Earl Warren Middle

As a low-enrollment 6-8 campus in Solana Beach, California, Earl Warren Middle educates 476 students from grades 7 through 8, part of San Dieguito Union High. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 659.

Within San Dieguito Union High, which oversees 10 schools and 12,026 students, Earl Warren Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Earl Warren Middle shows that White students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Earl Warren Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Earl Warren Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.2%.

In the area at large, census data for San Diego County shows median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Earl Warren Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Skyline Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Earl Warren Middle. On composite proficiency, Earl Warren Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 70.6%.

Earl Warren Middle operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Earl Warren Middle's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 600 (now 476). The White share of enrollment shrank from 75% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

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