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How has Montgomery Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
734
Middle
DISTRICT 880 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEETWATER UNION HIGH·NCES 063864006487
Montgomery Middle
1051 Picador Blvd., San Diego, CA 92154 · (619) 662-4000 · San Diego County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL734 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of California public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
21.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
466 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 7 | 361 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 373 | 51% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
33.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.4pp since 2014
Math
18.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.8% | 24.6% | 29.5% | 37.1% |
| Math | 6.4% | 11.6% | 24.0% | 58.0% |
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 | 33.4% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 19.1% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 18.8% |
| 2021-22 | 37.8% | 20.5% |
| 2020-21 | 37.6% | 23.2% |
| 2018-19 | 43.4% | 21.1% |
| 2017-18 | 38.9% | 19.0% |
| 2016-17 | 40.9% | 19.2% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (26.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Middle this school | 734 | 63.5% | 26.5% |
| Castle Park Middle Chula Vista | 703 | 63.3% | 18.5% |
| Rio Vista Middle Oxnard | 637 | 65.1% | 22.1% |
| Chula Vista Middle Chula Vista | 678 | 59.3% | 26.0% |
| Muwekma Ohlone Middle San Jose | 587 | 68.7% | 20.9% |
| Herbert Hoover Middle San Jose | 910 | 63.0% | 28.3% |
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 | 26.5% | #842 of 1,224 | #68 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #926 of 1,227 ▼ 106 | #74 of 92 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #899 of 1,227 ▼ 119 | #72 of 92 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #133 of 1,214 | #18 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 734 | #538 of 1,377 | #43 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #714 of 1,279 | #53 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.6% | #1,034 of 1,278 | #91 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #797 of 1,329 | #45 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #532 of 930 | #47 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
734
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 1,427
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 734 | 34.2 | 21.5:1 | 63% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 735 | 33.9 | 21.7:1 | 63% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 31.1 | 23.5:1 | 82% (596) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 33 | 23.1:1 | 70% (530) |
| 2017-18 | 854 | 38.3 | 22.3:1 | 86% (735) |
| 2015-16 | 898 | 39 | 23.0:1 | 75% (671) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | N/A | N/A | 75% (662) |
| 2000-01 | 1,140 | 51 | 22.4:1 | 63% (714) |
| 1990-91 | 1,427 | 56 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montgomery Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (854 to 734); teachers down 11% (38.3 to 34.2).
About Montgomery Middle
The public middle school Montgomery Middle is located in San Diego, California. The school reports 734 students in grades 7 through 8.
Sweetwater Union High enrolls 33,517 students, and its 28 schools include Montgomery Middle.
Federal enrollment data show Montgomery Middle is 88% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 6% Asian and 2% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 54 points above the 35% share among San Diego County residents. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Montgomery Middle was 21.5:1. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 21.5:1 here. Montgomery Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 63%. On average, public schools in San Diego County report 54%.
allk12 grades Montgomery Middle a D. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 42.3% for Montgomery Middle, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 26.5%. The 15.9-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools.
San Diego County has about 3,288,774 residents, and the median household income is $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Montgomery Middle, San Diego County has 765 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Silver Wing Elementary is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Montgomery Middle. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Montgomery Middle ranks 6th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Montgomery Middle as City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 28 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.5:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Montgomery Middle. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Montgomery Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Montgomery Middle. Montgomery Middle is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Montgomery MiddleEl Cajon, CA · 929 students
- Montgomery MiddleSan Diego, CA · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Silver Wing Elementary0.2 mi · 335
- Howard Pence Elementary0.4 mi · 419
- Los Altos Elementary0.5 mi · 263
- Finney (Myrtle S.) Elementary0.7 mi · 396
- Juarez-Lincoln Elementary0.7 mi · 426
- Montgomery Senior High0.8 mi · 1,568
Frequently asked questions
About Montgomery MiddleHow large is Montgomery Middle?
Montgomery Middle enrolls approximately 734 students in grades 07-08.
Is Montgomery Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Montgomery Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Montgomery Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Montgomery Middle is approximately 21.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Montgomery Middle?
At Montgomery Middle, the student body is approximately 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Montgomery Middle public or private?
Montgomery Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sweetwater Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.