High Tech Middle North County: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
High Tech Middle North County posts 56% meeting the standard; 24.3% push past it. Steady is worth something — and the gap between those two numbers is the thing to ask about.
High Tech Middle North County scores 55 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 82nd percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “56% proficient” and call it done. High Tech Middle North County deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Marcos, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 52.6% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide.
As a charter, High Tech Middle North County enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 3.8pp across grades; the floor slips 2.2pp. The state average falls 0.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
High Tech Middle North County's most underrated number
52.6% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
Your other options
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 46
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 73
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 60
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 0.9pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 116 | 28% | 42% | 22% | 8% | 70% | +23 |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 20% | 44% | 24% | 13% | 64% | +16 |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 24% | 44% | 26% | 7% | 68% | +22 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 116 | 23% | 20% | 35% | 22% | 43% | +8 |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 25% | 27% | 23% | 25% | 52% | +18 |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 27% | 14% | 24% | 35% | 41% | +9 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 103 | 14% | 20% | 63% | 3% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 171 | 52.6% | — | +14 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 159 | 51.6% | — | +13 |
| White | 116 | 80.2% | — | +18 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Tech Middle North County ← | — | 55 | 24.3% | 56.2% | −2.2 | 0.4% |
| San Elijo Middle | 2.3 mi | 54 | 29.0% | 58.3% | −3.6 | 1.3% |
| San Marcos Middle | 1.9 mi | 37 | 15.3% | 38.7% | −4.1 | 4.6% |
| California average | — | 40 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |