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Enrollment
655
Middle
DISTRICT 818 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLSBAD UNIFIED·NCES 060750011402
Calavera Hills Middle
4104 Tamarack Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008 · (760) 331-6400 · San Diego County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of California public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
20.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
217 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 234 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 215 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 206 | 31% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
62.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.2pp since 2014
Math
44.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.3% | 37.9% | 21.2% | 16.6% |
| Math | 20.5% | 23.9% | 29.8% | 25.8% |
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 | 62.2% | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 47.7% |
| 2022-23 | 64.7% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 45.5% |
| 2018-19 | 66.4% | 45.0% |
| 2017-18 | 66.7% | 51.9% |
| 2016-17 | 61.4% | 51.0% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Calavera Hills Middle
Calavera Hills Middle's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calavera Hills Middle this school | 655 | 33.1% | 54.5% |
| Correia Middle San Diego | 602 | 35.9% | 58.6% |
| Rincon Valley Middle Santa Rosa | 725 | 34.1% | 47.5% |
| New Brighton Middle Capitola | 585 | 30.3% | 48.1% |
| Mission Hill Middle Santa Cruz | 510 | 32.0% | 49.7% |
| Spring View Middle Rocklin | 780 | 31.0% | 55.0% |
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 Calavera Hills Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #284 of 1,224 | #28 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #342 of 1,227 ▼ 59 | #31 of 92 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #299 of 1,227 ▼ 51 | #28 of 92 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.9pp | #207 of 1,214 | #26 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #670 of 1,377 | #63 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #593 of 1,279 | #47 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #370 of 1,278 | #40 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #1,115 of 1,329 | #82 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #72 of 257 | #4 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
655
+116 (+22%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 655 | 31.4 | 20.9:1 | 33% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 29.3 | 21.8:1 | 23% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 30.4 | 21.2:1 | 23% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 22% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 24.2 | 23.8:1 | 31% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 20 | 24.9:1 | 31% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | N/A | N/A | 25% (141) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calavera Hills Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (574 to 655); teachers up 30% (24.2 to 31.4).
About Calavera Hills Middle
Calavera Hills Middle is one of the public schools in Carlsbad, California. It is a medium-sized middle school. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 655 students.
Calavera Hills Middle is among 16 schools run by Carlsbad Unified, which serves 10,678 students.
White students make up a majority at Calavera Hills Middle, at 53%. Smaller groups are 27% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Calavera Hills Middle operates with 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 20.9:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Calavera Hills Middle reports 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 21 points below the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
Calavera Hills Middle is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Calavera Hills Middle is 5.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
San Diego County has about 3,288,774 residents, and the median household income is $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Calavera Hills Middle, San Diego County has 765 other public schools.
Nearby, Calavera Hills Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 58.7% on proficiency, and Calavera Hills Middle is below that at 54.5%.
Calavera Hills Middle falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Calavera Hills Middle's enrollment climbed from 539 in 2020-21 to 655 in 2024-25.
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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 Carlsbad Unified
- Carlsbad HighHigh · 2,336 students
- Sage Creek HighHigh · 1,289 students
- Aviara Oaks MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Valley MiddleMiddle · 807 students
- Hope ElementaryElementary · 659 students
- Pacific Rim ElementaryElementary · 642 students
Other schools in Carlsbad
- Carlsbad HighHigh · 2,336 students
- La Costa Canyon HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Sage Creek HighHigh · 1,289 students
- Aviara Oaks MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Valley MiddleMiddle · 807 students
- Carrillo ElementaryElementary · 725 students
Nearby schools
- Calavera Hills Elementary0.1 mi · 441
- Audeo Charter II0.6 mi · 239
- Hope Elementary0.9 mi · 659
- Sage Creek High1.0 mi · 1,289
- Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology1.2 mi · 744
- Bella Mente Montessori Academy1.3 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Calavera Hills MiddleHow many students attend Calavera Hills Middle?
Calavera Hills Middle enrolls approximately 655 students in grades 06-08.
Is Calavera Hills Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Calavera Hills Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Calavera Hills Middle have?
Calavera Hills Middle employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Calavera Hills Middle?
Student demographics at Calavera Hills Middle are roughly 53% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Calavera Hills Middle in?
Calavera Hills Middle is part of Carlsbad Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.