Midland Elementary: 62% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 43%. But English learner progress trails the state.
Midland posts 62% meeting the standard, against 43% across the state. The number below is the one to ask about on a visit.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59 | 37% | 62% | +1.6 | 12.3% | 1.5% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Midland Elementary scores 59 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 81st percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “62% proficient” and call it done. Midland deserves a closer read. The school sits in Poway, where one in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Midland's low-income kids hit 49.0% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 73rd to the 81st percentile since 2019 — past roughly 400 elementary schools.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 62% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 65% | 59% | 63% | 62% | 67% |
| Grade 4 | 66% | 74% | 66% | 72% | 59% |
| Grade 5 | 64% | 51% | 65% | 65% | 72% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 70% | 52% | 63% | 59% | 60% |
| Grade 4 | 64% | 66% | 57% | 61% | 55% |
| Grade 5 | 53% | 40% | 61% | 54% | 58% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
of English learners reached the top ELPAC level, versus 18.0% statewide — worth asking about on a tour.
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 3.4pp across grades; the floor rises 5.3pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Midland's most underrated number
49.0% 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 6 things our score weighs
Ask how English learners are supported — and what happens after reclassification.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask how English learners are supported, and what changes for them after they reclassify.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Midland Elementary in Poway, 49.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 50.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Midland Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 1.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (36.1% Math proficient); White students (73.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 43.6 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 104 students tested.
5 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 27.7pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.8pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$479 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 55% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 69
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 52
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 90 | 41% | 26% | 18% | 16% | 67% | +23 |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 40% | 20% | 19% | 22% | 59% | +15 |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 38% | 34% | 14% | 14% | 72% | +24 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 92 | 34% | 26% | 24% | 16% | 60% | +14 |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 38% | 18% | 23% | 22% | 55% | +14 |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 35% | 22% | 27% | 16% | 58% | +22 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 116 | 20% | 35% | 41% | 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 | 104 | 49.0% | −2 | +11 |
| White | 138 | 73.9% | +1 | +12 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 94 | 52.1% | −4 | +13 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Elementary ← | — | 59 | 37.5% | 61.8% | +1.6 | 1.5% |
| Creekside Elementary | 2.8 mi | 70 | 52.3% | 78.0% | −4.1 | 0.4% |
| Tierra Bonita Elementary | 1.2 mi | 68 | 52.3% | 77.7% | +4.6 | 0.4% |
| Highland Ranch Elementary | 2.4 mi | 68 | 39.5% | 65.9% | +14.6 | 1.2% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 54 | 73 | #1479 | 34.0% | 63.7% | 7.9% | 2.0% | -9.1pp |
| 2022 | 45 | 69 | #1766 | 31.6% | 56.9% | 25.6% | 0.9% | -10.1pp |
| 2023 | 62 | 86 | #798 | 38.9% | 62.5% | 18.9% | 2.5% | +0.1pp |
| 2024 | 61 | 83 | #966 | 35.6% | 62.1% | 15.5% | 1.6% | -0.9pp |
| 2025 | 59 | 81 | #1074 | 37.5% | 61.8% | 12.3% | 1.5% | +1.6pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 6.5% | 10.3% | +3.8pp |
| Male | 9.1% | 13.7% | +4.6pp |
| Asian | 4.9% | 6.1% | +1.2pp |
| White | 3.7% | 11.8% | +8.1pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 8.3% | 22.5% | +14.2pp |
| Two or More Races | 8.8% | 3.8% | -5.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 8.8% | 19.7% | +10.9pp |
| English Learners | 9.1% | 21.5% | +12.4pp |
| Homeless | 20.0% | 37.5% | +17.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 11.7% | 23.2% | +11.5pp |
| All Students | 7.8% | 12.0% | +4.2pp |
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