Royal Oak Middle School

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Royal Oak Middle School
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Royal Oak Middle School
303 S. Glendora Ave. Covina, CA 91724

Los Angeles
Coordinates 34°05′01″N117°51′52″W / 34.0836°N 117.8645°W / 34.0836; -117.8645 Coordinates: 34°05′01″N117°51′52″W / 34.0836°N 117.8645°W / 34.0836; -117.8645
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School type Public, Middle School
MottoEvery Student, Every Day; Whatever It Takes
Opened1927
School districtCharter Oak Unified School District
NCES District ID0608190
School code19-64378-6012116
PrincipalAlexander Senar
Grades7-8
Enrollment1014 ((2018-2019))
Color(s)   Blue and Gray
MascotRoadrunner
Communities servedCovina, Glendora, and San Dimas
Website www.cousd.net/royaloak

Royal Oak Middle School is the only middle school in the Charter Oak Unified School District and is located in the City of Covina, California, in the San Gabriel Valley, east of Los Angeles. Royal Oak was a 1996 California Distinguished School [1]

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History

Royal Oak Middle School opened in 1985 on the site of the former Royal Oak High School, which opened in 1965. Originally, the middle school served students in sixth through eighth grades. In 2007, the mission of the school changed to serve only seventh- and eighth-grade students. [2]

Special programs

Enrollment

Enrollment in the 2016–2017 school year is 712. The majority of students are Hispanic, with a large white minority and smaller minorities of African Americans and Asian Americans.

Ethnic composition of student body: 2016-17 [10]
Percent
Hispanic or Latino65.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native1.0%
Asian5.6%
Pacific Islander0.1%
Filipino1.7%
African American2.5%
White20.6%
Two or more Races3.1%

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