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Mann Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2188^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 21% of California middle schools

Summary

Mann Middle is a public school serving about 680 students in grades 6-8 in the San Diego Unified district, located in a community where the vast majority of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with student proficiency in English, math, and science falling well below both district and state averages. Its overall state ranking has declined over the past decade and places it in the bottom third of California middle schools. The school's performance is similar to other local schools with high economic need, like Knox Middle and Wilson Middle. However, it notably underperforms compared to other schools in the same district and nearby, such as the higher-ranked Roosevelt International Middle and the exceptionally high-performing Magnolia Science Academy San Diego.

Despite these broad challenges, Mann Middle shows relative strengths in supporting some of its most vulnerable student groups, with homeless and special education students performing above the school's overall average. The school has also seen dramatic, though inconsistent, improvements in chronic absenteeism rates in recent years. The contrast with nearby higher-performing schools highlights differences in educational models and outcomes, even within the same geographic area.

680

Students ?

22.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,891

Per pupil spending ?

94.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4345 54th St.
San Diego, CA 92115-5336

(619) 560-4460

District: San Diego Unified

Students who attend Mann Middle usually attend:

High:

Crawford High

Feeder schools for Mann Middle:

Elementary:	Carver Elementary
	Fay Elementary
	Ibarra Elementary
	Marshall Elementary
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	Oak Park Elementary
	Pendleton Elementary
	Rolando Park Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

48.8%

African American:

24.1%

Asian:

18.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 43rd percentile in 2013 → 21st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (22% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 22 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg49%

California avg41%

2,188^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 21%▼ down 15 pts since 2015

From bottom 36% (2015) to bottom 21% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

19^th of 23Middle Schools in the San Diego Unified

577^th of 1,543San Diego Unified 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	20.9	2188 of 2761	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.5	2368 of 2783	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	2099 of 2781	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.3	1882 of 2740	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.5	1851 of 2715	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.6	1771 of 2480	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	27.5	1749 of 2508	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2016	31.2	1609 of 2497	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	31.5	1586 of 2477	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2013	43.1	1347 of 2379	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	38.9	1390 of 2259	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	43.6	1266 of 2236	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	35.0	1443 of 2179	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	14.7	1842 of 2063	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	10.3	1876 of 2005	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	11.3	1854 of 1999	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	12.2	1657 of 1804	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	19.6	1465 of 1777	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	15.8	1552 of 1769	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.2	523 of 609	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.5	419 of 627	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.5	386 of 613	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.1	409 of 637	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.0	383 of 643	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.5	352 of 600	41.3%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.5	627 of 739	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	660 of 743	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.0	608 of 715	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	631 of 733	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.2	643 of 745	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.3	616 of 700	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	26.9	1187 of 1531	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.8	1267 of 1491	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.8	745 of 1369	45.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	36.0	903 of 1478	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.7	1376 of 1521	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	48.8	504 of 1540	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	43.9	569 of 1442	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	35.4	774 of 1364	43.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.7	2215 of 2533	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	2085 of 2551	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.1	1737 of 2531	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.4	1753 of 2509	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.1	1650 of 2380	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	23.5	1723 of 2262	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.0	1943 of 2395	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	2168 of 2388	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.3	2043 of 2374	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.5	1687 of 2359	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.6	1656 of 2213	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.2	1494 of 2072	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	45.9	226 of 477	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.5	197 of 394	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.1	96 of 320	70.0%	★★★★☆
2022	29.4	257 of 336	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.2	1911 of 2542	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	2120 of 2579	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.4	1654 of 2531	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.6	1455 of 2458	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.0	1329 of 2369	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.8	1299 of 2230	41.7%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	1858 of 2534	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	2233 of 2552	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.6	2057 of 2538	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.4	1719 of 2527	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.4	1707 of 2407	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.3	1546 of 2273	32.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.2	901 of 1566	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.5	917 of 1552	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.9	1220 of 1531	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2025)53rd percentile+32 vs school

Special Education (2025)42nd percentile+22 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)39th percentile+24 vs school

Male (2025)27th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)25th percentile+4 vs school

Disabled (2022)22nd percentile-9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)19th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)15th percentile-6 vs school

African American (2025)14th percentile-7 vs school

Female (2025)13th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy28%-20 vs state

