How does Lewis Middle compare to other middle schools in San Diego?

Lewis Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 58.5/100, placing it at the 87th percentile statewide. 32% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,946 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Lewis Middle?

31.6% of students at Lewis Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 59.1% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Lewis Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Lewis Middle's proficiency rate increases by 10.3 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 Lewis Middle?

9.6% of students at Lewis 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.

Lewis Middle

Middle School

San Diego Unified San DiegoSan Diego County92120

📍 5170 Greenbrier Avenue

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

🚀

Growth Engine

A growth engine — students gain measurably more here than at peer schools.

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

963 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

24:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

44%

Teachers

40 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Maintained

-2.5 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Maintained

-2.2 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

27.3%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 44 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic32.5%

White33.2%

Asian15.2%

Black5.6%

Other13.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Lewis Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	31.6%
Met Standard	27.4%
Below Standard	40.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "59% proficient" for Lewis Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

31.6% of students exceeded standard while 27.4% met it. That exceeded rate is 14.3 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 7.2 points above the San Diego Unified district average of 24.4%. Compared to the 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 10.9 points higher (vs 20.7% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 10.3 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 maintained and Math maintained year-over-year. 27.3% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 9.6%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

31.6%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

59.1%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+10.3pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

9.6%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

3.2%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,946

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	325	27.1%	30.1%	22.5%	20.3%	57.2%
7th	306	26.8%	32.4%	19.3%	21.6%	59.1%
8th	340	33.2%	37.4%	19.4%	10.0%	70.6%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	324	24.7%	28.1%	25.6%	21.6%	52.8%
7th	310	38.1%	16.4%	23.9%	21.6%	54.5%
8th	341	39.9%	20.2%	21.1%	18.8%	60.1%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Also serves area

▼

Middle

Lewis Middle

58.587th pctile

This school

▼

High School

Also serves area

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