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

Across San Diego County, California, 102 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Mission Middle leads the list at 95.9%, against a median of 58.4% 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

102

San Diego County, California

Top % FRL

95.9%

Median % FRL

58.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Mission Middle	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union	Middle	855	95.9%
2	Knox Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	488	95.7%
3	Wilson Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	712	95.6%
4	Cajon Valley Middle	El Cajon, CA	Cajon Valley Union	Middle	942	94.4%
5	Hidden Valley Middle	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union	Middle	733	94.3%
6	Mann Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	680	94.1%
7	Greenfield Middle	El Cajon, CA	Cajon Valley Union	Middle	730	94.1%
8	Montgomery Middle	El Cajon, CA	Cajon Valley Union	Middle	929	93.9%
9	Jefferson Middle	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	Middle	441	93.0%
10	King-Chavez Preparatory Academy	San Diego, CA	King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District	Middle	201	92.5%
11	Clark Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	696	92.2%
12	KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy	San Diego, CA	KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy District	Middle	314	91.7%
13	Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union	Middle	788	91.1%
14	Millennial Tech Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	378	88.9%
15	Rancho Minerva Middle	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	Middle	450	87.3%
16	Southwest Middle	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	515	86.4%
17	Montgomery Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	337	86.1%
18	Rincon Middle	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union	Middle	772	83.0%
19	James E. Potter Intermediate	Fallbrook, CA	Fallbrook Union Elementary	Middle	828	81.5%
20	Bell Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	700	81.1%
21	Cesar Chavez Middle	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	Middle	557	80.4%
22	Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities	Lemon Grove, CA	Lemon Grove	Middle	516	80.4%
23	Innovation Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	350	80.0%
24	Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa	Spring Valley, CA	La Mesa-Spring Valley	Middle	800	79.8%
25	National City Middle	National City, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	709	79.4%
26	Roosevelt Middle	Oceanside, CA	Vista Unified	Middle	866	77.6%
27	Spring Valley Academy	Spring Valley, CA	La Mesa-Spring Valley	Middle	597	77.4%
28	Creative Performing and Media Arts	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	614	77.4%
29	Granger Junior High	National City, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	724	76.4%
30	Hillsdale Middle	El Cajon, CA	Cajon Valley Union	Middle	1,481	73.3%
31	Lincoln Middle	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	Middle	621	72.3%
32	Los Coches Creek Middle	El Cajon, CA	Cajon Valley Union	Middle	518	71.8%
33	Vista Magnet Middle School of Technology Science and Math	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	Middle	836	70.8%
34	Madison Middle	Oceanside, CA	Vista Unified	Middle	1,158	68.7%
35	Bear Valley Middle	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union	Middle	923	68.4%
36	Farb Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	443	67.7%
37	EJE Middle Academy	El Cajon, CA	EJE Middle Academy District	Middle	254	67.7%
38	Wangenheim Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	703	67.6%
39	San Ysidro Middle	San Ysidro, CA	San Ysidro Elementary	Middle	500	66.8%
40	Valley Center Middle	Valley Center, CA	Valley Center-Pauma Unified	Middle	766	65.8%
41	Taft Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	410	65.6%
42	Julian Junior High	Julian, CA	Julian Union Elementary	Middle	110	64.5%
43	Olive Peirce Middle	Ramona, CA	Ramona City Unified	Middle	680	64.4%
44	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	Middle	1,098	63.9%
45	Montgomery Middle	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	734	63.5%
46	Castle Park Middle	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	703	63.3%
47	Roosevelt International Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	760	61.1%
48	Mountain Empire Junior High	Pine Valley, CA	Mountain Empire Unified	Middle	245	60.4%
49	Mar Vista Academy	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	462	59.5%
50	Chula Vista Middle	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	678	59.3%

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