How does College Preparatory Middle compare to other middle schools in Spring Valley?

College Preparatory Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 74.5/100, placing it at the 99th percentile statewide. 58% of students exceed standard, with a total of 586 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at College Preparatory Middle?

58.1% of students at College Preparatory Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 84.0% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is College Preparatory Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, College Preparatory Middle's proficiency rate increases by 0.8 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at College Preparatory Middle?

2.2% of students at College Preparatory Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

College Preparatory Middle

Middle School

SBE - College Preparatory Middle Spring ValleySan Diego County91977Charter School

📍 10269 Madrid Way

Charter school — publicly funded but independently operated. Enrollment is open to all students regardless of neighborhood, typically through a lottery process. Charter schools have more flexibility in curriculum and operations but must meet state academic standards.

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

⭐

High Ceiling

A high-ceiling school — students here are pushed to exceed, not just meet, the standard.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

400 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

20:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

33%

Teachers

20 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+10.1 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+8.9 pts DFS change

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic26.0%

White60.5%

Asian2.8%

Black3.8%

Other7.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for College Preparatory Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	58.1%
Met Standard	25.9%
Below Standard	16.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "84% proficient" for College Preparatory Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

58.1% of students exceeded standard while 25.9% met it. That exceeded rate is 40.8 points above the state average of 17.3%. Compared to the 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 43.4 points higher (vs 14.8% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 0.8 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year.

Chronic absenteeism is 2.2%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

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