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Foothills Middle School

Foothills Middle School
Address
171 E. Sycamore Ave.
Arcadia, California 91006
United States
Coordinates 34°09′12″N 118°01′34″W / 34.15345°N 118.02605°W / 34.15345; -118.02605Coordinates: 34°09′12″N 118°01′34″W / 34.15345°N 118.02605°W / 34.15345; -118.02605
Information
Type Middle school
Motto "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Established 1954
School district Arcadia Unified School District
Principal Benjamin Acker
Faculty 33
Grades 6-8
Number of students 771
Mascot Scottie dog
Website

The Arcadia Unified School District is a school district located in Arcadia, California.

Arcadia Unified School District was founded in 1952. Before that, students were part of the Arcadia/Monrovia/Duarte School District. Arcadia Unified School District had its offices next to Arcadia High School on Campus Drive and on July 1, 2013, it moved to a two-floor office building located on 150 South Third Avenue in Arcadia.

In 2015 the district began a policy allowing transgender students use of facilities for the genders which they identify as; Arcadia USD did this after it reached a settlement with the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice regarding a female-to-male transgender student who went on a district-organized camping trip and his assignment of a cabin during that trip.

The Arcadia Unified School District's Board of Education members are elected at-large composed of five members, elected to a four-year term. The elections were held on a third Tuesday in April of odd-numbered years. Starting with the 2020 California Primary election, the Board of Education elections will be held on a first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of even-numbered years.

The district consists of six elementary schools (Holly Avenue Elementary School, Longley Way, Baldwin Stocker, Camino Grove, Highland Oaks, and Hugo Reid), three middle schools (Richard Henry Dana Middle School, Foothills Middle School, First Avenue Middle School) and one high school, Arcadia High School (Arcadia, California).

Foothills Middle School is a three-year middle school for students in grades 6 through 8, located within the city of Arcadia, California. Feeder elementary schools to this student body population of 764 are primarily Highland Oaks Elementary and Hugo Reid Elementary. Foothills Middle School feeds into Arcadia High School.

For 2012-2013, Foothills attained an API of 977. More than 90% of students scored in the advanced proficient category for English and Language Arts, Math, and Science. In the 2007-2008 school year, Foothills Middle School scored second in terms of API in all of the public school systems in California and was the 7th best middle school in California.


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