Enrollment
289
Middle
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCONDIDO UNION·NCES 061288013863
Quantum Academy
420 North Falconer Rd., Escondido, CA 92027 · (760) 432-2220 · San Diego County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of California public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
22.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
157 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 20% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
53.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.9pp since 2015
Math
39.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.4pp since 2015
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 10 points since 2015, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.3% | 29.9% | 25.4% | 21.5% |
| Math | 20.8% | 18.8% | 33.3% | 27.1% |
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 | 53.1% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 50.2% | 42.5% |
| 2022-23 | 47.4% | 37.8% |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 47.1% |
| 2018-19 | 60.9% | 44.2% |
| 2017-18 | 61.9% | 43.7% |
| 2016-17 | 67.2% | 43.1% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Quantum Academy
Quantum Academy's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Academy this school | 289 | 54.3% | 46.5% |
| High Tech Middle North County San Marcos | 341 | 51.9% | N/A |
| Washington Cloverdale | 393 | 57.5% | 20.7% |
| Winters Middle Winters | 367 | 60.5% | 20.1% |
| Piner-Olivet Charter Santa Rosa | 212 | 55.7% | N/A |
| Dairyland Elementary Chowchilla | 216 | 58.3% | 45.3% |
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 Quantum Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #399 of 1,224 | #35 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #410 of 1,227 ▼ 61 | #36 of 92 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #428 of 1,227 ▲ 10 | #36 of 92 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.7pp | #28 of 1,214 | #4 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #1,205 of 1,377 | #96 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #816 of 1,279 | #62 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #441 of 1,278 | #53 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #898 of 1,329 | #54 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #684 of 930 | #57 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
289
-19 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 289 | 13.1 | 22.1:1 | 54% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 15.3 | 18.8:1 | 55% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 17.9 | 17.1:1 | 54% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 51% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 10 | 31.8:1 | 47% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 175 | 6 | 29.2:1 | 41% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quantum Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (318 to 289); teachers up 31% (10 to 13.1).
About Quantum Academy
Students in Escondido, California, attend Quantum Academy, a low-enrollment middle school. Its grade span covers grades 4 through 8, with 289 students on the rolls. Middle schools in California average about 659 students, which makes this school 56% below average.
Escondido Union has 13,920 students in 24 schools, and Quantum Academy is one of those schools.
The largest group at Quantum Academy is Hispanic students, at 56%. Smaller groups are 26% White, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. County-wide, 35% of San Diego County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Quantum Academy is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Quantum Academy, giving a ratio of 22.1:1. The school's 22.1:1 compares with an average of 20.7:1 for middle schools in California. By family income, 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in San Diego County average a similar 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Quantum Academy lands at B-, ahead of 54% of California public middle schools.
In California, Quantum Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 46.5% actual against a predicted 47.7%.
In the surrounding county, San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Quantum Academy, San Diego County has 766 public schools.
Orange Glen Elementary is about 0.1 miles from Quantum Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Quantum Academy is 1st on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Quantum Academy as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Quantum Academy had a net loss of 19 students, or 6%. The number of students per teacher increased from 20.5 to 22.1 over 4 years.
This page collects posts and questions about Quantum Academy, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Escondido Union
- Bear Valley MiddleMiddle · 923 students
- Mission MiddleMiddle · 855 students
- Del Dios Academy of Arts and SciencesMiddle · 788 students
- Rincon MiddleMiddle · 772 students
- Hidden Valley MiddleMiddle · 733 students
- L. R. Green ElementaryElementary · 717 students
Other schools in Escondido
- San Pasqual HighHigh · 1,846 students
- Orange Glen HighHigh · 1,788 students
- Escondido HighHigh · 1,656 students
- Classical AcademyElementary · 1,581 students
- Heritage K-8 CharterElementary · 1,345 students
- Classical Academy HighHigh · 1,336 students
Nearby schools
- Orange Glen Elementary0.1 mi · 470
- Valley High (Continuation)0.5 mi · 269
- Hidden Valley Middle0.7 mi · 733
- Glen View Elementary1.0 mi · 548
- Orange Glen High1.0 mi · 1,788
- Heritage K-8 Charter1.2 mi · 1,345
Frequently asked questions
About Quantum AcademyHow many students attend Quantum Academy?
Quantum Academy enrolls approximately 289 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does Quantum Academy serve?
Quantum Academy serves grades 04-08.
How many teachers does Quantum Academy have?
Quantum Academy employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Quantum Academy?
Student demographics at Quantum Academy are roughly 26% White, 56% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Quantum Academy in?
Quantum Academy is part of Escondido Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.