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Which teacher or staff member at Cajon Valley Middle deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
942
Middle
DISTRICT 920 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAJON VALLEY UNION·NCES 060681000607
Cajon Valley Middle
550 Park Ave., El Cajon, CA 92020 · (619) 588-3092 · San Diego County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL942 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
889 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 184 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 376 | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 382 | 41% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
17.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.5pp since 2014
Math
12.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.1% | 14.4% | 24.6% | 58.0% |
| Math | 3.6% | 9.3% | 19.0% | 68.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.5% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.4% | 12.4% |
| 2022-23 | 24.4% | 13.3% |
| 2021-22 | 22.6% | 10.6% |
| 2018-19 | 26.8% | 20.2% |
| 2017-18 | 27.6% | 18.7% |
| 2016-17 | 31.1% | 19.9% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 16.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cajon Valley Middle
Cajon Valley Middle's state test result (15.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cajon Valley Middle this school | 942 | 94.4% | 15.9% |
| Greenfield Middle El Cajon | 730 | 94.1% | 17.5% |
| Montgomery Middle El Cajon | 929 | 93.9% | 13.2% |
| Mills Middle Rancho Cordova | 886 | 82.8% | 17.7% |
| Standard Middle Bakersfield | 1,005 | 89.9% | 14.5% |
| Foothill Ranch Middle Sacramento | 509 | 92.9% | 21.5% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cajon Valley Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #1,132 of 1,224 | #89 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #1,066 of 1,227 ▼ 22 | #83 of 92 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #1,191 of 1,227 ▼ 82 | #91 of 92 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #244 of 1,214 | #28 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 942 | #259 of 1,377 | #23 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #497 of 1,279 | #39 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #87 of 1,278 | #8 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #134 of 1,329 | #4 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #184 of 257 | #14 of 16 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
942
+60 (+7%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 830
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 21.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 942 | 46.6 | 20.2:1 | 94% (889) |
| 2023-24 | 930 | 44 | 21.1:1 | 92% (858) |
| 2022-23 | 967 | 48.9 | 19.8:1 | 90% (867) |
| 2020-21 | 882 | 42 | 21.0:1 | 93% (822) |
| 2017-18 | 915 | 43.2 | 21.2:1 | 92% (840) |
| 2015-16 | 932 | 43 | 21.7:1 | 94% (878) |
| 2010-11 | 804 | N/A | N/A | 77% (623) |
| 2000-01 | 1,101 | 52 | 21.2:1 | 81% (889) |
| 1990-91 | 830 | 42 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cajon Valley Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (915 to 942); teachers up 8% (43.2 to 46.6).
About Cajon Valley Middle
Among the schools in El Cajon, California, is Cajon Valley Middle, a mid-sized middle school. The school has 942 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in California enroll about 659 students on average.
Cajon Valley Union includes 25 schools. Together they enroll 15,974 students.
The student body at Cajon Valley Middle has no majority group. White students lead at 36%. Next come 35% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 10% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 48% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. About 94% of students at Cajon Valley Middle are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in San Diego County averages 54%, lower than here.
Cajon Valley Middle earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of California public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Cajon Valley Middle is -8.3 points: 15.9% actual, 24.2% predicted.
Looking at the county, San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Cajon Valley Middle, San Diego County has 766 public schools.
About 0.3 miles separate Cajon Valley Middle from the closest public school, Empower. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 15.7%; Cajon Valley Middle's is 15.9%, ranking 3rd of 6.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school grew from 882 students in 2020-21 to 942 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cajon Valley Union
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Naranca ElementaryElementary · 985 students
- Montgomery MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Lexington ElementaryElementary · 878 students
- Johnson ElementaryElementary · 766 students
- Chase Avenue ElementaryElementary · 757 students
Other schools in El Cajon
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 2,331 students
- Literacy First CharterCombined · 2,160 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Cajon Valley HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Bostonia GlobalCombined · 1,266 students
Nearby schools
- Empower0.3 mi · 21
- El Cajon Valley High0.5 mi · 1,701
- Naranca Elementary0.6 mi · 985
- Altus Schools East County0.6 mi · 287
- Johnson Elementary0.8 mi · 766
- Literacy First Charter0.9 mi · 2,160
Frequently asked questions
About Cajon Valley MiddleHow large is Cajon Valley Middle?
Cajon Valley Middle enrolls approximately 942 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Cajon Valley Middle serve?
Cajon Valley Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Cajon Valley Middle?
Approximately 20.2:1 students per teacher at Cajon Valley Middle.
How diverse is Cajon Valley Middle?
Cajon Valley Middle reports a student body of 36% White, 35% Hispanic, 10% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Cajon Valley Middle?
Cajon Valley Middle is overseen by Cajon Valley Union in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.