De Portola Middle

Located at 11010 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., in San Diego, California, De Portola Middle is a reasonably sized intermediate school that serves 680 students (grades 6 through 8), part of San Diego Unified.

San Diego Unified runs 174 schools in total, collectively educating 94,828 students. De Portola Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, De Portola Middle shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 35% White, 14% multiracial, 10% Asian, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with San Diego County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, De Portola Middle has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.7:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, De Portola Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.9%.

In the area at large, 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), De Portola Middle is one campus in the mix.

Tierrasanta Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around De Portola Middle. On composite proficiency, De Portola Middle comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. De Portola Middle's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 898 (now 680).

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.