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Enrollment
696
Middle
DISTRICT 688 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432007316
Clark Middle
4388 Thorn St., San Diego, CA 92105 · (619) 344-4200 · San Diego County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of California public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
22.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
642 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 225 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 240 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 231 | 33% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
28.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.2pp since 2014
Math
15.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.9% | 21.4% | 22.4% | 49.3% |
| Math | 5.4% | 10.3% | 25.8% | 58.5% |
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 | 28.2% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 17.5% |
| 2022-23 | 23.7% | 15.3% |
| 2021-22 | 24.9% | 12.0% |
| 2018-19 | 35.7% | 23.5% |
| 2017-18 | 30.6% | 19.8% |
| 2016-17 | 29.1% | 19.7% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Clark Middle
Clark Middle's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Middle this school | 696 | 92.2% | 21.9% |
| Wilson Middle San Diego | 712 | 95.6% | 23.0% |
| Riverview Middle Bay Point | 682 | 89.3% | 13.9% |
| Tioga Middle Fresno | 692 | 91.2% | 29.9% |
| Hawthorne Middle Hawthorne | 761 | 90.4% | 35.1% |
| Serrano Middle Highland | 716 | 92.9% | 26.3% |
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 Clark Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #1,001 of 1,224 | #80 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #1,001 of 1,227 ▼ 139 | #78 of 92 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #1,034 of 1,227 ▼ 13 | #83 of 92 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #461 of 1,214 | #28 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #607 of 1,377 | #57 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #882 of 1,279 | #70 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #796 of 1,278 | #80 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #205 of 1,329 | #11 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.8% | #96 of 930 | #5 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
696
-214 (-24%) vs 2020
-52% since 2000-01, when it was 1,450
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 26.8:1
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 | 696 | 31 | 22.4:1 | 92% (642) |
| 2023-24 | 735 | 31 | 23.7:1 | 92% (677) |
| 2022-23 | 799 | 31.9 | 25.1:1 | 92% (733) |
| 2020-21 | 910 | 34 | 26.8:1 | 95% (866) |
| 2017-18 | 1,020 | 42.1 | 24.2:1 | 90% (919) |
| 2015-16 | 1,046 | 44 | 23.8:1 | 98% (1,020) |
| 2010-11 | 1,125 | N/A | N/A | 99% (1,115) |
| 2000-01 | 1,450 | 69 | 21.0:1 | 31% (452) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clark Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (1,020 to 696); teachers down 26% (42.1 to 31).
About Clark Middle
Clark Middle is a public mid-sized middle school in San Diego, California. It reported 696 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Across its 174 schools, San Diego Unified enrolls 94,828 students. Clark Middle is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Clark Middle is 75% Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Asian, 9% Black, 2% White, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 35% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
The school's 31 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 1.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 92% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in San Diego County.
Clark Middle holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 28% of California public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Clark Middle falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 21.9% actual against 25.5% predicted.
The county, San Diego County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 766 public schools and about 467,437 students.
Of the public schools around it, Clark Middle is closest to Joyner Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 28.1% on proficiency, and Clark Middle is below that at 21.9%.
Clark Middle falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 910 to 696, a 24% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (22.4:1) than in 2020-21 (26.8:1).
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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
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Other Clark Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Clark Middle. Clark Middle is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Clark Middle SchoolFRISCO, TX · 824 students
- Clark Middle SchoolAnchorage, AK · 713 students
- Clark Middle SchoolLAREDO, TX · 543 students
- Clark Middle SchoolPRINCETON, TX · 479 students
- Clark Middle School - 03Clark, SD · 72 students
Nearby schools
- Joyner Elementary0.2 mi · 410
- Hamilton Elementary0.4 mi · 406
- Rosa Parks Elementary0.4 mi · 705
- Cherokee Point Elementary0.8 mi · 298
- Marshall Elementary0.8 mi · 367
- TRACE0.8 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Clark MiddleHow many students attend Clark Middle?
Clark Middle enrolls approximately 696 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Clark Middle serve?
Clark Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Clark Middle?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Clark Middle.
How diverse is Clark Middle?
Clark Middle reports a student body of 2% White, 75% Hispanic, 9% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Clark Middle public or private?
Clark Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Diego Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.