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Alumni: what's one memory from Tierra del Sol Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
713
Middle
DISTRICT 719 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKESIDE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062079002498
Tierra del Sol Middle
9611 Petite Ln., Lakeside, CA 92040 · (619) 390-2670 · San Diego County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL713 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
19.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
295 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 241 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 215 | 30% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
41.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.1pp since 2014
Math
28.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 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 up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.3% | 29.5% | 30.7% | 27.5% |
| Math | 11.8% | 16.3% | 28.3% | 43.6% |
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 | 41.9% | 28.1% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 27.6% |
| 2022-23 | 39.5% | 26.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.6% | 23.2% |
| 2018-19 | 44.8% | 28.9% |
| 2017-18 | 48.1% | 31.0% |
| 2016-17 | 48.7% | 26.3% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% 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 Tierra del Sol Middle
Tierra del Sol Middle's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tierra del Sol Middle this school | 713 | 41.4% | 33.9% |
| Sinaloa Middle Novato | 693 | 42.1% | 53.1% |
| Lawrence E. Jones Middle Rohnert Park | 775 | 38.3% | 37.0% |
| Lakeside Middle Lakeside | 724 | 38.7% | 39.1% |
| La Colina Junior High Santa Barbara | 832 | 41.5% | 63.5% |
| Kenilworth Junior High Petaluma | 812 | 45.2% | 45.1% |
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 Tierra del Sol Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #657 of 1,224 | #56 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #639 of 1,227 ▼ 35 | #54 of 92 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #666 of 1,227 ▲ 18 | #55 of 92 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #500 of 1,214 | #31 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 713 | #576 of 1,377 | #49 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #405 of 1,279 | #33 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #354 of 1,278 | #38 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #1,033 of 1,329 | #69 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #922 of 930 | #72 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
713
-17 (-2%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 772
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 713 | 36.5 | 19.6:1 | 41% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 755 | 36.8 | 20.5:1 | 41% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 718 | 34.8 | 20.7:1 | 33% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 730 | 32 | 22.8:1 | 43% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 30.3 | 23.7:1 | 47% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 23 | 26.6:1 | 52% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 641 | N/A | N/A | 38% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 824 | 34 | 24.2:1 | 23% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 772 | 34 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tierra del Sol Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (719 to 713); teachers up 20% (30.3 to 36.5).
About Tierra del Sol Middle
Tierra del Sol Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school, is located in Lakeside, California. The student body numbers 713 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Lakeside Union Elementary is made up of 9 schools with 4,504 students in all.
Tierra del Sol Middle's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 46%. Smaller groups are 40% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. The county population is about 48% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Tierra del Sol Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
Its teaching staff equals 36.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 19.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 41%. The rate at public schools in San Diego County averages 54%, higher than here.
Measured against California public middle schools, Tierra del Sol Middle 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.
Test results at Tierra del Sol Middle are 21.4 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.9%, compared with a predicted 55.3%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in California.
San Diego County has about 3,288,774 residents, and median household income is about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of San Diego County number 766 and enroll about 467,437.
Lindo Park Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Tierra del Sol Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Tierra del Sol Middle comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Tierra del Sol Middle has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 730 to 713. Students per teacher fell from 22.8 in 2020-21 to 19.6 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Tierra del Sol Middle covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Lakeside Union Elementary
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 724 students
- Lakeside Farms ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 666 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Lemon Crest ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Lindo Park ElementaryElementary · 421 students
Other schools in Lakeside
- El Capitan HighHigh · 1,810 students
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 724 students
- Lakeside Farms ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 666 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Lemon Crest ElementaryElementary · 437 students
Nearby schools
- Lindo Park Elementary0.4 mi · 421
- Lemon Crest Elementary0.6 mi · 437
- Lakeview Elementary0.8 mi · 666
- El Capitan High1.0 mi · 1,810
- Riverview Elementary1.3 mi · 469
- Lakeside Middle1.6 mi · 724
Frequently asked questions
About Tierra del Sol MiddleHow many students attend Tierra del Sol Middle?
Tierra del Sol Middle enrolls approximately 713 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Tierra del Sol Middle serve?
Tierra del Sol Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Tierra del Sol Middle have?
Tierra del Sol Middle employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Tierra del Sol Middle?
Student demographics at Tierra del Sol Middle are roughly 46% White, 40% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Tierra del Sol Middle in?
Tierra del Sol Middle is part of Lakeside Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.