Midland Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Poway, California, Midland Elementary caters to 580 students from grades K through 5, run under Poway Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 25% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Within Poway Unified, which oversees 39 schools and 34,259 students, Midland Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Midland Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 31% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 7% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.7:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Midland Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.9%, the actual is 62.2%, a residual of +1.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Midland Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Twin Peaks Middle, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Midland Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 56.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Midland Elementary's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 631 (now 580). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

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