Summary
In Borrego Springs, CA, Borrego Springs Middle serves 83 students in grades 6–8 in the Borrego Springs community. Its latest results show a clear bright spot in science, but its overall academic performance remains below state levels. The most important concern is math: in 2025–2026, 18% of students were proficient, 20 points below the state.
Science is the school’s strongest subject compared with nearby and district benchmarks: 32% were proficient, above Julian Junior High at 25% and Borrego Springs Unified at 23%, though still below the state’s 36%. In ELA, Borrego’s 32% was below Julian’s 39%, the district’s 33%, and the state’s 49%. Math was also below all three: Julian had 35%, the district 21%, and the state 38%. Within Borrego, eighth-grade results were stronger than seventh-grade results, especially in math: 28% of eighth graders were proficient, compared with 10% of seventh graders.
Results are improving: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, proficiency rose 8 points in ELA, 5 points in math, and 19 points in science; science’s gap with the state narrowed from 17 points to 4. SchoolDigger ranked Borrego 1,936th of 2,703 schools in 2025–2026, at the 28th percentile with 1 star, up from the 16th percentile in 2023–2024. Julian ranked at the 48th percentile with 2 stars. In 2024–2025, Borrego’s student-teacher ratio was 15.8, compared with Julian’s 21.8; 90% of Borrego students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, compared with 65% at Julian. SchoolDigger’s group rankings also show notable results: in 2021–2022, the school ranked at the 44th percentile for how well it served English Language Learner Students, versus the 13th percentile overall; its ranking for how well it served Female Students rose from the 14th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 36th in 2025–2026. These figures are context, not explanations for score differences; the nearby comparison is with one school, and Borrego’s small enrollment can make results more variable.
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