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Enrollment
800
Middle
DISTRICT 838 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA MESA-SPRING VALLEY·NCES 062025002434
Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa
1001 Leland St., Spring Valley, CA 91977 · (619) 668-5720 · San Diego County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL800 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of California public middle schools
- C+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
17.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
638 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 6 | 262 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 264 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 274 | 34% |
Student demographics
49%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% . +0.9pp since 2014
Math
27.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.1pp 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 28 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 down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.2% | 27.7% | 27.9% | 35.2% |
| Math | 15.0% | 12.9% | 27.1% | 45.0% |
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 | 36.9% | 27.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.1% | 33.7% |
| 2022-23 | 39.3% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.3% | 34.2% |
| 2018-19 | 43.2% | 38.2% |
| 2017-18 | 41.4% | 38.8% |
| 2016-17 | 39.0% | 35.9% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa
Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa this school | 800 | 79.8% | 32.5% |
| Terrace Hills Middle Grand Terrace | 852 | 79.5% | 19.6% |
| Rancho Medanos Junior High Pittsburg | 812 | 82.5% | 20.8% |
| Quail Valley Middle Phelan | 870 | 80.5% | 20.1% |
| Will Rogers Middle Lawndale | 799 | 81.4% | 37.9% |
| Tropico Middle Rosamond | 815 | 81.2% | 18.0% |
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 Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #681 of 1,224 | #57 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #643 of 1,227 ▼ 167 | #55 of 92 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #801 of 1,227 ▼ 45 | #64 of 92 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.8pp | #112 of 1,214 | #13 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 800 | #441 of 1,377 | #35 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #188 of 1,279 | #13 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #677 of 1,278 | #68 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #557 of 1,329 | #24 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #470 of 930 | #42 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
800
-28 (-3%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,024
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 800 | 44.9 | 17.8:1 | 80% (638) |
| 2023-24 | 694 | 34.4 | 20.1:1 | 73% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 718 | 32.3 | 22.2:1 | 81% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 35 | 23.7:1 | 79% (655) |
| 2017-18 | 952 | 38.4 | 24.8:1 | 81% (770) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 28 | 26.7:1 | 82% (616) |
| 2010-11 | 787 | N/A | N/A | 80% (633) |
| 2000-01 | 1,242 | 52 | 23.9:1 | 63% (782) |
| 1990-91 | 1,024 | 45 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (952 to 800); teachers up 17% (38.4 to 44.9).
About Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa
Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa sits in Spring Valley, California, and is classified as a middle school. A federal count lists 800 students at the school, in grades 5 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
The district, La Mesa-Spring Valley, has 10,491 students enrolled across 22 schools.
Roughly 70% of students at Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa are Hispanic. Other groups make up 9% Black, 9% White, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 35% of San Diego County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 44.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.8:1. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 17.8:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 80% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 54% for public schools in San Diego County.
Measured against California public middle schools, Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa is 32.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.5%.
Within San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, San Diego County has 766 public schools and roughly 467,437 students.
The closest public school, Kempton Street Literacy Academy, is about 0.1 miles from Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa's enrollment dropped from 828 in 2020-21 to 800 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 23.7:1 to 17.8:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 La Mesa-Spring Valley
- La Mesa Arts AcademyMiddle · 1,059 students
- Parkway Sports and Health Science AcademyMiddle · 897 students
- Murdock ElementaryElementary · 608 students
- Spring Valley AcademyMiddle · 597 students
- Fletcher Hills ElementaryElementary · 540 students
- Murray Manor ElementaryElementary · 530 students
Other schools in Spring Valley
- Steele Canyon HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Mount Miguel HighHigh · 1,539 students
- Spring Valley AcademyMiddle · 597 students
- Kempton Street Literacy AcademyElementary · 480 students
- College Preparatory MiddleMiddle · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Kempton Street Literacy Academy0.1 mi · 480
- La Presa Elementary0.8 mi · 346
- Rancho Elementary0.8 mi · 324
- Avondale Elementary0.9 mi · 291
- Mount Miguel High1.0 mi · 1,539
- Bancroft Elementary1.2 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La PresaWhat is the total enrollment at Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa?
Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa enrolls approximately 800 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa serve?
Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa.
What is the student diversity at Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa?
Student demographics at Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa are roughly 9% White, 70% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa in?
Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa is part of La Mesa-Spring Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.