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The highest-poverty public middle schools in San Diego, California

Across San Diego, California, 40 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Knox Middle leads the list at 95.7%, against a median of 48.0% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

San Diego, California

Top % FRL

95.7%

Median % FRL

48.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Knox Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	488	95.7%
2	Wilson Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	712	95.6%
3	Mann Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	680	94.1%
4	King-Chavez Preparatory Academy	San Diego, CA	King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District	Middle	201	92.5%
5	Clark Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	696	92.2%
6	KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy	San Diego, CA	KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy District	Middle	314	91.7%
7	Millennial Tech Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	378	88.9%
8	Southwest Middle	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	515	86.4%
9	Montgomery Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	337	86.1%
10	Bell Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	700	81.1%
11	Innovation Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	350	80.0%
12	Creative Performing and Media Arts	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	614	77.4%
13	Farb Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	443	67.7%
14	Wangenheim Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	703	67.6%
15	Taft Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	410	65.6%
16	Montgomery Middle	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	734	63.5%
17	Roosevelt International Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	760	61.1%
18	Mar Vista Academy	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	462	59.5%
19	Challenger Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	960	48.8%
20	Lewis Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	1,013	48.5%
21	Marston Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	702	47.6%
22	High Tech Middle Media Arts	San Diego, CA	High Tech Middle Media Arts District	Middle	331	46.8%
23	De Portola Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	680	45.0%
24	High Tech Middle	San Diego, CA	High Tech Middle District	Middle	324	43.8%
25	Standley Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	813	43.3%
26	High Tech Middle Mesa	San Diego, CA	High Tech Middle Mesa District	Middle	352	41.2%
27	Pacific Beach Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	715	41.1%
28	Dana	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	646	38.2%
29	Correia Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	602	35.9%
30	Vista Del Mar	San Diego, CA	San Ysidro Elementary	Middle	541	35.9%
31	Pershing Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	980	35.8%
32	Magnolia Science Academy San Diego	San Diego, CA	Magnolia Science Academy San Diego District	Middle	464	34.1%
33	Marshall Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	1,390	21.7%
34	Black Mountain Middle	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	Middle	1,077	20.7%
35	Carmel Valley Middle	San Diego, CA	San Dieguito Union High	Middle	697	15.4%
36	Solana Pacific Elementary	San Diego, CA	Solana Beach Elementary	Middle	375	14.1%
37	Bernardo Heights Middle	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	Middle	1,487	13.8%
38	Pacific Trails Middle	San Diego, CA	San Dieguito Union High	Middle	971	12.0%
39	Mesa Verde Middle	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	Middle	1,178	11.2%
40	Oak Valley Middle	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	Middle	1,503	8.4%

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