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Oak Crest Middle

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Oak Crest Middle ranks 308 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 7-8

308^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 89% of California middle schools

Summary

Oak Crest Middle is a well-regarded public school serving about 760 students in grades 7 and 8 in Encinitas, operating within the highly-rated San Dieguito Union High School District.

By statewide standards, Oak Crest is a high-performing school, consistently earning 4 or 5-star ratings and ranking in the top 15% of all California middle schools. However, within its own exceptional district, its test scores in English, Math, and particularly Science are noticeably lower than those at nearby schools like Pacific Trails Middle and Carmel Valley Middle. The school serves a more economically diverse population than some of these peers, and it excels in one key area: its Special Education program consistently ranks among the very best in the state.

Two areas for potential improvement stand out. First, the school's chronic absenteeism rate, while improving, is higher than the district average and much higher than at the top schools nearby, which is a known factor that can impact learning. Second, there's an unusual pattern where 8th graders score lower in math than 7th graders, suggesting a specific curriculum or instructional focus that might need attention. Overall, Oak Crest is a strong school that faces the unique situation of being compared to some of the highest-performing schools in California.

758

Students ?

22.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,637

Per pupil spending ?

22.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

675 Balour Dr.
Encinitas, CA 92024-3996

(760) 753-6241

District: San Dieguito Union High

Students who attend Oak Crest Middle usually attend:

High:

La Costa Canyon High

Feeder schools for Oak Crest Middle:

Elementary:	Ada W. Harris Elementary
	Cardiff Elementary
	El Camino Creek Elementary
	La Costa Heights Elementary
	More...
	Ocean Knoll Elementary
	Park Dale Lane Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

60.6%

Hispanic:

24.5%

Two or more races:

11.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 91st percentile in 2013 → 89th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (62% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 11% of California middle schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Near the bottom of San Dieguito Union High's ranking

!Large classes — about 22 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school62%

District avg71%

California avg41%

308^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 11%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From top 7% (2015) to top 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 5Middle Schools in the San Dieguito Union High