Science18%-14 vs state

Mathematics17%-21 vs state

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Mann Middle	Public	6-8	4345 54th St.	San Diego	92115	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 560-4460	680	30	22.4	94.1%	18 (2.6%)	164 (24.1%)	332 (48.8%)	126 (18.5%)	4 (0.6%)	6 (0.9%)	30 (4.4%)	20.9	2188^th of 2761 public middle schools	20.8%		17.5	2368^th of 2783 public middle schools	14.9%	180		18.2	18.2		28.2	25.2	31.7	28.4		19.2	12.5	17.9	16.5			$20,891	$4,042	$16,849
Clark Middle	Public	6-8	4388 Thorn St.	San Diego	92105	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-4200	696	31	22.4	92.2%	16 (2.3%)	62 (8.9%)	521 (74.9%)	74 (10.6%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	14 (2.0%)	18.6	2282^nd of 2761 public middle schools	17.3%		21.8	2180^th of 2783 public middle schools	21.7%	102		10.7	10.7		25.7	31.0	27.9	28.2		15.3	21.9	9.6	15.7			$21,363	$4,020	$17,343
Wilson Middle	Public	6-8	3838 Orange Ave.	San Diego	92105	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 362-3400	712	36	19.6	95.6%	18 (2.5%)	62 (8.7%)	532 (74.7%)	85 (11.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (1.7%)	20.3	2213^th of 2761 public middle schools	19.8%		23.3	2113^th of 2783 public middle schools	24.1%	100		13.1	13.1		29.4	35.7	32.3	32.6		12.4	15.4	12.3	13.4			$19,535	$3,334	$16,201
Magnolia Science Academy San Diego	Public, Charter	6-8	6525 Estrella Ave.	San Diego	92120	San Diego County	Magnolia Science Academy San Diego District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 644-1300	464	17	26.9	34.1%	171 (36.9%)	17 (3.7%)	157 (33.8%)	53 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	62 (13.4%)	91	251^st of 2761 public middle schools	90.9%		91.9	230^th of 2783 public middle schools	91.7%	21		64.9	64.9		69.2	73.7	74.6	72.4		54.5	65.4	60.5	60.1			$14,808	$470	$14,338
Millennial Technical Middle	Public	6-8	1110 Carolina Ln.	San Diego	92102	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 362-4650	378	22	17.2	88.9%	6 (1.6%)	63 (16.7%)	260 (68.8%)	21 (5.6%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.6%)	21 (5.6%)	18.2	2304^th of 2761 public middle schools	16.6%		21.6	2193^rd of 2783 public middle schools	21.2%	111		10.6	10.6		34.9	37.1	17.5	29.8		14.9	12.0	10.0	12.3			$23,055	$4,564	$18,491
Lewis Middle	Public	6-8	5170 Greenbrier Ave.	San Diego	92120	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 510-4300	1,013	42	23.8	48.5%	347 (34.3%)	66 (6.5%)	316 (31.2%)	157 (15.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	124 (12.2%)	83.3	409^th of 2761 public middle schools	85.2%		87.6	332^nd of 2783 public middle schools	88.1%	77		53.7	53.7		57.2	59.2	70.6	62.5		52.8	54.5	60.1	55.9			$18,399	$2,377	$16,022
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			$18,556	$1,513	$17,043
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	$20,711	$2,902	$17,809
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			$18,362	$1,823	$16,539
Roosevelt International Middle	Public	6-8	3366 Park Blvd.	San Diego	92103	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 362-3850	760	35	21.6	61.1%	188 (24.7%)	45 (5.9%)	403 (53.0%)	25 (3.3%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	88 (11.6%)	50.7	1164^th of 2761 public middle schools	57.8%		52.2	1099^th of 2783 public middle schools	60.5%	65		30.3	30.3		50.0	53.3	44.5	49.2		32.7	34.2	25.6	30.8			$21,099	$3,664	$17,435

Frequently Asked Questions about Mann Middle

What is the racial makeup of Mann Middle?

Students at Mann Middle are 49% Hispanic, 24% African American, 19% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 3% White.

What high school do graduates of Mann Middle attend?

Students who attend Mann Middle usually go on to attend Crawford High

How many students attend Mann Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 680 students attended Mann Middle.

Is Mann Middle a good school?

Mann Middle ranks in the bottom 20.8% of California middle schools.

What district is Mann Middle in?

San Diego Unified

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