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The public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in San Diego County, California

100 public middle schools in San Diego County, California appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. High Tech Middle Mesa leads the list at 14.5:1, against a median of 21.3:1 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

100

San Diego County, California

Best Students/teacher

14.5:1

Median Students/teacher

21.3:1

LOWEST RATIO · SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	High Tech Middle Mesa	San Diego, CA	High Tech Middle Mesa District	Middle	352	14.5:1
2	Farb Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	443	15.5:1
3	High Tech Middle North County	San Marcos, CA	High Tech Middle North County District	Middle	341	16.3:1
4	Rancho Minerva Middle	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	Middle	450	16.4:1
5	Innovation Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	350	16.6:1
6	High Tech Middle	San Diego, CA	High Tech Middle District	Middle	324	16.8:1
7	EJE Middle Academy	El Cajon, CA	EJE Middle Academy District	Middle	254	16.8:1
8	Spring Valley Academy	Spring Valley, CA	La Mesa-Spring Valley	Middle	597	16.9:1
9	Millennial Tech Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	378	17.3:1
10	Creative Performing and Media Arts	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	614	17.3:1
11	Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union	Middle	788	17.6:1
12	King-Chavez Preparatory Academy	San Diego, CA	King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District	Middle	201	17.7:1
13	Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa	Spring Valley, CA	La Mesa-Spring Valley	Middle	800	17.8:1
14	Bear Valley Middle	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union	Middle	923	18.0:1
15	Roosevelt Middle	Oceanside, CA	Vista Unified	Middle	866	18.0:1
16	Mar Vista Academy	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	462	18.0:1
17	Parkway Sports and Health Science Academy	La Mesa, CA	La Mesa-Spring Valley	Middle	897	18.1:1
18	KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy	San Diego, CA	KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy District	Middle	314	18.5:1
19	Jefferson Middle	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	Middle	441	18.6:1
20	Olive Peirce Middle	Ramona, CA	Ramona City Unified	Middle	680	18.7:1
21	Rincon Middle	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union	Middle	772	18.8:1
22	San Ysidro Middle	San Ysidro, CA	San Ysidro Elementary	Middle	500	19.0:1
23	Hidden Valley Middle	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union	Middle	733	19.0:1
24	Joan MacQueen Middle	Alpine, CA	Alpine Union Elementary	Middle	405	19.0:1
25	Vista Innovation and Design Academy	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	Middle	834	19.1:1
26	Madison Middle	Oceanside, CA	Vista Unified	Middle	1,158	19.1:1
27	Cesar Chavez Middle	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	Middle	557	19.3:1
28	Montgomery Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	337	19.3:1
29	Coronado Middle	Coronado, CA	Coronado Unified	Middle	660	19.5:1
30	Castle Park Middle	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	703	19.5:1
31	Los Coches Creek Middle	El Cajon, CA	Cajon Valley Union	Middle	518	19.5:1
32	Oak Grove Middle	Jamul, CA	Jamul-Dulzura Union Elementary	Middle	215	19.6:1
33	Tierra del Sol Middle	Lakeside, CA	Lakeside Union Elementary	Middle	713	19.6:1
34	College Preparatory Middle	Spring Valley, CA	College Preparatory Middle District	Middle	397	19.6:1
35	High Tech Middle Chula Vista	Chula Vista, CA	High Tech Middle Chula Vista District	Middle	335	19.6:1
36	Wilson Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	712	19.7:1
37	Vista Magnet Middle School of Technology Science and Math	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	Middle	836	19.8:1
38	Mission Middle	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union	Middle	855	20.0:1
39	Cajon Valley Middle	El Cajon, CA	Cajon Valley Union	Middle	942	20.2:1
40	Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities	Lemon Grove, CA	Lemon Grove	Middle	516	20.2:1
41	Southwest Middle	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	515	20.3:1
42	Pacific Beach Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	715	20.4:1
43	Lincoln Middle	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	Middle	621	20.6:1
44	Knox Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	488	20.6:1
45	La Mesa Arts Academy	La Mesa, CA	La Mesa-Spring Valley	Middle	1,059	20.7:1
46	Taft Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	410	20.7:1
47	Calavera Hills Middle	Carlsbad, CA	Carlsbad Unified	Middle	655	20.9:1
48	Chula Vista Middle	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	678	21.1:1
49	Mountain Empire Junior High	Pine Valley, CA	Mountain Empire Unified	Middle	245	21.2:1
50	Meadowbrook Middle	Poway, CA	Poway Unified	Middle	972	21.2:1

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