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Which teacher or staff member at Mount Miguel High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,539
High
DISTRICT 1,093 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GROSSMONT UNION HIGH·NCES 061623002025
Mount Miguel High
8585 Blossom Ln., Spring Valley, CA 91977 · (619) 664-8400 · San Diego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,539 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
1,220 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 382 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 377 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 363 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 417 | 27% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
36.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.1pp since 2014
Math
18.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.0% | 25.9% | 28.4% | 34.8% |
| Math | 6.6% | 12.2% | 20.6% | 60.6% |
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 | 36.9% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 15.1% |
| 2022-23 | 39.6% | 15.3% |
| 2021-22 | 47.3% | 19.4% |
| 2020-21 | 58.9% | 27.5% |
| 2018-19 | 35.9% | 10.7% |
| 2017-18 | 42.3% | 10.7% |
| 2016-17 | 48.2% | 16.1% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Mount Miguel High
Mount Miguel High's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Miguel High this school | 1,539 | 79.3% | 27.3% |
| Hayward High Hayward | 1,580 | 75.1% | 33.4% |
| Stagg Senior High Stockton | 1,677 | 74.6% | 25.4% |
| Monte Vista High Spring Valley | 1,543 | 76.2% | 38.8% |
| Canyon Springs High Moreno Valley | 2,251 | 83.3% | 31.8% |
| Mt. Diablo High Concord | 1,397 | 80.0% | 23.2% |
Matched among California high 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 Mount Miguel High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #875 of 1,052 | #67 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #710 of 1,056 ▲ 53 | #54 of 70 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #936 of 1,056 ▼ 40 | #66 of 70 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #109 of 1,044 | #8 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,539 | #552 of 2,093 | #50 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #795 of 1,352 | #36 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #648 of 1,351 | #64 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #632 of 1,575 | #30 of 112 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.7% | #30 of 327 | #2 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,539
+185 (+14%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,958
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 1,539 | 71.1 | 21.7:1 | 79% (1,220) |
| 2023-24 | 1,506 | 18.1 | 83.3:1 | 80% (1,210) |
| 2022-23 | 1,480 | 72.6 | 20.4:1 | 81% (1,194) |
| 2020-21 | 1,354 | 70 | 19.3:1 | 74% (1,006) |
| 2017-18 | 1,205 | 56.7 | 21.3:1 | 77% (922) |
| 2015-16 | 1,397 | 68 | 20.5:1 | 79% (1,097) |
| 2010-11 | 1,664 | N/A | N/A | 51% (841) |
| 2000-01 | 2,179 | 83 | 26.3:1 | 47% (1,034) |
| 1990-91 | 1,958 | 74 | 26.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Miguel High.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (1,205 to 1,539); teachers up 25% (56.7 to 71.1).
About Mount Miguel High
Mount Miguel High is a large high school in Spring Valley, California, one of the schools in Grossmont Union High. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,539 students. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 84% bigger than average.
Grossmont Union High is responsible for 15 schools, Mount Miguel High included, with 16,401 students in all.
The share of Hispanic students at Mount Miguel High is 68%, a majority. The remaining students are 12% Black, 7% White, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Census figures show San Diego County is about 35% Hispanic. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Mount Miguel High are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Miguel High is 21.7:1, based on 71.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in California is 18.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Mount Miguel High counts 79% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in San Diego County report 54%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 33.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for San Diego County show that the median household earns about $106,268 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. San Diego County has 766 public schools with about 467,437 students, including Mount Miguel High.
Avondale Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Mount Miguel High, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Mount Miguel High holds at least 8 other public schools. Mount Miguel High comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Mount Miguel High is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 14%, from 1,354 to 1,539. The school's ratio increased from 19.3:1 to 21.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 schools in Grossmont Union High
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- West Hills HighHigh · 1,624 students
Other schools in Spring Valley
- Steele Canyon HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La PresaMiddle · 800 students
- Spring Valley AcademyMiddle · 597 students
- Kempton Street Literacy AcademyElementary · 480 students
- College Preparatory MiddleMiddle · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Avondale Elementary0.3 mi · 291
- Mt. Vernon Elementary0.7 mi · 359
- Bancroft Elementary0.7 mi · 391
- Lemon Grove Early Childhood Education Center0.8 mi · 142
- Monterey Heights Elementary0.9 mi · 341
- Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa1.0 mi · 800
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Miguel HighWhat is the total enrollment at Mount Miguel High?
Mount Miguel High enrolls approximately 1,539 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mount Miguel High serve?
Mount Miguel High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Mount Miguel High have?
Mount Miguel High employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Mount Miguel High?
Student demographics at Mount Miguel High are roughly 7% White, 68% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Mount Miguel High public or private?
Mount Miguel High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grossmont Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.