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Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math Academy at La Presa

Public Grades 5-8

1605^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 42% of California middle schools

Summary

Serving 800 students in grades 5-8 within the La Mesa-Spring Valley district in Spring Valley, CA, Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math Academy at La Presa (STEAM Academy) is a middle school facing significant academic and attendance challenges, though it shows notable strengths with specific groups of students.

The school's overall academic performance, with proficiency rates in English, Math, and Science below both district and state averages, has been declining in recent years. A major concern is chronic absenteeism, with over a third of students missing significant school, a rate much higher than most nearby schools like College Preparatory Middle (2.2%) or La Mesa Arts Academy (15%). However, the school demonstrates clear effectiveness with English Language Learners, who perform exceptionally well, and has shown strong recent improvement in supporting homeless students.

Comparisons to neighboring schools reveal stark differences. For instance, College Preparatory Middle achieves top-tier academic results with similar levels of economic need but far lower spending per student, while Spring Valley Academy has a comparable absenteeism rate. Within its own district, STEAM Academy performs below average while La Mesa Arts Academy excels, indicating that school-level practices are crucial. The data suggests that improving attendance and learning from the school's own successes with specific student groups could be key pathways to broader improvement.

800

Students ?

17.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,202

Per pupil spending ?

79.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1001 Leland St.
Spring Valley, CA 91977-4819

(619) 668-5720

District: La Mesa-Spring Valley

Feeder schools for Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math Academy at La Presa:

Elementary:	Avondale Elementary
	Kempton Street Literacy Academy
	La Presa Elementary
	Loma Elementary
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	Rancho Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

69.8%

African American:

9.3%

White:

8.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 59th percentile in 2023 → 42nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (31% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (35% vs 19% California)

!Ranking has slipped from its 59th-percentile peak (2023) to 42nd (2025)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg41%

California avg41%

1,605^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 42%▼ down 12 pts since 2015

From top 46% (2015) to bottom 42% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 4Middle Schools in the La Mesa-Spring Valley

723^rd of 1,543La Mesa-Spring Valley 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	46.0	2752 of 5883	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.3	3048 of 5789	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.1	3658 of 5662	35.4%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	70.2	162 of 747	78.3%	★★★★☆
2018	44.6	349 of 700	50.1%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	50.0	982 of 2585	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.2	1128 of 2128	47.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	60.7	739 of 3311	77.7%	★★★★☆
2019	47.3	1385 of 3275	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.7	1895 of 3246	41.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	48.6	2493 of 5635	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.4	2958 of 5492	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.9	3548 of 5413	34.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	53.7	1971 of 5084	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	45.8	2557 of 4963	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.6	3515 of 4830	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	48.2	2382 of 5264	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.2	2451 of 5173	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	34.5	3443 of 5084	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	43.4	2814 of 5663	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.4	2881 of 5510	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.1	3540 of 5431	34.8%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	81.1	435 of 2834	84.7%	★★★★☆
2018	56.1	1325 of 2737	51.6%	★★★☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.3	1605 of 2761	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.5	1358 of 2783	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.7	1143 of 2781	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.1	1177 of 2740	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.5	1138 of 2715	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.5	1053 of 2480	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2015	48.0	1147 of 2477	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2013	50.0	1152 of 2379	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2012	53.1	1023 of 2259	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	37.6	1423 of 2236	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	42.1	1250 of 2179	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2009	41.1	1179 of 2063	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	37.5	1230 of 2005	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	29.5	1399 of 1999	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	24.5	1386 of 1804	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	24.4	1353 of 1777	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	30.2	1188 of 1769	32.8%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.3	253 of 609	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.0	169 of 627	73.0%	★★★★☆
2023	69.6	137 of 613	77.7%	★★★★☆
2022	77.6	105 of 637	83.5%	★★★★☆
2019	69.6	157 of 643	75.6%	★★★★☆
2018	65.6	166 of 600	72.3%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	48.7	580 of 1531	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.9	537 of 1491	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.2	339 of 1369	75.2%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	77.2	107 of 1478	92.8%	★★★★★
2023	84.4	82 of 1521	94.6%	★★★★★
2022	77.6	127 of 1540	91.8%	★★★★★
2019	62.2	274 of 1442	81.0%	★★★★☆
2018	49.9	420 of 1364	69.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.2	1515 of 2533	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.9	1153 of 2551	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.9	1130 of 2531	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.5	1034 of 2509	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.8	1041 of 2380	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.3	972 of 2262	57.0%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.0	1247 of 2395	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	52.5	924 of 2388	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.0	789 of 2374	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.1	824 of 2359	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.0	753 of 2213	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.1	788 of 2072	62.0%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.3	167 of 477	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	27.8	301 of 394	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	41.6	164 of 320	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	51.5	129 of 336	61.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.4	1292 of 2542	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.4	1095 of 2579	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.8	769 of 2531	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.1	803 of 2458	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.3	775 of 2369	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.9	699 of 2230	68.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.5	1482 of 2534	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.0	1378 of 2552	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.5	989 of 2538	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.5	1109 of 2527	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.6	1060 of 2407	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.6	970 of 2273	57.3%	★★★☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.4	113 of 194	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	65.2	66 of 192	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	80.1	31 of 197	84.3%	★★★★☆
2022	60.0	73 of 193	62.2%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	614 of 726	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.5	453 of 701	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.0	325 of 665	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	35.8	384 of 554	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.0	380 of 462	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.9	847 of 1566	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.4	1084 of 1552	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.3	1068 of 1531	30.2%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.8	1003 of 1520	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.5	792 of 1537	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	68.8	441 of 1543	71.4%	★★★★☆
2022	69.8	427 of 1555	72.5%	★★★★☆
2019	50.4	780 of 1602	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	73.6	385 of 1496	74.3%	★★★★☆

