Don Juan Avila Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 863 students
Thurston Middle
2100 Park Ave., Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Grades
6–8
Middle
Students
524
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
16.7 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Laguna Beach Unified
Orange County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,332 California middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California middle schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Thurston Middle
Thurston Middle is a public middle school in Laguna Beach, California, serving grades 6–8. It is part of Laguna Beach Unified. The school is located in a large suburb in Orange County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 524 students were enrolled, with about 16.7 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical California middle school (21.0 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is A (excellent), compared with 1,332 California middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 6–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 524 students
- Students per teacher
- 16.7 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Laguna Beach Unified
- County
- Orange County
- NCES school ID
- 062037002455
Schools near Thurston Middle
All 8 schools in Laguna Beach →
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Los Alisos Intermediate
Public · Grades 7–8 · 595 students
Carl Hankey Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 181 students
La Paz Intermediate
Public · Grades 7–8 · 713 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.