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What's something Castle Park Middle does better than most schools?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
703
Middle
DISTRICT 880 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEETWATER UNION HIGH·NCES 063864006476
Castle Park Middle
160 Quintard St., Chula Vista, CA 91911 · (619) 691-5490 · San Diego County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL703 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
19.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
445 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 7 | 389 | 55% |
| Grade 8 | 314 | 45% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
20.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.3pp since 2014
Math
14.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.8% | 15.9% | 22.8% | 56.6% |
| Math | 5.4% | 9.4% | 22.7% | 62.5% |
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 | 20.7% | 14.8% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 13.8% |
| 2022-23 | 25.4% | 16.5% |
| 2021-22 | 27.6% | 15.3% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 26.5% |
| 2018-19 | 42.3% | 30.4% |
| 2017-18 | 36.3% | 39.6% |
| 2016-17 | 37.6% | 31.8% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Castle Park Middle
Castle Park Middle's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Park Middle this school | 703 | 63.3% | 18.5% |
| Montgomery Middle San Diego | 734 | 63.5% | 26.5% |
| Rio Vista Middle Oxnard | 637 | 65.1% | 22.1% |
| Chula Vista Middle Chula Vista | 678 | 59.3% | 26.0% |
| Muwekma Ohlone Middle San Jose | 587 | 68.7% | 20.9% |
| Maze Middle Hollister | 580 | 65.5% | 22.0% |
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 Castle Park Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,087 of 1,224 | #85 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #1,030 of 1,227 ▼ 27 | #80 of 92 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #1,157 of 1,227 ▼ 83 | #88 of 92 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.8pp | #115 of 1,214 | #15 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 703 | #599 of 1,377 | #53 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #396 of 1,279 | #30 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #1,133 of 1,278 | #95 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.3% | #800 of 1,329 | #46 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #423 of 930 | #39 of 73 |
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
703
-74 (-10%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 1,218
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 703 | 36 | 19.5:1 | 63% (445) |
| 2023-24 | 673 | 35 | 19.2:1 | 68% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 35.8 | 20.2:1 | 80% (581) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | 34 | 22.9:1 | 80% (624) |
| 2017-18 | 852 | 37.3 | 22.8:1 | 93% (790) |
| 2015-16 | 866 | 32 | 27.1:1 | 83% (716) |
| 2010-11 | 1,052 | N/A | N/A | 79% (831) |
| 2000-01 | 1,321 | 63 | 21.0:1 | 74% (978) |
| 1990-91 | 1,218 | 50 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Castle Park Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (852 to 703); teachers down 3% (37.3 to 36).
About Castle Park Middle
Castle Park Middle is a medium-sized middle school in California, with an address in Chula Vista. The school enrolls 703 students, from grades 7 through 8.
Sweetwater Union High serves 33,517 students across 28 schools.
The large majority of students at Castle Park Middle, 93%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Asian and 2% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 35%. By the diversity index, Castle Park Middle comes in at 14%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.5:1, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in California is 20.7:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 63% of enrollment. Across public schools in San Diego County, the average is 54%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Castle Park Middle receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Castle Park Middle is among the bottom 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 42.5%. Actual: 18.5%.
In San Diego County (population about 3,288,774), median household income is about $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Castle Park Middle is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County, which together enroll about 467,437 students.
The closest public school to Castle Park Middle is MAAC Community Charter, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Castle Park Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Castle Park Middle ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Castle Park Middle inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 777 to 703. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.5:1) than in 2020-21 (22.9:1).
The Castle Park Middle community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- San Ysidro HighHigh · 1,941 students
Other schools in Chula Vista
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Chula Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,864 students
- Hilltop Senior HighHigh · 1,771 students
Nearby schools
- MAAC Community Charter0.3 mi · 171
- Castle Park Senior High0.4 mi · 1,363
- Castle Park Elementary0.6 mi · 377
- Loma Verde Elementary0.6 mi · 419
- Lauderbach (J. Calvin) Elementary0.6 mi · 763
- Otay Elementary0.7 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Castle Park MiddleHow large is Castle Park Middle?
Castle Park Middle enrolls approximately 703 students in grades 07-08.
Is Castle Park Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Castle Park Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Castle Park Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Castle Park Middle is approximately 19.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Castle Park Middle?
At Castle Park Middle, the student body is approximately 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Castle Park Middle public or private?
Castle Park Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sweetwater Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.