Summary:
ZIP code 92004 has one listed middle school, Borrego Springs Middle, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 83 students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency rates were below statewide results in all three subjects: 32% in ELA versus 49% statewide, 18% in math versus 38%, and 32% in science versus 36%. The most important finding is that science was closest to the state rate, while math had the largest gap.
With just one school listed, there is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison among local schools; Borrego Springs Middle is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in the group. Compared with the state, it was 4 percentage points behind in science, 17 points behind in ELA, and 20 points behind in math. Results also varied by grade: grade 8 was stronger than grade 7 in both ELA (44% versus 26%) and math (28% versus 10%). Grade 7 had the widest state gaps in both subjects—25 points in ELA and 28 points in math—while grade 8 was closer to state results.
Results improved in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, especially in science: the school rose 7 percentage points in ELA, 5 in math, and 13 in science, narrowing its state gaps by 6, 4, and 9 points, respectively. SchoolDigger rates the school one star; its ranking improved from the 15th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 28th percentile in 2025–2026, or from 2,329 of 2,783 schools to 1,936 of 2,703. In 2024–2025, the student–teacher ratio was 15.8, and 90% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible. The school’s small enrollment means results may be sensitive to the outcomes of a relatively small number of students.
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