Castle Park Middle

Located at 160 Quintard St., in Chula Vista, California, Castle Park Middle is a moderately sized 6-8 campus that caters to 703 students (grades 7 through 8), run under Sweetwater Union High.

Within Sweetwater Union High, which oversees 28 schools and 33,517 students, Castle Park Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Castle Park Middle records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Other groups include 3% Asian, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Castle Park Middle has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Castle Park Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Castle Park Middle is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.8%; Castle Park Middle posts 19.0%, -22.8 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, San Diego County reports that median household income runs about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Castle Park Middle is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

MAAC Community Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Castle Park Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Castle Park Middle at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.2%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Castle Park Middle has edged down 17%, going from 852 students in 2018 to 703 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

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