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Enrollment
929
Middle
DISTRICT 920 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAJON VALLEY UNION·NCES 060681000622
Montgomery Middle
1570 Melody Ln., El Cajon, CA 92019 · (619) 588-3107 · San Diego County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL929 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of California public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
22.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
872 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 309 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 294 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 326 | 35% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
19.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -16.7pp since 2014
Math
9.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -18.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.0% | 15.3% | 24.7% | 56.0% |
| Math | 2.7% | 6.4% | 14.5% | 76.3% |
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 | 19.3% | 9.2% |
| 2023-24 | 17.8% | 6.7% |
| 2022-23 | 21.7% | 10.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.5% | 14.0% |
| 2018-19 | 35.4% | 22.5% |
| 2017-18 | 37.8% | 23.3% |
| 2016-17 | 40.1% | 24.6% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
13.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Montgomery Middle
Montgomery Middle's state test result (13.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Middle this school | 929 | 93.9% | 13.2% |
| Cajon Valley Middle El Cajon | 942 | 94.4% | 15.9% |
| Greenfield Middle El Cajon | 730 | 94.1% | 17.5% |
| Standard Middle Bakersfield | 1,005 | 89.9% | 14.5% |
| Mt. Gleason Middle Sunland | 753 | 81.7% | 40.8% |
| James Madison Middle North Hollywood | 1,148 | 95.9% | 25.3% |
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 Montgomery Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #1,176 of 1,224 | #91 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #1,162 of 1,227 ▲ 26 | #90 of 92 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,177 of 1,227 ▼ 8 | #90 of 92 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #21 of 1,214 | #3 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 929 | #276 of 1,377 | #24 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #818 of 1,279 | #63 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #237 of 1,278 | #24 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #148 of 1,329 | #8 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #252 of 257 | #16 of 16 |
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
929
+190 (+26%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,079
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 929 | 42 | 22.1:1 | 94% (872) |
| 2023-24 | 868 | 37.9 | 22.9:1 | 91% (793) |
| 2022-23 | 831 | 38.2 | 21.7:1 | 86% (711) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 35 | 21.1:1 | 89% (661) |
| 2017-18 | 926 | 38.6 | 24.0:1 | 76% (700) |
| 2015-16 | 779 | 33 | 23.6:1 | 85% (665) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | N/A | N/A | 71% (564) |
| 2000-01 | 994 | 40 | 24.9:1 | 39% (390) |
| 1990-91 | 1,079 | 46 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montgomery Middle.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (926 to 929); teachers up 9% (38.6 to 42).
About Montgomery Middle
Montgomery Middle is a medium-sized middle school located in El Cajon, California. The school had 929 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
Cajon Valley Union runs Montgomery Middle along with 24 other schools, enrolling 15,974 students in total.
Montgomery Middle has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 47%. Other students are 31% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. The county population is about 48% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 42 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 22.1:1. That is higher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Eligible students account for 94% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in San Diego County report 54%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Montgomery Middle receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Montgomery Middle is -11.3 points: 13.2% actual, 24.5% predicted.
Within San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, San Diego County has 766 public schools and roughly 467,437 students.
Nearest public school: Madison Avenue Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 22.1%; Montgomery Middle's is 13.2%, ranking 5th of 5.
The federal government classifies Montgomery Middle's location as Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 929 students in 2024-25, 190 more than the 739 it had in 2020-21.
To ask about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs, start a discussion on this page. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Cajon Valley Union
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Naranca ElementaryElementary · 985 students
- Cajon Valley MiddleMiddle · 942 students
- Lexington ElementaryElementary · 878 students
- Johnson ElementaryElementary · 766 students
- Chase Avenue ElementaryElementary · 757 students
Other schools in El Cajon
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 2,331 students
- Literacy First CharterCombined · 2,160 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Cajon Valley HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Bostonia GlobalCombined · 1,266 students
Other Montgomery Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Montgomery Middle. Montgomery Middle is the largest of the 3.
- Montgomery MiddleSan Diego, CA · 734 students
- Montgomery MiddleSan Diego, CA · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Avenue Elementary0.2 mi · 670
- Granite Hills High0.3 mi · 2,331
- Meridian Elementary0.7 mi · 570
- Diego Valley East Public Charter0.9 mi · 408
- REACH Academy0.9 mi · 21
- Elite Academy0.9 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About Montgomery MiddleHow large is Montgomery Middle?
Montgomery Middle enrolls approximately 929 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Montgomery Middle serve?
Montgomery Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Montgomery Middle have?
Montgomery Middle employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Montgomery Middle?
Student demographics at Montgomery Middle are roughly 47% White, 31% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Montgomery Middle in?
Montgomery Middle is part of Cajon Valley Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.