Summary
Eastlake Middle in Chula Vista, California, serves grades 7–8 and enrolls 1,613 students. Its 2025–2026 SchoolDigger ranking was 478th of 2,703 California schools, in the 82nd percentile with four stars. The clearest takeaway for families is that Eastlake’s test results are strong across all three subjects: it scored above both the state and district in English language arts (ELA), math, and science.
Among Eastlake and 10 nearby schools, Eastlake ranked third in all-grades ELA and second in math and science. College Preparatory Middle scored higher in all three subjects, while Rancho del Rey Middle was also ahead in ELA. Eastlake’s 2025–2026 results were 65% in ELA, 52% in math, and 46% in science—respectively 16, 13, and 10 percentage points above California, and 13, 19, and 11 points above the Sweetwater Union High district. Its 10% chronic absenteeism rate was also below the district’s 17% and the state’s 18%.
Over the four years shown, math rose 8 percentage points and science rose 13, while ELA declined 1 point overall; Eastlake’s lead over the state widened in math and science but narrowed in ELA. Its SchoolDigger percentile has stayed steady at 79, 83, and 82 over the last three years. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings show a notable contrast in how well the school serves different groups: Asian Students ranked in the 56th percentile in 2025–2026, 26 points below Eastlake overall, while Military Connected Students ranked in the 99th percentile, up from the 74th percentile in 2023–2024. Context differs too: Eastlake had the comparison group’s highest student–teacher ratio, 26:1, in 2024–2025, and its free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 25% that year, the lowest among nearby schools reporting the same measure.
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