Oak Crest Middle

As a mid-tier junior high in Encinitas, California, Oak Crest Middle caters to 758 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within San Dieguito Union High.

San Dieguito Union High comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 12,026 students; Oak Crest Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Oak Crest Middle records that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Oak Crest Middle reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.2:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Oak Crest Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.2%; this one delivers 63.9%.

In the area at large, San Diego County reports that median household income runs about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Oak Crest Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JCS - Cedar Cove, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak Crest Middle. On composite proficiency, Oak Crest Middle comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 64.9%.

Oak Crest Middle operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Oak Crest Middle's enrollment has climbed 8% since 2018, when it stood at 703 (now 758). The White share of enrollment fell from 65% to 61% over that span.

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