Summary:
ZIP code 92869 has one listed middle school, Santiago Charter Middle, serving grades 7–8, so the available results describe this school rather than a range of local options; its clearest strength is all-grades ELA, which is above the state, while math is below it.
By subject, the school stands out most positively in ELA: in 2024–2025, 53% of students met the ELA standard, compared with 49% statewide, a 4-point lead. Math was its weakest relative result, at 34% versus 37% statewide, a 3-point deficit, while science was virtually even at 32.6% versus 32.7%. Grade-level ELA results differ substantially: 7th grade was 60% compared with 50% statewide, a 10-point lead, but 8th grade was 47% versus 48%, a 1-point deficit. Math was just below the state in both grades: 7th grade was 36.0% versus 36.1%, and 8th grade was 33% versus 34%.
SchoolDigger’s ranking moved lower over the three years shown, from the 71st percentile and rank 806 of 2,781 schools in 2022–2023 to the 65th percentile and rank 967 of 2,761 in 2024–2025; its rating also shifted from 4 stars to 3. This is a change in SchoolDigger’s ranking measures, not evidence that test scores fell. The school enrolled 1,137 students and had a 24.7 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025; 66% were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 19% at the school in 2024–2025, while the supplied state figure was 18% in 2025–2026, so the two figures are from different years.
Thank you for your feedback!