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Mission Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2106^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 24% of California middle schools

Summary

Mission Middle is a public middle school serving 855 students in grades 6-8 within the Escondido Union School District, operating in a high-needs environment where over 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with proficiency rates in English, math, and science substantially below state averages and ranking in the bottom quartile of California schools. Chronic absenteeism is a serious concern at 25.5%, higher than both district and state averages. Compared to other middle schools in the area, such as Bear Valley Middle and Rincon Middle, Mission Middle's academic performance is notably lower, and it serves the most economically disadvantaged population in the district. A notable exception within the same district is Quantum Academy, which achieves much stronger results with a similar, though less severe, level of economic need.

Despite these overall struggles, Mission Middle shows a clear strength in effectively serving its English Language Learner students, consistently ranking above average for this group. However, performance for students with special education needs has declined sharply in recent years. Schools in neighboring districts like San Marcos Unified, including San Elijo Middle, consistently outperform those in Escondido, highlighting different educational contexts and outcomes across district lines.

855

Students ?

19.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

95.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

939 East Mission Ave.
Escondido, CA 92026-2216

(760) 432-2452

District: Escondido Union

Feeder schools for Mission Middle:

Elementary:	Farr Avenue Elementary
	Lincoln Elementary
	Pioneer Elementary
	Rose Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.5%

Two or more races:

1.9%

White:

1.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 28th percentile in 2013 → 24th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 19 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg32%

California avg41%

2,106^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 6Middle Schools in the Escondido Union

964^th of 1,543Escondido Union among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.9	2106 of 2761	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.9	1956 of 2783	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	1960 of 2781	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.6	1969 of 2740	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.1	1709 of 2715	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.4	1711 of 2480	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2017	25.3	1837 of 2508	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.3	1937 of 2497	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.6	1914 of 2477	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	30.1	1709 of 2379	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	40.1	1358 of 2259	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	36.9	1445 of 2236	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	33.4	1489 of 2179	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2009	37.4	1266 of 2063	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2008	27.7	1497 of 2005	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	28.8	1426 of 1999	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	17.9	1538 of 1804	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	22.3	1388 of 1777	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	17.5	1504 of 1769	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	31.3	1018 of 1531	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.7	1307 of 1491	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.0	1142 of 1369	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	44.5	581 of 1478	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.4	461 of 1521	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.0	722 of 1540	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.6	768 of 1442	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.7	862 of 1364	36.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.9	2034 of 2533	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.4	1887 of 2551	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.1	1735 of 2531	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.8	1996 of 2509	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.2	1678 of 2380	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.6	1655 of 2262	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.2	1641 of 2395	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.5	1486 of 2388	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.3	1501 of 2374	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.0	1527 of 2359	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.0	1160 of 2213	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.3	1253 of 2072	39.5%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.4	250 of 477	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.0	142 of 320	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	31.3	242 of 336	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.8	1777 of 2542	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.2	1645 of 2579	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.7	1545 of 2531	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.2	1501 of 2458	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.5	1168 of 2369	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	40.1	1254 of 2230	43.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	1893 of 2534	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.0	1756 of 2552	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.9	1864 of 2538	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.4	1630 of 2527	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.5	1483 of 2407	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.5	1516 of 2273	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	1352 of 1566	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.8	1006 of 1552	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.5	994 of 1531	35.1%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)61st percentile+31 vs school

Homeless (2025)48th percentile+24 vs school

Disabled (2022)34th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)31st percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)30th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)25th percentile~ school

Female (2025)20th percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2025)14th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy31%-17 vs state

