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What do you wish you knew before starting at Twin Peaks Middle?
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Enrollment
1,164
Middle
DISTRICT 1,230 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POWAY UNIFIED·NCES 063153004898
Twin Peaks Middle
14640 Tierra Bonita Rd., Poway, CA 92064 · (858) 748-5131 · San Diego County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,164 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
214 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
56.9%
CA avg 47.1% . -11.1pp since 2014
Math
49.3%
CA avg 35.6% . -5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 69% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,164
-36 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 24.2:1
% White
55%
was 59%
% Hispanic
24%
was 22%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
8%
was 9%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Twin Peaks Middle
Twin Peaks Middle is a well-populated middle school in Poway, California, operated by Poway Unified. The school educates 1,164 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 77% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.
Poway Unified comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 34,259 students; Twin Peaks Middle is among them.
Looking at the student body, Twin Peaks Middle reports that 55% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Asian.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at Twin Peaks Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
With demographic context factored in, Twin Peaks Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 68.6%; this one comes in at 53.3%, -15.3 points off the demographic line.
Around the school, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Twin Peaks Middle is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).
The closest other public school is Tierra Bonita Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Twin Peaks Middle at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.7%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Twin Peaks Middle has decreased 3%, going from 1,200 students in 2018 to 1,164 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Twin Peaks Middle community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. 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 Poway Unified
- Del Norte HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Rancho Bernardo HighHigh · 2,210 students
- Westview HighHigh · 2,116 students
- Poway HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Mt. Carmel HighHigh · 1,800 students
- Oak Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,503 students
Other schools in Poway
- Pacific Coast AcademyCombined · 6,760 students
- Cabrillo Point AcademyCombined · 5,706 students
- Poway HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Meadowbrook MiddleMiddle · 972 students
- Chaparral ElementaryElementary · 858 students
- Valley ElementaryElementary · 663 students
Nearby schools
- Tierra Bonita Elementary0.1 mi · 377
- Midland Elementary0.9 mi · 580
- Poway High1.4 mi · 2,101
- Garden Road Elementary1.8 mi · 508
- Abraxas Continuation High1.9 mi · 216
- Valley Elementary2.0 mi · 663
Frequently asked questions
About Twin Peaks MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Twin Peaks Middle?
Twin Peaks Middle enrolls approximately 1,164 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Twin Peaks Middle serve?
Twin Peaks Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Twin Peaks Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Twin Peaks Middle is approximately 21.5:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Twin Peaks Middle?
At Twin Peaks Middle, the student body is approximately 55% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Twin Peaks Middle public or private?
Twin Peaks Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Poway Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.