Correia Middle

Set in San Diego, California, Correia Middle is a mid-tier 6-8 campus, part of San Diego Unified. It educates 602 students across grades 7 through 8.

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

Demographically, Correia Middle logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 31% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Correia Middle reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Correia Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.1%, the actual is 57.9%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for San Diego County shows median household income runs about $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Correia Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Point Loma High, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Correia Middle. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Correia Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 62.5%.

Correia Middle operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Correia Middle's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 761 (now 602). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 36% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.