105^th of 1,543San Dieguito Union High 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	88.3	308 of 2761	88.8%	★★★★☆
2024	87.0	343 of 2783	87.7%	★★★★☆
2023	89.1	295 of 2781	89.4%	★★★★☆
2022	91.1	250 of 2740	90.9%	★★★★★
2019	90.8	247 of 2715	90.9%	★★★★★
2018	87.6	296 of 2480	88.1%	★★★★☆
2017	91.6	205 of 2508	91.8%	★★★★★
2016	92.2	176 of 2497	93.0%	★★★★★
2015	91.7	182 of 2477	92.7%	★★★★★
2013	83.9	223 of 2379	90.6%	★★★★★
2012	85.7	180 of 2259	92.0%	★★★★★
2011	86.4	159 of 2236	92.9%	★★★★★
2010	90.5	94 of 2179	95.7%	★★★★★
2009	89.2	118 of 2063	94.3%	★★★★★
2008	86.7	160 of 2005	92.0%	★★★★★
2007	90.4	113 of 1999	94.3%	★★★★★
2006	88.6	141 of 1804	92.2%	★★★★★
2005	92.7	71 of 1777	96.0%	★★★★★
2004	94.0	63 of 1769	96.4%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	72.2	201 of 715	71.9%	★★★★☆
2022	80.3	102 of 733	86.1%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	75.4	225 of 1531	85.3%	★★★★☆
2019	86.5	121 of 1491	91.9%	★★★★★
2018	74.5	216 of 1369	84.2%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	41.8	656 of 1478	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.5	262 of 1521	82.8%	★★★★☆
2022	69.2	200 of 1540	87.0%	★★★★☆
2019	65.3	242 of 1442	83.2%	★★★★☆
2018	55.9	348 of 1364	74.5%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	89.2	270 of 2533	89.3%	★★★★☆
2024	85.7	338 of 2551	86.8%	★★★★☆
2023	88.6	272 of 2531	89.3%	★★★★☆
2022	93.9	152 of 2509	93.9%	★★★★★
2019	91.1	197 of 2380	91.7%	★★★★★
2018	87.2	271 of 2262	88.0%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	76.1	405 of 2395	83.1%	★★★★☆
2024	65.2	609 of 2388	74.5%	★★★★☆
2023	59.2	744 of 2374	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	75.3	392 of 2359	83.4%	★★★★☆
2019	73.5	426 of 2213	80.8%	★★★★☆
2018	70.9	429 of 2072	79.3%	★★★★☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	59.5	105 of 394	73.4%	★★★★☆
2023	50.6	128 of 320	60.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	71.3	505 of 2542	80.1%	★★★★☆
2024	72.6	481 of 2579	81.3%	★★★★☆
2023	71.5	482 of 2531	81.0%	★★★★☆
2022	82.8	250 of 2458	89.8%	★★★★☆
2019	68.3	534 of 2369	77.5%	★★★★☆
2018	61.2	668 of 2230	70.0%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	85.2	341 of 2534	86.5%	★★★★☆
2024	86.1	328 of 2552	87.1%	★★★★☆
2023	87.6	302 of 2538	88.1%	★★★★☆
2022	85.8	338 of 2527	86.6%	★★★★☆
2019	88.0	280 of 2407	88.4%	★★★★☆
2018	86.6	290 of 2273	87.2%	★★★★☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	53.8	90 of 194	53.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.8	109 of 192	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	56.4	83 of 197	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	81.4	27 of 193	86.0%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	80.8	127 of 726	82.5%	★★★★☆
2024	87.4	55 of 701	92.2%	★★★★★
2023	75.3	160 of 677	76.4%	★★★★☆
2022	74.2	159 of 665	76.1%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.8	229 of 1566	85.4%	★★★★☆
2024	75.2	225 of 1552	85.5%	★★★★☆
2023	85.6	127 of 1531	91.7%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	75.6	316 of 1520	79.2%	★★★★☆
2024	77.7	276 of 1537	82.0%	★★★★☆
2023	84.7	157 of 1543	89.8%	★★★★☆
2022	84.1	160 of 1555	89.7%	★★★★☆
2019	86.3	145 of 1602	90.9%	★★★★★
2018	83.4	178 of 1496	88.1%	★★★★☆

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)

Female (2025)89th percentile~ school

Male (2025)87th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)85th percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)85th percentile-6 vs school

Hispanic (2025)83rd percentile-6 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)83rd percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)80th percentile-9 vs school

White (2025)79th percentile-10 vs school

Homeless (2024)73rd percentile-14 vs school

Asian (2023)72nd percentile-18 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)56th percentile-32 vs school

Military Connected (2025)54th percentile-35 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy72%+23 vs state

