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Middle school · Downey Unified School District

Griffiths (Gordon) Middle

Griffiths (Gordon) Middle serves grades 6–8 for 1,291 students in Downey Unified School District.

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It is the 3rd largest of the 4 Downey Unified School District middle schools in Downey. Its 24.8 students per teacher compares with a median of 24.5 for those schools. Enrollment has held steady at about 1,291 since 2019–20. Its largest grade in 2023–24 was grade 8, with 455 students. 66% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (712 free, 136 reduced-price). It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2019–20. The closest park is Furman Park (0.6 mi).

At a glance

Griffiths (Gordon) Middle by the numbers

Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.

Grades6–8
Students1,291
Teachers52
Students per teacher24.8
Free or reduced-price lunch66%
School typeRegular School
DistrictDowney Unified School District
Title ISchoolwide program (2019–20)
Enrollment

Students at Griffiths (Gordon) Middle

Students by grade, 2023–24
  • 6410
  • 7426
  • 8455
Total enrollment by school year
  • 2019–201,271
  • 2020–211,298
  • 2021–221,301
  • 2022–231,296
  • 2023–241,291
Nearby

Parks near Griffiths (Gordon) Middle

All parks
Park · 0.6 miFurman ParkPlaygroundPark · 0.6 miBotanical GardensPark · 0.6 miTreasure Island ParkPlayground
Contact

Address, phone and official links

9633 Tweedy Ln., Downey 90240

(562) 904-3580

Downey Unified School District website ↗California School Dashboard report cards ↗NCES school record ↗Directions ↗

State school ID 6057624 (search it on California School Dashboard) · NCES ID 061146001268

Downey Unified School District

Other middle schools in the district

All schools
6–8Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle1,322 students6–8Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle1,327 students6–8Sussman (Edward A.) Middle1,218 students
Nearby

Schools nearby

Elementary school · 0.1 miPrice (Maude) ElementaryGrades K–5School · 0.5 miDowney Christian SchoolGrades Pre-K–8Elementary school · 0.7 miGallatin ElementaryGrades K–5Elementary school · 0.7 miRio Hondo ElementaryGrades K–5Elementary school · 1.1 miCreative Beginnings Elementary IncGrades K–5Elementary school · 1.3 miUnsworth (Edith) ElementaryGrades K–5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2019–20 to 2023–24, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal; parks from OpenStreetMap. Contact the school or district to confirm enrollment boundaries, schedules and programs.

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