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)

Elementary school

White (2019)85th percentile+37 vs school

African American (2019)78th percentile+31 vs school

English Language Learner (2022)78th percentile+24 vs school

Disabled (2019)62nd percentile+15 vs school

Hispanic (2022)61st percentile+8 vs school

Female (2022)56th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2022)55th percentile~ school

Male (2022)50th percentile-3 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2024)93rd percentile+42 vs school

Homeless (2025)65th percentile+23 vs school

Disabled (2022)62nd percentile+5 vs school

African American (2025)58th percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)49th percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)48th percentile+6 vs school

Special Education (2025)46th percentile+4 vs school

Military Connected (2025)42nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)42nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)40th percentile~ school

White (2025)34th percentile-8 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)15th percentile-26 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy37%-12 vs state

Mathematics28%-9 vs state

Science23%-10 vs state

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Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math Academy at La Presa	Public	5-8	1001 Leland St.	Spring Valley	91977	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5720	800	45	17.8	79.8%	70 (8.8%)	74 (9.3%)	558 (69.8%)	48 (6.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	46 (5.8%)	36.3	1605^th of 2761 public middle schools	41.9%		43.5	1358^th of 2783 public middle schools	51.2%	247		22.7	22.7		31.6	41.0	38.0	36.9		18.7	32.8	32.2	27.9			$19,202	$17,904	$1,298
Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities	Public	6-8	7866 Lincoln St.	Lemon Grove	91945	San Diego County	Lemon Grove	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 825-5628	516	26	20.2	80.4%	45 (8.7%)	59 (11.4%)	340 (65.9%)	30 (5.8%)	9 (1.7%)	4 (0.8%)	29 (5.6%)	31.4	1784^th of 2761 public middle schools	35.4%		32	1732^nd of 2783 public middle schools	37.8%	52		21.7	21.7			37.1	38.0	37.6			22.2	21.0	21.6	97.5	97.5	$2,615	$836	$1,779
Bell Middle	Public	6-8	620 Briarwood Rd.	San Diego	92139	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 430-1000	700	33	21.4	81.1%	26 (3.7%)	92 (13.1%)	377 (53.9%)	143 (20.4%)	4 (0.6%)	5 (0.7%)	53 (7.6%)	27.5	1911^th of 2761 public middle schools	30.8%		24.5	2054^th of 2783 public middle schools	26.2%	143		25.7	25.7		26.2	40.7	41.3	35.9		12.4	17.5	15.5	15.0			$28,141	$25,944	$2,197
Spring Valley Academy	Public	6-8	3900 Conrad Dr.	Spring Valley	91977	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5750	597	35	16.8	77.4%	92 (15.4%)	57 (9.5%)	371 (62.1%)	26 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (7.5%)	25.5	1977^th of 2761 public middle schools	28.4%		31.1	1766^th of 2783 public middle schools	36.5%	211		15.8	15.8		30.4	33.3	37.1	33.5		19.4	22.0	18.3	19.9			$20,270	$18,716	$1,554
College Preparatory Middle	Public, Charter	5-8	10269 Madrid Way	Spring Valley	91977	San Diego County	College Preparatory Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 303-2782	397	20	19.6	42.8%	227 (57.2%)	17 (4.3%)	106 (26.7%)	20 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.8%)	98.6	25^th of 2761 public middle schools	99.1%		97.9	58^th of 2783 public middle schools	97.9%	33	75.8	80.4	78.0	80.8	87.9	84.0	91.5	86.0	75.8	81.8	79.0	79.8	79.1			$21,885	$20,480	$1,405
