EJE Middle Academy

As a rural-scale 6-8 campus in El Cajon, California, EJE Middle Academy works with 254 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by EJE Middle Academy District. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 61% smaller than typical.

EJE Middle Academy sits inside EJE Middle Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EJE Middle Academy logs that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 4% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, EJE Middle Academy has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at EJE Middle Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which EJE Middle Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: EJE Elementary Academy Charter, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EJE Middle Academy.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. EJE Middle Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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