How does Vista Del Mar compare to other middle schools in San Diego?

Vista Del Mar has a Scope Score of 51.9/100, ranked #812 among California middle schools. 19% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,064 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Vista Del Mar?

19.1% of students at Vista Del Mar exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 42.9% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Vista Del Mar improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Vista Del Mar's proficiency rate decreases by 8.5 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 Vista Del Mar?

16.0% of students at Vista Del Mar are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in the Scope Score.

Vista Del Mar

Middle School

San Ysidro Elementary San DiegoSan Diego County92154

📍 4885 Del Sol Boulevard

Scope Score

out of 100

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Scope 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

531 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

20:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

38%

Teachers

27 full-time

Dashboard indicators

How this school's scores changed from last year to this year

ELA Year-over-Year

Declined

-3.4 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+9.4 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

15.7%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 109 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic77.4%

White3.2%

Asian0.9%

Black6.2%

Other12.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Vista Del Mar
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	19.1%
Met Standard	23.8%
Below Standard	57.1%

Score Factors

Helping

✓Exceeded standard: 19.1%

1.7pp above state avg (state avg 17.3%)

30% weight

✓Met or exceeded: 42.9%

3.4pp above state avg (state avg 39.5%)

20% weight

✓Chronic absenteeism: 16.0%

3.3pp below state avg (state avg 19.3%)

15% weight

✓Baseline proficiency: 42.9%

Above state baseline (state avg 39.5%)

10% weight

✓Suspension rate: 4.0%

0.1pp below state avg (state avg 4.1%)

10% weight

Holding Back

▼Growth (G6→G8): -8.5pp

Scores decline across grades (state avg +0.8pp)

15% weight

Unlike traditional school ratings, we show our work. Every factor, its weight, and how this school compares to the state average — so you can decide what matters most to your family. The middle school Scope Score is weighted across 6 dimensions. See full methodology →

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "43% proficient" for Vista Del Mar and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

19.1% of students exceeded standard while 23.8% met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 17.3%. That's 3.2 points above the San Ysidro Elementary district average of 15.8%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 8.5 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 increased year-over-year. 15.7% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 16.0%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

19.1%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

42.9%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-8.5pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

16.0%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

4.0%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,064

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

How proficiency compares across grade levels this year (different students, same test year)

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	148	27.0%	29.1%	23.0%	20.9%	56.1%
7th	208	13.5%	29.8%	25.0%	31.7%	43.3%
8th	173	20.2%	31.8%	23.1%	24.9%	52.0%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	154	20.8%	20.8%	29.2%	29.2%	41.6%
7th	210	15.2%	20.5%	21.9%	42.4%	35.7%
8th	171	17.5%	11.1%	30.4%	40.9%	28.6%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Ocean View Hills

63.9# in state

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Middle

Vista Del Mar

51.9# in state

This school

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High School

No feeder data available for this level

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