Fred T. Korematsu Middle School

Fred T. Korematsu Middle School

Public Middle School | Grade 7-8
7125 Donal Ave,  El Cerrito, CA
West Contra Costa Unified School District
2.7
3.3
681 Students
B-
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Matthew Burnham
Student Teacher Ratio
22:1
Math Proficiency
34%
Reading Proficiency
42%

Niche Grade

B
Academics
C-
Teachers
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Academics
Reading Proficiency
42%
Math Proficiency
34%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
22:1
Teachers
31
Full Time Teachers
31
Teachers in First or Second Year
44.1%

GreatSchools Rating

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Test Scores

Math
21.2%
State Average
17.9%
Science
14.9%
State Average
9.9%
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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
366:1

Student Diversity

Male
54.2%
Female
45.5%
Hispanic
32.2%
White
31%
Asian or Pacific Islander
13.8%
Black
12.5%
Two or more races
9.5%
Native American
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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School Rankings

#44 Most Diverse Public MS in California
Source: Niche

Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
2.7 2 Reviews
2.0 Senior
12/28/2018
Not a very good school. Lots of things are just average, the school culture is most terrible though. Had good friends from this school but also there were many kids that you just would not want to be around with.
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3.3 17 Reviews
1.0 other
4/2/2025
I worked at Korematsu as a student teacher for the first semester of my teaching credential and it was a terrible experience. This is largely due to the bitter and negative mentor teacher that I worked with, Diana Jenkins. She has a negative reputation at Korematsu for being controlling--something t...
2.0 student
12/18/2024
I think some of the teachers can blame you when you didn't even do anything. Also, one of my teachers won't get us to safety if there was a fire because when we had a fire drill they just kept grading papers. Some of my teachers assign endless worksheets and don't even teach us stuff so we get bad g...
4.0 other
10/15/2024
The 2024-2025 school year has been a massive shift from previous years. I believe there are 12 new staff members. In terms of teaching and learning, a good school will always have good and bad teachers. If your kid is lucky enough to have a good teacher who matches their learning style, they will li...
2.0 parent
5/17/2023
This lovely campus belies the deep, systemic failures now infecting public education in our golden state. In an effort for equity, not equality, the campus staff have attempted to ensure students fail equally: overcrowded classes, no academic challenges, barely homework, removal of gifted programs,...

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