Calavera Hills Middle

Calavera Hills Middle is a 6-8 campus of reasonably sized scale in Carlsbad, California, one of the schools within Carlsbad Unified, enrolling 655 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Carlsbad Unified, which oversees 16 schools and 10,678 students, Calavera Hills Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Calavera Hills Middle lists that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 27% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Calavera Hills Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.6%.

In the surrounding community, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Calavera Hills Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Calavera Hills Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Calavera Hills Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 58.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Calavera Hills Middle has grew 14%, going from 574 students in 2018 to 655 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 34% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

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