Clark Middle

Clark Middle, a mid-tier middle school in San Diego, California, one of the schools within San Diego Unified, enrolls 696 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Within San Diego Unified, which oversees 174 schools and 94,828 students, Clark Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Clark Middle logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment; the rest consists of 11% Asian, 9% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Clark Middle has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clark Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.5%, the actual is 21.9%, a residual of -2.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Diego County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Clark Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Joyner Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clark Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clark Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 28.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Clark Middle's enrollment has declined 32% since 2018, when it stood at 1,020 (now 696). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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