Mathematics18%-19 vs state

Science15%-18 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mission Middle	Public	6-8	939 East Mission Ave.	Escondido	92026	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 432-2452	855	43	19.9	95.9%	14 (1.6%)	5 (0.6%)	808 (94.5%)	11 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.9%)	22.9	2106^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.7%		26.9	1956^th of 2783 public middle schools	29.7%	150		14.6	14.6			25.6	37.2	31.7	31.5			15.0	19.6	19.5	18.1
Rincon Middle	Public	6-8	925 Lehner Ave.	Escondido	92026	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 432-2491	772	41	18.8	83.0%	85 (11.0%)	7 (0.9%)	605 (78.4%)	26 (3.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (6.0%)	38.2	1540^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.2%		40.3	1450^th of 2783 public middle schools	47.9%	90		31.3	31.3			29.6	38.3	46.9	38.6			20.2	25.4	28.7	24.9
Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences	Public	6-8	1400 West Ninth Ave.	Escondido	92029	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 432-2439	788	45	17.6	91.1%	49 (6.2%)	6 (0.8%)	685 (86.9%)	19 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.7%)	25.3	1987^th of 2761 public middle schools	28.0%		23.5	2106^th of 2783 public middle schools	24.3%	119		17.3	17.3			29.2	30.4	30.9	30.2			23.0	23.7	20.1	22.3
Hidden Valley Middle	Public	6-8	2700 Reed Rd.	Escondido	92027	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 432-2457	733	39	18.9	94.3%	23 (3.1%)	5 (0.7%)	655 (89.4%)	22 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.8%)	22.9	2104^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.8%		29.1	1852^nd of 2783 public middle schools	33.5%	252		16.8	16.8			23.7	37.8	31.6	31.4			13.6	21.2	15.9	17.2
Quantum Academy	Public	4-8	420 North Falconer Rd.	Escondido	92027	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 432-2220	289	13	22.0	54.3%	76 (26.3%)	9 (3.1%)	163 (56.4%)	10 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (10.4%)	57.7	961^st of 2761 public middle schools	65.2%		70	686^th of 2783 public middle schools	75.4%	275	48.4	29.3	39.2	53.1	58.1	45.2	59.7	50.0	53.1	46.9	38.7	32.3	49.1	32.8	39.6
Woodland Park Middle	Public	6-8	1270 Rock Springs Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2455	1,184	52	22.8	42.3%	358 (30.2%)	12 (1.0%)	618 (52.2%)	79 (6.7%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.4%)	110 (9.3%)	60.6	889^th of 2761 public middle schools	67.8%		62.5	831^st of 2783 public middle schools	70.1%	58		29.4	29.4			55.6	56.8	48.6	53.6			41.7	40.2	34.8	38.9	$16,436	$1,133	$15,303
Bear Valley Middle	Public	6-8	3003 Bear Valley Pkwy.	Escondido	92025	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 432-4060	923	51	17.9	68.4%	228 (24.7%)	8 (0.9%)	585 (63.4%)	39 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (6.8%)	49	1208^th of 2761 public middle schools	56.2%		42.5	1383^rd of 2783 public middle schools	50.3%	175		21.4	21.4			47.8	51.0	45.5	48.1			34.2	32.2	33.3	33.2
San Marcos Middle	Public	6-8	650 West Mission Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2500	968	40	24.1	58.7%	144 (14.9%)	13 (1.3%)	699 (72.2%)	66 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (4.8%)	46.1	1292^nd of 2761 public middle schools	53.2%		43.2	1366^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.9%	74		23.0	23.0			44.9	46.1	44.6	45.2			36.8	31.1	28.9	32.2	$16,790	$1,289	$15,501
High Technical Middle North County	Public, Charter	6-8	1460 West San Marcos Blvd.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego County	High Technical Middle North County District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 759-2750	341	21	16.2	51.9%	115 (33.7%)	8 (2.3%)	169 (49.6%)	31 (9.1%)	3 (0.9%)	6 (1.8%)	8 (2.3%)	75.7	568^th of 2761 public middle schools	79.4%		78.4	519^th of 2783 public middle schools	81.4%	49		34.0	34.0			69.8	63.6	67.6	67.1			43.1	51.8	41.0	45.3	$12,656	$1,103	$11,553
San Elijo Middle	Public	6-8	1600 Schoolhouse Way	San Marcos	92078	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2800	1,395	60	23.2	19.1%	791 (56.7%)	16 (1.1%)	334 (23.9%)	112 (8.0%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	136 (9.7%)	80.9	461^st of 2761 public middle schools	83.3%		81.4	451^st of 2783 public middle schools	83.8%	10		42.4	42.4			68.2	67.5	65.7	67.1			52.5	48.3	47.8	49.4	$14,962	$833	$14,129

Frequently Asked Questions about Mission Middle

What is the racial makeup of Mission Middle?

Students at Mission Middle are 95% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 2% White, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Mission Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 855 students attended Mission Middle.

What district is Mission Middle in?

Escondido Union

Is Mission Middle a good school?

Mission Middle ranks in the bottom 23.7% of California middle schools.

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