Marston Middle

Marston Middle is one of the reasonably sized intermediate schools in San Diego, California, part of San Diego Unified, with 702 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

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

On demographics, Marston Middle reports that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 34% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian. Compared to San Diego County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marston Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.2%; this one delivers 53.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (San Diego County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Marston Middle is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Clairemont High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marston Middle. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Marston Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marston Middle has expanded 5%, going from 666 students in 2018 to 702 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 37% to 49%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

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