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What advice would you give to incoming students at Mesa Verde Middle?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,178
Middle
DISTRICT 1,230 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POWAY UNIFIED·NCES 063153002667
Mesa Verde Middle
8375 Entreken Way, San Diego, CA 92129 · (858) 538-5478 · San Diego County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,178 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of California public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
132 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 436 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 375 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 367 | 31% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
80.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.8pp since 2014
Math
77.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 45.3% | 35.0% | 13.0% | 6.8% |
| Math | 55.5% | 21.6% | 15.6% | 7.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.2% | 77.1% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 74.3% |
| 2022-23 | 81.9% | 71.8% |
| 2021-22 | 82.0% | 68.5% |
| 2018-19 | 79.6% | 71.7% |
| 2017-18 | 76.5% | 69.0% |
| 2016-17 | 78.8% | 71.1% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 82.0% | 68.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mesa Verde Middle
Mesa Verde Middle's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Verde Middle this school | 1,178 | 11.2% | 78.7% |
| Pacific Trails Middle San Diego | 971 | 12.0% | 82.7% |
| Oak Valley Middle San Diego | 1,503 | 8.4% | 75.7% |
| Union Middle San Jose | 1,068 | 7.8% | 83.0% |
| Pine Valley Middle San Ramon | 973 | 6.8% | 77.5% |
| Ralston Intermediate Belmont | 1,082 | 6.2% | 85.6% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mesa Verde Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #45 of 1,224 | #5 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #46 of 1,227 ▲ 11 | #5 of 92 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #72 of 1,227 ▼ 42 | #6 of 92 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #458 of 1,214 | #27 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,178 | #83 of 1,377 | #9 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #1,177 of 1,279 | #95 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #207 of 1,278 | #18 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.2% | #1,283 of 1,329 | #100 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #583 of 930 | #51 of 73 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,178
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 1,492
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 22.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,178 | 46.9 | 25.1:1 | 11% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 1,119 | 42.1 | 26.6:1 | 12% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 1,040 | 41.7 | 24.9:1 | 10% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 1,170 | 51 | 22.9:1 | 12% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 1,344 | 53 | 25.4:1 | 15% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 1,275 | 50 | 25.5:1 | 12% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 1,295 | N/A | N/A | 9% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 1,492 | 66 | 22.6:1 | 8% (125) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mesa Verde Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,344 to 1,178); teachers down 11% (53 to 46.9).
About Mesa Verde Middle
Mesa Verde Middle is a middle school in San Diego, California, according to federal school records. There are 1,178 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 79% bigger than the 659-student average for middle schools in California.
The district, Poway Unified, operates 39 schools serving 34,259 students.
Asian students make up 46% of enrollment at Mesa Verde Middle, the largest share of any group. Next come 30% White, 13% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. That compares with about 12% Asian among all San Diego County residents. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Mesa Verde Middle are from different groups.
Teacher count: 46.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 25.1:1. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Mesa Verde Middle is about 11%. The 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 43 points higher.
Among California public middle schools, Mesa Verde Middle outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Mesa Verde Middle is 5.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (78.7% versus 73.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
In San Diego County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in San Diego County number 766, with about 467,437 students.
Deer Canyon Elementary sits about 0.3 miles from Mesa Verde Middle. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 74.8% proficiency; Mesa Verde Middle posts 78.7%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,170 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,178. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 22.9:1 to 25.1:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Mesa Verde Middle. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
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Other Mesa Verde Middle schools
One other US public school is named Mesa Verde Middle. Mesa Verde Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Mesa Verde MiddleMoorpark, CA · 574 students
Nearby schools
- Deer Canyon Elementary0.3 mi · 354
- Westview High0.4 mi · 2,116
- Sundance Elementary0.7 mi · 428
- Adobe Bluffs Elementary0.9 mi · 586
- Sunset Hills Elementary1.2 mi · 381
- Black Mountain Middle1.3 mi · 1,077
Frequently asked questions
About Mesa Verde MiddleHow large is Mesa Verde Middle?
Mesa Verde Middle enrolls approximately 1,178 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mesa Verde Middle serve?
Mesa Verde Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mesa Verde Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mesa Verde Middle is approximately 25.1:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mesa Verde Middle?
At Mesa Verde Middle, the student body is approximately 30% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 46% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Mesa Verde Middle in?
Mesa Verde Middle is part of Poway Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.