Montgomery Middle

Montgomery Middle is a 6-8 campus of tight-knit scale in San Diego, California, part of San Diego Unified, enrolling 337 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 49% leaner than typical.

Montgomery Middle is one of 174 schools operated by San Diego Unified, a district that caters to 94,828 students overall.

Demographically, Montgomery Middle logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Asian, 9% Black, 7% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Montgomery Middle reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at Montgomery Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Montgomery Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.7%.

Zooming out to the county, 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. Montgomery Middle is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Linda Vista Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montgomery Middle. On composite proficiency, Montgomery Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.

Montgomery Middle operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Montgomery Middle's enrollment has edged down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 476 (now 337).

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