Montgomery Middle

Montgomery Middle, an average-sized middle-grades school in El Cajon, California, run under Cajon Valley Union, hosts 929 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 41% larger than typical.

Cajon Valley Union runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 15,974 students. Montgomery Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Montgomery Middle lists that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 31% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Montgomery Middle has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Montgomery Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at Montgomery Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Montgomery Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.6%; this one delivers 12.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (San Diego County) logs that median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Montgomery Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Madison Avenue Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Montgomery Middle comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 22.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 926 students in 2018 compared to 929 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 3% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

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