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Clark Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2381^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,740 California Middle Schools

Better than 13% of California middle schools

Summary

Clark Middle is a public school in San Diego, serving 696 students in grades 6–8 in the San Diego Unified district. In 2025–2026, 25% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 16% in math, and 16% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%, and district rates of 54%, 46%, and 42%. The most important finding is that Clark’s proficiency is well below state and district results in all three tested subjects.

Among nearby schools with current-year results, Clark was weakest in ELA and near the bottom in math and science: its ELA score was the lowest, while math and science were each third-lowest. The eight nearby schools averaged 43% in ELA, 29% in math, and 31% in science—18, 13, and 15 percentage points above Clark, respectively. Science is Clark’s relative bright spot, though it remains far behind: its gap to the state was 20 points in science, compared with 22 in math and 24 in ELA; its gaps to the district were 26, 30, and 29 points, respectively.

Clark’s scores have improved only modestly since 2022–2023: up 1 percentage point in ELA, 1 in math, and 3 in science, while state scores rose 3, 4, and 6 points. Clark’s gaps to the state widened by 1 point in ELA and 3 points in both math and science. Chronic absenteeism improved from 35% in 2021–2022 to 19% in 2025–2026, close to the state’s 18% but above the district’s 17%. Meanwhile, SchoolDigger ranks Clark in the 13th percentile statewide, with one star, down from the 22nd percentile in 2023–2024. Its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 22.4, and 92% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness ranking for African American students fell from the 27th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 6th in 2025–2026, a sharp decline in its relative standing for that group. For homeless students, the latest ranking was higher than Clark’s overall ranking—36th versus 13th percentile—but had fallen from the 70th percentile in 2023–2024.

696

Students ?

22.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$29,076

Per pupil spending ?

92.2%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

4388 Thorn St.
San Diego, CA 92105-4238

(619) 344-4200

District: San Diego Unified

Students who attend Clark Middle usually attend:

High:

Hoover High

Feeder schools for Clark Middle:

Elementary:	Euclid Elementary
	Hamilton Elementary
	Joyner Elementary
	Rosa Parks Elementary
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	Rowan Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.9%

Asian:

10.6%

African American:

8.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 30th percentile in 2015 → 13th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (20% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 17 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school20%

District avg48%

California avg42%

2,381^st of 2,740

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 13%▼ down 8 pts since 2016

From bottom 21% (2016) to bottom 13% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

23^rd of 23Middle Schools in the San Diego Unified

600^th of 1,530San 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
2026	16.3	2381 of 2740	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.6	2282 of 2761	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.8	2180 of 2783	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.8	2268 of 2781	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	2296 of 2740	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.0	1917 of 2715	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.9	1922 of 2480	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	22.0	1963 of 2508	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	21.2	1977 of 2497	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.4	1737 of 2477	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	35.6	1555 of 2379	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	27.8	1711 of 2259	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	13.7	2024 of 2236	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	15.5	1953 of 2179	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	19.0	1756 of 2063	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	29.4	1453 of 2005	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	23.1	1578 of 1999	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	24.7	1379 of 1804	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	22.2	1390 of 1777	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	22.7	1381 of 1769	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	15.5	555 of 594	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	19.0	534 of 609	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.4	459 of 627	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.2	445 of 613	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	543 of 637	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.9	409 of 643	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.7	417 of 600	30.5%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	8.7	696 of 777	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	12.4	648 of 739	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.1	608 of 743	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.3	598 of 715	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.5	627 of 733	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.7	615 of 745	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	623 of 700	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	22.6	1356 of 1531	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.7	818 of 1491	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.7	1026 of 1369	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	28.3	1322 of 1478	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.9	1127 of 1521	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.7	1268 of 1540	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.6	770 of 1442	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.5	873 of 1364	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	15.4	2238 of 2516	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.7	2095 of 2533	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.2	2041 of 2551	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.7	2056 of 2531	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.2	2149 of 2509	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	1732 of 2380	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.6	1783 of 2262	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	20.4	1959 of 2357	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.0	1975 of 2395	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.1	1939 of 2388	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	2092 of 2374	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.7	2106 of 2359	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.7	1552 of 2213	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.4	1609 of 2072	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	35.7	283 of 442	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	30.8	358 of 477	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	57.1	120 of 394	69.5%	★★★★☆
2023	35.2	208 of 320	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.5	175 of 336	47.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	21.3	2086 of 2529	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.0	1962 of 2542	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.9	1865 of 2579	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.2	1912 of 2531	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.2	1935 of 2458	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.1	1392 of 2369	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.6	1538 of 2230	31.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	17.4	2149 of 2514	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.6	2167 of 2534	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.4	1991 of 2552	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.3	2122 of 2538	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.9	2107 of 2527	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.8	1729 of 2407	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	1802 of 2273	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	25.5	1301 of 1605	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	29.7	1112 of 1566	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.1	1310 of 1552	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.4	1292 of 1531	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2026)36th percentile+23 vs school

