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Enrollment
541
Middle
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN YSIDRO ELEMENTARY·NCES 063522012993
Vista Del Mar
4885 Del Sol Blvd., San Diego, CA 92154 · (619) 661-6753 · San Diego County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
21.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
194 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 155 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 207 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 179 | 33% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within San Ysidro Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
49.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
35.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -13.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.5% | 30.3% | 23.8% | 26.5% |
| Math | 17.6% | 17.6% | 26.7% | 38.1% |
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 | 49.7% | 35.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 33.1% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 25.9% |
| 2021-22 | 47.5% | 28.1% |
| 2018-19 | 54.3% | 34.9% |
| 2017-18 | 63.5% | 44.0% |
| 2016-17 | 71.9% | 78.2% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 67.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% 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 Vista Del Mar
Vista Del Mar's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Del Mar this school | 541 | 35.9% | 42.7% |
| Helen Keller Middle Long Beach | 515 | 40.8% | 59.5% |
| Sandburg Middle Glendora | 695 | 30.8% | 46.9% |
| Bonita Vista Middle Chula Vista | 972 | 39.4% | 44.5% |
| High Tech Middle Chula Vista Chula Vista | 335 | 49.6% | N/A |
| J. H. Hull Middle Torrance | 621 | 50.2% | 43.1% |
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 Vista Del Mar ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #462 of 1,224 | #40 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #493 of 1,227 ▼ 1 | #41 of 92 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #497 of 1,227 ▼ 88 | #42 of 92 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #346 of 1,214 | #19 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #862 of 1,377 | #70 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #699 of 1,279 | #52 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #836 of 1,278 | #82 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #1,092 of 1,329 | #79 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.3% | #27 of 257 | #3 of 16 |
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
541
+116 (+27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 541 | 25.3 | 21.4:1 | 36% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 27.4 | 19.4:1 | 38% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 27.5 | 20.2:1 | 36% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 19 | 22.4:1 | 57% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 19 | 22.4:1 | 41% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 19 | 28.8:1 | 99% (543) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vista Del Mar.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (425 to 541); teachers up 33% (19 to 25.3).
About Vista Del Mar
Vista Del Mar operates as a small middle school in San Diego, California. It has an enrollment of 541 students in grades 6 through 8.
San Ysidro Elementary has 7 schools and 4,140 students, and Vista Del Mar is one of those schools.
The share of Hispanic students at Vista Del Mar is 77%, a majority. It is also 9% Asian, 7% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. For comparison, the population of San Diego County is roughly 35% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.4 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in San Diego County report 54%.
Among California public middle schools, Vista Del Mar outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Vista Del Mar is -15.8 points, in the bottom 10% of California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.7%, and the predicted rate is 58.5%.
The county, San Diego County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 766 public schools and about 467,437 students.
Ocean View Hills sits about 0.2 miles from Vista Del Mar. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 29.3%, lower than Vista Del Mar's 42.7%.
Federal data place Vista Del Mar in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 27%.
Vista Del Mar has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 San Ysidro Elementary
- Ocean View HillsElementary · 1,020 students
- Willow ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Smythe ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 520 students
- San Ysidro MiddleMiddle · 500 students
- La Mirada ElementaryElementary · 382 students
Other schools in San Diego
- Del Norte HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Torrey Pines HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Henry HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Rancho Bernardo HighHigh · 2,210 students
- Mira Mesa HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Canyon Crest AcademyHigh · 2,147 students
Nearby schools
- Ocean View Hills0.2 mi · 1,020
- San Ysidro High0.8 mi · 1,941
- San Ysidro Middle0.9 mi · 500
- Juarez-Lincoln Elementary1.2 mi · 426
- La Mirada Elementary1.2 mi · 382
- Los Altos Elementary1.3 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Vista Del MarWhat is the total enrollment at Vista Del Mar?
Vista Del Mar enrolls approximately 541 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Vista Del Mar serve?
Vista Del Mar serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vista Del Mar?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vista Del Mar is approximately 21.4:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Vista Del Mar?
Student demographics at Vista Del Mar are roughly 3% White, 77% Hispanic, 7% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Vista Del Mar in?
Vista Del Mar is part of San Ysidro Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.