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What's the one class at Chula Vista Middle every student should take?
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Enrollment
678
Middle
DISTRICT 880 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEETWATER UNION HIGH·NCES 063864006478
Chula Vista Middle
415 Fifth Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91910 · (619) 498-6800 · San Diego County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
402 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
32.2%
CA avg 47.1% . +6.2pp since 2014
Math
17.2%
CA avg 35.6% . -0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
678
-170 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 22.6:1
% White
6%
was 6%
% Hispanic
87%
was 85%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Chula Vista Middle
Chula Vista Middle, an average-sized middle-grades school in Chula Vista, California, part of Sweetwater Union High, teaches 678 students, covering grades 7 through 8.
Sweetwater Union High runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 33,517 students. Chula Vista Middle is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Chula Vista Middle reports that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 6% White, 2% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.
In terms of school funding signals, Chula Vista Middle lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Chula Vista Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.2%; actual is 24.6%, a gap of -19.6 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household income runs about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Chula Vista Middle is one.
Nearest neighbor: Vista Square Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chula Vista Middle.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 848 students in 2018 compared to 678 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Sweetwater Union High
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Sweetwater HighHigh · 2,290 students
- 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
- Vista Square Elementary0.1 mi · 554
- Davila Day0.1 mi · 28
- Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter0.6 mi · 1,321
- Mueller Charter (Robert L.)0.7 mi · 1,542
- Howard Gardner Community Charter0.7 mi · 178
- Feaster (Mae L.) Charter0.8 mi · 1,095
Frequently asked questions
About Chula Vista MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Chula Vista Middle?
Chula Vista Middle enrolls approximately 678 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Chula Vista Middle serve?
Chula Vista Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Chula Vista Middle have?
Chula Vista Middle employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Chula Vista Middle?
Student demographics at Chula Vista Middle are roughly 6% White, 87% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Chula Vista Middle in?
Chula Vista Middle is part of Sweetwater Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.