Special Education (2026)19th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)18th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2026)17th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2026)15th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)11th percentile-5 vs school

Female (2026)11th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)11th percentile-11 vs school

Asian (2026)10th percentile-3 vs school

African American (2026)7th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy25%-24 vs state

Mathematics16%-22 vs state

Science16%-20 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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
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%)	16.3	2381^st of 2740 public middle schools	13.1%		18.6	2282^nd of 2761 public middle schools	17.3%	99		15.7	15.7		20.4	23.1	31.2	25.0		14.0	17.2	16.7	16.0	$29,076	$26,742	$2,334
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%)	20.7	2188^th of 2740 public middle schools	20.1%		20.3	2213^th of 2761 public middle schools	19.8%	25		20.5	20.5		29.5	25.1	37.1	30.7		12.8	13.6	20.8	15.9	$27,291	$25,022	$2,269
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%)	18.4	2287^th of 2740 public middle schools	16.5%		20.9	2188^th of 2761 public middle schools	20.8%	99		16.2	16.2		21.2	29.9	31.3	27.7		11.5	26.1	12.7	16.7	$25,951	$23,648	$2,303
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%)	19.9	2229^th of 2740 public middle schools	18.6%		18.2	2304^th of 2761 public middle schools	16.6%	75		14.4	14.4		32.4	31.0	23.5	28.9		23.2	14.0	20.0	19.0	$30,955	$27,614	$3,341
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%)	25.5	1991^st of 2740 public middle schools	27.3%		31.2	1792^nd of 2761 public middle schools	35.1%	199	16.7	18.6	18.1	26.2	26.7	43.9	36.6	34.7	14.3	26.0	16.9	15.7	18.4
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%)	57.2	991^st of 2740 public middle schools	63.8%		50.7	1164^th of 2761 public middle schools	57.8%	173		39.6	39.6		55.7	52.1	48.7	52.4		37.8	35.8	32.1	35.5	$29,021	$26,652	$2,369
Knox Middle	Public	6-8	1098 South 49th St.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-5500	488	24	20.6	95.7%	5 (1.0%)	80 (16.4%)	355 (72.7%)	25 (5.1%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.2%)	14 (2.9%)	17.3	2335^th of 2740 public middle schools	14.8%		18.6	2281^st of 2761 public middle schools	17.4%	54		15.4	15.4		21.9	34.1	30.5	28.6		12.1	15.7	16.0	14.6	$30,259	$26,704	$3,555
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%)	91.3	229^th of 2740 public middle schools	91.6%		91	251^st of 2761 public middle schools	90.9%	22		71.6	71.6		68.2	72.9	81.2	74.0		56.7	59.6	66.5	60.9
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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%)	45.6	1317^th of 2740 public middle schools	51.9%		31.4	1784^th of 2761 public middle schools	35.4%	467		30.6	30.6			55.4	45.2	50.1			33.0	21.9	27.3	$2,615	$836	$1,779

Frequently Asked Questions about Clark Middle

Is Clark Middle a good school?

Clark Middle ranks in the bottom 13.1% of California middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Clark Middle?

Students at Clark Middle are 75% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% African American, 2% White, 2% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Clark Middle attend?

Students who attend Clark Middle usually go on to attend Hoover High

How many students attend Clark Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 696 students attended Clark Middle.

What district is Clark Middle in?

San Diego Unified

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