Middle · California

Pershing Middle

Free meals for all

Pershing Middle, a public middle school in San Diego, California: grades 6–8, 980 students, 24.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of San Diego Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
980
Teachers (FTE)
39.5
Students per teacher
24.8
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in California

Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared

More students per teacher than 98% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 85% of middle schools in California

Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared

Larger than 90% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

65%proficient

+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 80% of middle schools in California

Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared

944 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

54%proficient

+3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 82% of middle schools in California

Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared

945 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with San Diego Unified.

Location

Address
8204 San Carlos Dr., San Diego, CA 92119
Phone
(619)362-3550
City or town
San Diego

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–889718.150%35%
EJE Middle AcademyCharterFree meals for all
6–825416.839%19%
La Mesa Arts AcademyFree meals for all
5–81,05920.765%48%
Lewis MiddleFree meals for all
6–81,01323.963%56%
Cajon Valley MiddleFree meals for all
6–894220.217%13%
Magnolia Science Academy San DiegoCharterFree meals for all
6–846427.072%60%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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