How does Coronado Middle compare to other middle schools in Coronado?

Coronado Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 54.8/100, placing it at the 81st percentile statewide. 31% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,272 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Coronado Middle?

30.9% of students at Coronado Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 64.5% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Coronado Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Coronado Middle's proficiency rate decreases by 0.4 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This pattern in test scores may reflect a variety of factors beyond the school itself.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Coronado Middle?

12.1% of students at Coronado 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.

Coronado Middle

Middle School

Coronado Unified CoronadoSan Diego County92118

📍 550 F Avenue

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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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

631 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

19:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

14%

Teachers

33 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Declined

-8.3 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Declined

-10.2 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

27.3%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 11 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic27.1%

White56.3%

Asian1.3%

Black1.4%

Other13.9%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Coronado Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	30.9%
Met Standard	33.6%
Below Standard	35.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "64% proficient" for Coronado Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

30.9% of students exceeded standard while 33.6% met it. That exceeded rate is 13.6 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 8.4 points below the Coronado Unified district average of 39.3%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 0.4 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance declined and Math declined year-over-year. 27.3% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 12.1%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

30.9%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

64.5%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-0.4pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

12.1%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

7.0%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,272

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	213	36.1%	35.7%	17.8%	10.3%	71.8%
7th	202	25.3%	42.6%	19.3%	12.9%	67.8%
8th	221	31.2%	39.4%	19.0%	10.4%	70.6%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	213	27.7%	30.5%	26.3%	15.5%	58.2%
7th	203	29.1%	30.5%	22.2%	18.2%	59.6%
8th	220	35.9%	22.7%	24.6%	16.8%	58.6%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Silver Strand Elementary

66.991st pctile

Coronado Village Elementary

64.689th pctile

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Middle

Coronado Middle

54.881st pctile

This school

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High School

Coronado High

71.192nd pctile

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.