Summary:
High schools in ZIP code 92126 consist of one school, Mira Mesa High, serving grades 9–12 and 2,187 students. Its 2025–26 results are above California’s in all three tested subjects, with the largest advantage in English language arts (ELA): 82% proficient, compared with 49% statewide, a 32-point lead. It also exceeded San Diego Unified in ELA by 28 points, in science by 13 points, and in math by 4 points. The clearest overall finding is that Mira Mesa performed above state and district averages in every reported all-grades subject.
Because it is the only school in the list, Mira Mesa is both the group’s top and bottom school by default; that does not establish how it compares with other nearby schools. Its strongest relative result is ELA, while math is the more modest advantage: 49% proficient versus 38% statewide and 46% in the district. Science was 54%, compared with 36% statewide and 42% in the district. Grade-level results show an important exception to the strong all-grades science picture: 11th-grade science was 56%, 17 points above the state, but 12th-grade science was 18%, 15 points below it. Other reported outcomes were positive: graduation was 98%, versus 88% statewide, while chronic absenteeism was 14%, compared with 18% statewide.
Results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in all three subjects, and Mira Mesa’s lead over California widened: school proficiency rose by 8 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 14 in science, while its state lead grew by 7, 3, and 11 points, respectively. SchoolDigger rated Mira Mesa 4 stars and ranked it 227th of 2,137 California schools, in the 89th percentile; that was a recovery of 144 rank places and 6 percentile points from 2024–25, though still 2 percentile points below 2023–24. Context figures include a 25.3:1 student-teacher ratio and 57% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. With just one school in the list, school-to-school comparisons are not possible.
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