Los Coches Creek Middle

As a tight-knit junior high in El Cajon, California, Los Coches Creek Middle enrolls 518 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Cajon Valley Union. Enrollment runs roughly 21% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Cajon Valley Union comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 15,974 students; Los Coches Creek Middle is among them.

Demographically, Los Coches Creek Middle records that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with San Diego County as a whole.

On the resource side, Los Coches Creek Middle lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Los Coches Creek Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Los Coches Creek Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of +2.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Los Coches Creek Middle is one campus in the mix.

Blossom Valley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Los Coches Creek Middle at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 40.9%.

Los Coches Creek Middle operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Los Coches Creek Middle has fell 21%, going from 656 students in 2018 to 518 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

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