Mathematics58%+21 vs state

Science48%+15 vs state

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Oak Crest Middle	Public	7-8	675 Balour Dr.	Encinitas	92024	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 753-6241	758	34	22.2	22.4%	459 (60.6%)	5 (0.7%)	186 (24.5%)	21 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	84 (11.1%)	88.3	308^th of 2761 public middle schools	88.8%		87	343^rd of 2783 public middle schools	87.7%	35		47.9	47.9				71.7	72.5	72.1				61.7	53.7	57.8	$15,637	$658	$14,979
Diegueno Middle	Public	7-8	2150 Village Park Way	Encinitas	92024	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 944-1892	737	31	24.1	16.0%	494 (67.0%)	0 (0.0%)	149 (20.2%)	23 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (9.2%)	94.4	173^rd of 2761 public middle schools	93.7%		87.7	330^th of 2783 public middle schools	88.1%	157		57.5	57.5				79.2	75.4	77.2				74.6	62.7	68.5	$15,425	$610	$14,815
Earl Warren Middle	Public	7-8	155 Stevens St.	Solana Beach	92075	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 755-1558	476	20	23.5	18.1%	324 (68.1%)	2 (0.4%)	87 (18.3%)	15 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (9.2%)	96.1	113^th of 2761 public middle schools	95.9%		96.3	114^th of 2783 public middle schools	95.9%	1		63.6	63.6				81.2	75.5	78.5				75.5	70.5	73.1	$15,940	$519	$15,421
R. Roger Rowe Middle	Public	6-8	5927 La Granada	Rancho Santa Fe	92067	San Diego County	Rancho Santa Fe Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 756-1141	189	17	11.0	6.3%	127 (67.2%)	2 (1.1%)	23 (12.2%)	16 (8.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (10.6%)	98	47^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.3%		97	89^th of 2783 public middle schools	96.8%	42		64.4	64.4			88.5	85.5	81.4	85.2			82.0	88.7	77.6	83.2	$16,318	$00	$16,318
Aviara Oaks Middle	Public	6-8	6880 Ambrosia Ln.	Carlsbad	92011	San Diego County	Carlsbad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 331-6100	991	44	22.3	21.9%	572 (57.7%)	15 (1.5%)	207 (20.9%)	89 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	107 (10.8%)	92.2	218^th of 2761 public middle schools	92.1%		94.3	176^th of 2783 public middle schools	93.7%	42		62.5	62.5			74.4	73.7	67.5	71.8			67.9	61.3	63.4	64.2	$14,154	$341	$13,813
San Elijo Middle	Public	6-8	1600 Schoolhouse Way	San Marcos	92078	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2800	1,395	60	23.2	19.1%	791 (56.7%)	16 (1.1%)	334 (23.9%)	112 (8.0%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	136 (9.7%)	80.9	461^st of 2761 public middle schools	83.3%		81.4	451^st of 2783 public middle schools	83.8%	10		42.4	42.4			68.2	67.5	65.7	67.1			52.5	48.3	47.8	49.4	$14,962	$833	$14,129
Solana Pacific Elementary	Public	4-6	3901 Townsgate Dr.	San Diego	92130	San Diego County	Solana Beach Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 794-4500	375	16	23.4	14.1%	134 (35.7%)	3 (0.8%)	31 (8.3%)	156 (41.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (13.6%)								(n/a)	79.1		79.1	91.0	84.7	90.0			88.3	88.2	88.8	90.1			89.1	$22,498	$416	$22,082
Carmel Valley Middle	Public	7-8	3800 Mykonos Ln.	San Diego	92130	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 481-8221	697	30	23.5	15.4%	275 (39.5%)	6 (0.9%)	99 (14.2%)	241 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (10.6%)	97.8	56^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.0%		98.3	36^th of 2783 public middle schools	98.7%	20		71.9	71.9				84.0	79.9	82.0				82.1	77.3	79.7	$16,472	$790	$15,682
High Technical Middle North County	Public, Charter	6-8	1460 West San Marcos Blvd.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego County	High Technical Middle North County District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 759-2750	341	21	16.2	51.9%	115 (33.7%)	8 (2.3%)	169 (49.6%)	31 (9.1%)	3 (0.9%)	6 (1.8%)	8 (2.3%)	75.7	568^th of 2761 public middle schools	79.4%		78.4	519^th of 2783 public middle schools	81.4%	49		34.0	34.0			69.8	63.6	67.6	67.1			43.1	51.8	41.0	45.3	$12,656	$1,103	$11,553
Pacific Trails Middle	Public	7-8	5975 Village Center Loop Rd.	San Diego	92130	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 350-0253	971	40	24.4	12.0%	306 (31.5%)	6 (0.6%)	121 (12.5%)	440 (45.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	94 (9.7%)	98.5	28^th of 2761 public middle schools	99.0%		98.6	25^th of 2783 public middle schools	99.1%	3		77.4	77.4				89.2	82.0	85.7				82.8	78.6	80.8	$13,317	$467	$12,850

Frequently Asked Questions about Oak Crest Middle

What high school do graduates of Oak Crest Middle attend?

Students who attend Oak Crest Middle usually go on to attend La Costa Canyon High

How many students attend Oak Crest Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 758 students attended Oak Crest Middle.

What district is Oak Crest Middle in?

San Dieguito Union High

What is the racial makeup of Oak Crest Middle?

Students at Oak Crest Middle are 61% White, 25% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

Is Oak Crest Middle a good school?

Oak Crest Middle ranks 308^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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