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Hidden Valley Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2104^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 24% of California middle schools

Summary

Hidden Valley Middle is a public middle school in Escondido, California, serving 809 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Escondido Union School District, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hidden Valley Middle consistently performs below the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 23.74% of 6th graders at Hidden Valley Middle were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 33.57% for the district and 48.06% for the state. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 20.4% to 31.3% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, a very high percentage of students, ranging from 84.79% to 90.48%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high concentration of students from low-income families.

Compared to nearby schools, Bear Valley Middle and Rincon Middle generally perform better than Hidden Valley Middle in academic assessments. The public charter school Quantum Academy stands out with significantly higher academic performance, ranking in the top 25% of California middle schools. Schools in the Poway Unified and San Marcos Unified districts, such as Bernardo Heights Middle and Woodland Park Middle, also significantly outperform Hidden Valley Middle.

733

Students ?

18.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

94.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2700 Reed Rd.
Escondido, CA 92027-1629

(760) 432-2457

District: Escondido Union

Students who attend Hidden Valley Middle usually attend:

High:

Orange Glen High

Feeder schools for Hidden Valley Middle:

Elementary:	Glen View Elementary
	Oak Hill Elementary
	Orange Glen Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

89.4%

Two or more races:

3.8%

White:

3.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 21st 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)

!High chronic absenteeism (27% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg32%

California avg41%

2,104^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^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	2104 of 2761	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.1	1852 of 2783	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.0	2087 of 2781	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	2097 of 2740	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.1	1862 of 2715	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.5	1506 of 2480	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	26.1	1807 of 2508	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.3	1941 of 2497	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.3	1937 of 2477	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	24.8	1885 of 2379	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	25.6	1778 of 2259	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	28.6	1688 of 2236	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	24.5	1725 of 2179	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	36.8	1287 of 2063	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2008	38.3	1208 of 2005	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	37.7	1179 of 1999	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	37.4	1078 of 1804	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2005	35.8	1093 of 1777	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2004	32.9	1135 of 1769	35.8%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	26.9	1185 of 1531	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.1	1430 of 1491	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	38.6	731 of 1369	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	36.6	863 of 1478	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.7	527 of 1521	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	37.7	861 of 1540	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.7	981 of 1442	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.8	788 of 1364	42.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.2	1984 of 2533	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.3	1890 of 2551	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.4	1946 of 2531	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.1	1923 of 2509	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.9	1688 of 2380	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.9	1485 of 2262	34.4%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.6	1803 of 2395	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.1	1498 of 2388	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.1	1710 of 2374	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.4	1806 of 2359	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.7	1455 of 2213	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.5	1146 of 2072	44.7%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	341 of 477	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.3	188 of 320	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.5	181 of 336	46.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.4	1802 of 2542	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.6	1585 of 2579	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.0	1755 of 2531	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.7	1783 of 2458	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.5	1408 of 2369	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.5	1098 of 2230	50.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.4	1943 of 2534	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.4	1586 of 2552	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.0	1861 of 2538	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.0	1942 of 2527	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.8	1725 of 2407	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.9	1345 of 2273	40.8%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.5	538 of 726	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.2	1007 of 1566	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.2	825 of 1552	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.2	1168 of 1531	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	37.9	959 of 1555	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.5	810 of 1602	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.9	892 of 1496	40.4%	★★☆☆☆

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)42nd percentile+8 vs school

White (2022)38th percentile+15 vs school

Special Education (2025)36th percentile+12 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)29th percentile+5 vs school

Homeless (2025)29th percentile+5 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)26th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)25th percentile~ school

Male (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)23rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)22nd percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy31%-17 vs state

Mathematics17%-20 vs state

Science17%-16 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
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
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
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
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
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
Valley Center Middle	Public	6-8	28102 North Lake Wohlford Rd.	Valley Center	92082	San Diego County	Valley Center-Pauma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 751-4295	766	35	22.1	65.8%	147 (19.2%)	3 (0.4%)	496 (64.8%)	9 (1.2%)	58 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (6.9%)	14.8	2450^th of 2761 public middle schools	11.3%		16.9	2402^nd of 2783 public middle schools	13.7%	48		18.0	18.0			23.1	19.0	25.4	22.6			10.0	7.9	12.5	10.2	$16,206	$1,371	$14,835
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
Bernardo Heights Middle	Public	6-8	12990 Paseo Lucido	San Diego	92128	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 485-4850	1,487	66	22.6	13.8%	615 (41.4%)	29 (2.0%)	248 (16.7%)	400 (26.9%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	187 (12.6%)	91	253^rd of 2761 public middle schools	90.8%		89.4	292^nd of 2783 public middle schools	89.5%	39		59.6	59.6			73.1	74.5	74.0	73.9			59.9	59.3	56.1	58.4	$14,811	$661	$14,150

Frequently Asked Questions about Hidden Valley Middle

What is the racial makeup of Hidden Valley Middle?

Students at Hidden Valley Middle are 89% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 3% White, 3% Asian.

What district is Hidden Valley Middle in?

Escondido Union

Is Hidden Valley Middle a good school?

Hidden Valley Middle ranks in the bottom 23.8% of California middle schools.

How many students attend Hidden Valley Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 733 students attended Hidden Valley Middle.

What high school do graduates of Hidden Valley Middle attend?

Students who attend Hidden Valley Middle usually go on to attend Orange Glen High

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