La Mesa Arts Academy	Public	5-8	4200 Parks Ave.	La Mesa	91941	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5730	1,059	51	20.7	46.4%	410 (38.7%)	60 (5.7%)	407 (38.4%)	65 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	112 (10.6%)	79.2	490^th of 2761 public middle schools	82.3%		88.3	313^th of 2783 public middle schools	88.8%	177	60.9	48.2	51.0	78.2	63.8	63.1	63.1	64.7	40.2	55.1	43.3	46.9	47.6			$17,322	$15,840	$1,482
Bonita Vista Middle	Public	7-8	650 Otay Lakes Rd.	Chula Vista	91910	San Diego County	Sweetwater Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 397-2200	972	40	24.3	39.4%	106 (10.9%)	27 (2.8%)	705 (72.5%)	84 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	44 (4.5%)	58.1	948^th of 2761 public middle schools	65.7%		65.9	770^th of 2783 public middle schools	72.3%	178		36.0	36.0			42.7	50.1	46.3			40.0	40.4	40.2			$3,987	$3,102	$885
Granger Junior High	Public	7-9	2101 Granger Ave.	National City	91950	San Diego County	Sweetwater Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 472-6000	724	33	21.9	76.4%	26 (3.6%)	12 (1.7%)	514 (71.0%)	146 (20.2%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	17 (2.3%)	43	1390^th of 2761 public middle schools	49.7%		41.4	1414^th of 2783 public middle schools	49.2%	24		26.5	26.5			40.5	36.5	38.3			30.8	35.9	33.6			$6,195	$4,790	$1,405
KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	5-8	426 Euclid Ave.	San Diego	92114	San Diego County	KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 233-3242	314	17	18.4	91.7%	1 (0.3%)	27 (8.6%)	270 (86.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	10 (3.2%)	31.2	1792^nd of 2761 public middle schools	35.1%		43.7	1350^th of 2783 public middle schools	51.5%	442	15.6	22.9	21.2	28.1	25.3	42.6	42.2	36.5	25.0	9.0	32.0	14.3	19.6
Hillsdale Middle	Public	6-8	1301 Brabham St.	El Cajon	92019	San Diego County	Cajon Valley Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 441-6156	1,481	67	22.0	73.3%	818 (55.2%)	51 (3.4%)	397 (26.8%)	59 (4.0%)	4 (0.3%)	9 (0.6%)	142 (9.6%)	68.4	709^th of 2761 public middle schools	74.3%		66.1	764^th of 2783 public middle schools	72.5%	55		38.6	38.6		57.2	58.8	56.1	57.4		42.2	43.0	39.2	41.4			$21,396	$20,242	$1,154

Frequently Asked Questions about Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math Academy at La Presa

What is the racial makeup of Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math Academy at La Presa?

Students at Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math Academy at La Presa are 70% Hispanic, 9% African American, 9% White, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

Is Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math Academy at La Presa a good school?

Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math Academy at La Presa ranks 1605^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math Academy at La Presa?

In the 2024-25 school year, 800 students attended Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math Academy at La Presa.

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La Mesa-Spring Valley

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