2383 58.4%
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Rank History for White students at Lorbeer Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.84 591st 1496 60.5%
2019 66.89 508th 1602 68.3%
2022 37.55 963rd 1555 38.1%
2023 26.29 1147th 1552 26.1%
2024 41.02 879th 1535 42.7%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Lorbeer Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 297 92 76 126 0 n/a n/a 0 591
1989 275 89 64 129 9 n/a n/a 0 566
1990 249 86 81 141 6 n/a n/a 0 563
1991 254 94 89 155 2 n/a n/a 0 594
1992 273 96 130 171 0 n/a n/a 0 670
1993 281 89 126 164 0 n/a n/a 0 660
1994 282 90 136 185 0 n/a n/a 0 693
1995 348 105 157 207 2 n/a n/a 0 819
1996 348 105 157 207 2 n/a n/a 0 819
1997 323 107 190 222 2 n/a n/a 0 844
1998 336 117 186 237 0 n/a n/a 0 876
1999 308 128 192 265 0 n/a n/a 0 893
2000 300 144 220 284 1 n/a n/a 0 949
2001 282 132 219 307 4 n/a n/a 0 944
2002 260 120 220 382 2 n/a n/a 0 984
2003 260 120 220 382 2 n/a n/a 0 984
2004 290 141 221 390 3 n/a n/a 0 1045
2005 262 135 223 360 3 n/a n/a 0 983
2006 243 124 214 352 3 n/a n/a 3 939
2007 222 99 184 384 2 n/a n/a 11 902
2008 184 100 166 434 n/a n/a n/a 0 884
2009 170 107 158 483 1 2 7 0 928
2010 124 88 152 431 4 0 33 0 832
2011 117 77 123 383 1 2 25 0 728
2012 106 64 112 430 0 2 14 0 728
2013 96 68 103 398 2 1 13 0 681
2014 89 61 98 395 4 0 13 0 660
2015 127 67 109 438 0 0 13 0 754
2016 104 56 95 455 2 0 18 0 730
2017 61 49 83 490 3 0 21 0 707
2018 62 56 76 477 5 2 19 0 697
2019 42 45 74 466 3 2 17 0 649
2020 42 42 82 473 1 1 17 0 658
2021 43 33 80 487 2 0 15 0 660
2022 32 20 60 465 1 2 27 0 607
2023 24 27 61 476 1 2 32 0 623
2024 29 30 72 509 3 0 33 0 676

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 Lorbeer Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 591 23.8 24.8 n/a
1989 566 24.0 23.5 n/a
1990 563 23.8 23.6 n/a
1991 594 22.8 26.0 n/a
1992 670 23.2 28.8 6
1993 660 28.0 23.6 9.8
1994 693 28.0 24.8 11.1
1995 819 31.0 26.4 12.7
1996 819 31.0 26.4 12.7
1997 844 34.0 24.8 13.4
1998 876 35.4 24.7 16.2
1999 893 36.4 24.5 17.2
2000 949 37.0 25.6 15.1
2001 944 39.0 24.2 16.7
2002 984 44.8 22.0 16.9
2003 984 44.8 22.0 16.9
2004 1045 35.2 29.7 16.7
2005 983 37.4 26.3 14.8
2006 939 38.2 24.6 22.9
2007 902 33.6 26.8 25.9
2008 884 42.4 20.8 34.8
2009 928 37.3 23.0 37.4
2010 832 36.0 23.1 39.1
2011 728 n/a n/a 36.3
2012 728 29.5 24.6 n/a
2013 681 28.5 23.8 45.4
2014 660 26.0 25.3 43.6
2015 754 30.0 25.1 52.5
2016 730 31.0 23.5 55.6
2017 707 30.0 23.5 58.7
2018 697 31.0 22.4 60
2019 649 29.9 21.6 77
2020 658 n/a n/a 69.8
2021 660 29.0 22.7 75.3
2022 607 30.0 20.2 75.5
2023 623 29.1 21.3 78.8
2024 676 29.5 22.8 76.3

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 Lorbeer Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 591 23.8 24.8 n/a
1989 566 24.0 23.5 n/a
1990 563 23.8 23.6 n/a
1991 594 22.8 26.0 n/a
1992 670 23.2 28.8 6
1993 660 28.0 23.6 9.8
1994 693 28.0 24.8 11.1
1995 819 31.0 26.4 12.7
1996 819 31.0 26.4 12.7
1997 844 34.0 24.8 13.4
1998 876 35.4 24.7 16.2
1999 893 36.4 24.5 17.2
2000 949 37.0 25.6 15.1
2001 944 39.0 24.2 16.7
2002 984 44.8 22.0 16.9
2003 984 44.8 22.0 16.9
2004 1045 35.2 29.7 16.7
2005 983 37.4 26.3 14.8
2006 939 38.2 24.6 22.9
2007 902 33.6 26.8 25.9
2008 884 42.4 20.8 34.8
2009 928 37.3 23.0 37.4
2010 832 36.0 23.1 39.1
2011 728 n/a n/a 36.3
2012 728 29.5 24.6 n/a
2013 681 28.5 23.8 45.4
2014 660 26.0 25.3 43.6
2015 754 30.0 25.1 52.5
2016 730 31.0 23.5 55.6
2017 707 30.0 23.5 58.7
2018 697 31.0 22.4 60
2019 649 29.9 21.6 77
2020 658 n/a n/a 69.8
2021 660 29.0 22.7 75.3
2022 607 30.0 20.2 75.5
2023 623 29.1 21.3 78.8
2024 676 29.5 22.8 76.3

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 Lorbeer Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $5,384

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Lorbeer Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 997th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1243rd of 2802 Middle schools
 7.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Lorbeer Middle)54.250.6
 3.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Pomona Unified)44.339.4
 4.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Lorbeer Middle)37.229.7
 7.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Pomona Unified)2724.6
 2.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Lorbeer Middle)53.744.6
 9.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Pomona Unified)40.734.7
 6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Lorbeer Middle)3421.4
 12.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Pomona Unified)21.716.5
 5.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Lorbeer Middle)31.220.9
 10.3%
   8th Grade Science (Pomona Unified)16.814.3
 2.5%
   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 Students649623
 4%
African American4527
 40%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian7461
 17.6%
Hispanic466476
 2.1%
Pacific Islander22
White4224
 42.9%
Two or More Races1732
 88.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients77%78.8%
 1.8%


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Students at Lorbeer Middle are 75% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 4% African American, 4% White.

In the 2023-24 school year, 676 students attended Lorbeer Middle.

Lorbeer Middle ranks 1245th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Lorbeer Middle usually go on to attend Diamond Ranch High


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