Summary:
Middle schools in ZIP code 92124 include two De Portola Middle and Farb Middle, both serving grades 6–8 in San Diego Unified. Their 2025–2026 results show a sharp contrast: De Portola was above California in all three tested subjects, while Farb was near the state in English Language Arts (ELA) and below it in math and science. The clearest takeaway is that school choice matters substantially in this ZIP code: De Portola’s proficiency was higher in every subject.
De Portola stands out at the top, with 69% proficient in ELA, 62% in math and 53% in science—21, 30 and 19 percentage points higher than Farb, respectively. De Portola also exceeded California by 20 points in ELA, 23 in math and 17 in science. Farb’s ELA result was close to the state’s, just 1 point lower, while its math was 7 points below and science 2 points below. The grade-level results reinforce the broad difference: De Portola’s largest school-to-school gap was 36 points in grade 7 math, and it exceeded California in every grade-subject comparison reported.
Recent changes were mixed at De Portola but mostly downward at Farb. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, De Portola’s ELA and science scores fell by 3 and 2 points, while math rose by 1; Farb’s ELA and math fell by 9 and 4 points, while science rose by 2. In 2024–2025, De Portola enrolled 680 students, compared with Farb’s 443, and had a higher student-teacher ratio (23.7 versus 15.4). The schools reported 45% and 68% free/reduced lunch eligible, respectively, for that school year; these are contextual differences, not explanations for scores. SchoolDigger gave De Portola four stars and a statewide rank of 295 of 2,703 in 2025–2026, compared with three stars and a rank of 1,202 of 2,703 for Farb.
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