Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 92109 include six schools serving elementary through high school: four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. The area’s elementary schools average 64% in English language arts (ELA), 66% in math and 56% in science, above statewide averages of 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. Because grade spans differ, comparisons across school levels are descriptive rather than grade-adjusted. The most important finding is that local elementary results vary widely—by 11 points in ELA, 24 in math and 23 in science—so a ZIP-code average does not tell the whole story.
Barnard Elementary leads the elementary schools in ELA and math, with 71% and 76%; those results are 8 and 15 points above the other three schools’ averages. Crown Point Elementary leads elementary science at 65%, 12 points above its peers’ average, but has the lowest elementary ELA and math results at 60% and 52%. Pacific Beach Middle scores 78% in ELA, 62% in math and 56% in science—28, 24 and 20 points above state results. Mission Bay High is strong in ELA and science, at 74% and 59%, but its 42% all-grades math result is 4 points below the district’s 46%; its 11th-grade math result is 10 points above the state.
Recent changes are mixed: Crown Point’s science score rose 37 points, from 28% to 65%, while Mission Bay’s math score fell 10 points, from 52% to 42%. Sessions Elementary gained 5 points in math and 12 in science; Pacific Beach Elementary gained 2 in math but lost 3 in science. SchoolDigger’s rankings from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 rose for Crown Point (71st to 76th percentile) and slipped for Pacific Beach Elementary (85th to 79th); Barnard remained around the 90th–91st percentile. School context varies too: Barnard’s student-teacher ratio is 22.5, compared with Crown Point’s 26. For 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 36% at Barnard and 50% at Crown Point; these are observations, not explanations for school results.
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