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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in San Diego, California

This ranking covers the highest-performing public middle schools in reading in San Diego, California, drawn from 34 qualifying public middle schools. Solana Pacific Elementary leads the list at 88.3%, against a median of 58.1% 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 % Proficient (Reading)

88.3%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

58.1%

BEST IN READING · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Solana Pacific Elementary	San Diego, CA	Solana Beach Elementary	Middle	375	88.3%	no change
2	Pacific Trails Middle	San Diego, CA	San Dieguito Union High	Middle	971	85.7%	no change
3	Marshall Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	1,390	82.7%	▲ 2
4	Carmel Valley Middle	San Diego, CA	San Dieguito Union High	Middle	697	82.0%	▼ 1
5	Mesa Verde Middle	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	Middle	1,178	80.2%	▼ 1
6	Oak Valley Middle	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	Middle	1,503	79.0%	no change
7	Pacific Beach Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	715	78.9%	no change
8	Bernardo Heights Middle	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	Middle	1,487	73.9%	no change
9	Challenger Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	960	72.8%	▲ 3
10	Standley Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	813	72.7%	no change
11	De Portola Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	680	72.3%	no change
12	Dana	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	646	70.8%	▼ 3
13	Black Mountain Middle	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	Middle	1,077	69.2%	no change
14	Correia Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	602	65.5%	▲ 2
15	Pershing Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	980	64.7%	no change
16	Lewis Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	1,013	62.5%	▼ 2
17	Marston Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	702	58.9%	no change
18	Farb Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	443	57.4%	▲ 1
19	Wangenheim Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	703	52.5%	▲ 1
20	Vista Del Mar	San Diego, CA	San Ysidro Elementary	Middle	541	49.7%	▼ 2
21	Roosevelt International Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	760	49.2%	▲ 2
22	Innovation Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	350	49.1%	▼ 1
23	Taft Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	410	40.3%	▼ 1
24	Montgomery Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	337	39.5%	▲ 2
25	Creative Performing and Media Arts	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	614	38.4%	▲ 3
26	Bell Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	700	35.9%	▲ 3
27	Mar Vista Academy	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	462	34.6%	no change
28	Southwest Middle	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	515	34.0%	▼ 3
29	Montgomery Middle	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	734	33.4%	▼ 5
30	Wilson Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	712	32.6%	no change
31	Knox Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	488	31.3%	▲ 1
32	Millennial Tech Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	378	29.8%	▼ 1
33	Mann Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	680	28.4%	▲ 1
34	Clark Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	696	28.2%	▼ 1

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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