Summary:
Middle schools in the High Technical Middle Chula Vista District include one school, High Technical Middle Chula Vista, serving grades 6–8; it has 335 students. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades ELA proficiency was 52%, above California’s 49% by 3 percentage points. Math proficiency was 30%, 8 points below the state’s 38%, and science was 25%, 11 points below the state’s 36%. The clearest overall takeaway is that ELA is a relative strength, while math and science proficiency remain below state results.
As the district’s only listed school, High Technical Middle Chula Vista is both its top and bottom performer; there are no other local middle schools to compare. Its strongest grade-level showing was 7th-grade ELA, at 56% compared with 51% statewide, a 5-point lead. ELA was also above the state in 6th grade (50% versus 48%, a 2-point lead) and 8th grade (51% versus 49%, a 1-point lead). Math fell short of state results in every grade: the gap was smallest in 7th grade, with 36% versus 38% (2 points below), and wider in 6th grade (27% versus 37%, 10 points below) and 8th grade (28% versus 36%, 8 points below). These results highlight variation by grade, especially in math.
Results improved in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose 1 percentage point, from 51% to 52%; math rose 3 points, from 27% to 30%; and science rose 9 points, from 16% to 25%. Math and science moved closer to state results, with their gaps narrowing by 2 and 6 points, respectively, while the ELA lead widened by 1 point. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also improved, moving from 1,785th of 2,783 schools (36th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024 to 1,209th of 2,703 (55th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026. Context figures include a 19.6:1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 50% free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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