College Preparatory Middle

College Preparatory Middle is one of the low-enrollment middle schools in Spring Valley, California, overseen by College Preparatory Middle District, with 397 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so College Preparatory Middle sits 40% below that benchmark.

College Preparatory Middle District is the operating authority for College Preparatory Middle, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, College Preparatory Middle reports that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest reads as 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Diego County) shows that 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. College Preparatory Middle is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Casa de Oro Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

College Preparatory Middle operates from a residential location. College Preparatory Middle is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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