Summary
Midland Elementary serves 580 students in grades K–5 in Poway, in the Poway Unified area and among several nearby K–5 schools. Its 2025–26 results were above California’s proficiency rates in all three subjects, but below the nearby-school average in each—most notably in science and mathematics.
ELA is Midland’s strongest subject compared with local peers, while science is its weakest. In 2025–26, 62% of students were proficient in ELA, 54% in math, and 48% in science, compared with nearby-school averages of 67%, 64%, and 60%. Midland was below those averages by 5, 10, and 12 percentage points, respectively. Still, it exceeded state proficiency rates by 12 points in ELA, 16 in math, and 12 in science. It trailed Poway Unified by 12 points in ELA, 12 in math, and 15 in science. Only Valley Elementary scored lower than Midland in math; in science, only Garden Road Elementary did.
Results have declined since 2022–23: ELA fell 3 percentage points, math 6, and science 11, even as Midland remained above state rates. SchoolDigger ranks the school 1,294th of 5,804 statewide, at the 78th percentile with 4 stars; nearby schools range from the 72nd to the 93rd percentile. SchoolDigger’s percentile for Low Socio Economic Status Students is 41, 37 points below Midland’s overall percentile and down from 74 in both 2023–24 and 2024–25—a notably weaker standing in how the school serves this group compared with the same group statewide. The 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 31%, the third-highest among nearby schools; this is context, not an explanation for test results. Midland’s 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 21.7, within the nearby range of 20.0–23.2.
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