Wangenheim Middle

Wangenheim Middle operates as a reasonably sized middle school in San Diego, California, operated by San Diego Unified. Current enrollment sits at 703 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Within San Diego Unified, which oversees 174 schools and 94,828 students, Wangenheim Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Wangenheim Middle records that the largest single group is Asian at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 35% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 10% White, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Wangenheim Middle has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wangenheim Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.2%; this one delivers 41.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Diego County) logs that median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Wangenheim Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Walker Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wangenheim Middle comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wangenheim Middle's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 938 (now 703). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 26% to 35%.

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