Coronado Middle

Located at 550 F Ave., in Coronado, California, Coronado Middle is a moderately sized middle school that instructs 660 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Coronado Unified.

Within Coronado Unified, which oversees 4 schools and 2,757 students, Coronado Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Coronado Middle shows that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 15% 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Coronado Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.4%, the actual is 67.8%, a residual of -2.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate 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. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Coronado Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Coronado Village Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coronado Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 708 students in 2018 compared to 660 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 21% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Coronado Middle typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.