Julian Junior High

Julian Junior High, an one-room-style middle-grades school in Julian, California, operated by Julian Union Elementary, instructs 110 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 83% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Julian Union Elementary runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 299 students. Julian Junior High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Julian Junior High reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 35% White, 15% multiracial, 4% Native American. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Julian Junior High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Julian Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 29.6%, a residual of -11.5 points.

Across the wider county, San Diego County reports that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Julian Junior High is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Julian Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Julian Junior High at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 40.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 3%: 107 students in 2018 compared to 110 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 59% to 35% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

On this page, members of the Julian Junior High community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.