Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Summary:

Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences is a public middle school located in Escondido, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 767 students. The school is part of the Escondido Union School District, which is ranked 994 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Del Dios Academy faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, which have risen from 11.7% in 2018-2019 to 52.1% in 2020-2021, notably higher than nearby schools like Hidden Valley Middle (39.5%) and Mission Middle (37.5%). The school's test scores are consistently lower than the Escondido Union district and the state of California across all grade levels and subject areas, with only 30.19% of Del Dios students proficient or better in English Language Arts in 2023-2024, compared to 35.59% in the district and 47.04% statewide.

Additionally, Del Dios Academy has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 85.92% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, significantly higher than nearby schools like Quantum Academy (53.59%) and Oak Valley Middle (8.71%). The school's performance gaps compared to the surrounding schools and the state have been widening over time, and its subgroups, such as Hispanic students and English Language Learners, have consistently lower rankings compared to their peers in the state.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1400 West Ninth Ave.
       Escondido, CA  92029-2204


(760) 432-2439

District: Escondido Union

SchoolDigger Rank:
2101st of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,691 Help


Students who attend Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences usually attend:

High:    San Pasqual High

Feeder schools for Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences:

Elementary:    Central Elementary
    Felicita Elementary
    Miller Elementary
    Rock Springs Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  18.3 Help
Number of students:  803

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
86.6%
White:
7.1%
Two or more races:
3.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  90% Help


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Compare Details Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences ranks worse than 75.7% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 6 ranked middle schools in the Escondido Union School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.48. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (86.6%), White (7.1%), two or more races (3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 90% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences is 18.3. 4 middle schools in the Escondido Union School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences is $7,691. 3 middle schools in the Escondido Union School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences:

SchoolDigger ranks Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences 2101st of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences in the ranking list.)

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Escondido Union:

SchoolDigger ranks Escondido Union 994th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Rank History for all students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 34.57 1093rd 1769 38.2%
2005 21.39 1415th 1777 20.4%
2006 25.71 1350th 1804 25.2%
2007 25.12 1529th 1999 23.5%
2008 30.69 1409th 2005 29.7%
2009 31.39 1435th 2063 30.4%
2010 24.47 1727th 2179 20.7%
2011 23.99 1800th 2236 19.5%
2012 28.22 1689th 2259 25.2%
2013 36.56 1530th 2379 35.7%
2015 22.60 1916th 2477 22.6%
2016 21.08 1983rd 2497 20.6%
2017 25.33 1836th 2508 26.8%
2018 27.44 1737th 2480 30.0%
2019 34.37 1638th 2715 39.7%
2022 32.47 1692nd 2740 38.2%
2023 24.57 2068th 2802 26.2%
2024 23.48 2101st 2777 24.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.54 795th 1364 41.7%
2019 32.28 1002nd 1442 30.5%
2022 49.43 484th 1540 68.6%
2023 38.90 816th 1529 46.6%
2024 37.53 823rd 1477 44.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 34.14 944th 1538 38.6%
2024 34.33 950th 1550 38.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.38 1441st 2230 35.4%
2019 44.08 1213th 2369 48.8%
2022 37.64 1416th 2458 42.4%
2023 27.60 1867th 2549 26.8%
2024 26.43 1928th 2575 25.1%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 46.85 158th 336 53.0%
2023 26.87 253rd 321 21.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.15 1667th 2262 26.3%
2019 32.80 1527th 2380 35.8%
2022 33.04 1561st 2509 37.8%
2023 22.53 1991st 2547 21.8%
2024 21.51 2023rd 2546 20.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.70 922nd 1369 32.7%
2019 27.72 1099th 1491 26.3%
2022 33.88 933rd 1531 39.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.11 1554th 2273 31.6%
2019 34.05 1487th 2407 38.2%
2022 32.29 1569th 2527 37.9%
2023 26.94 1790th 2558 30.0%
2024 25.64 1841st 2547 27.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.71 1453rd 2072 29.9%
2019 40.30 1249th 2213 43.6%
2022 37.56 1371st 2359 41.9%
2023 27.82 1731st 2391 27.6%
2024 26.30 1784th 2383 25.1%
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Rank History for White students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.63 781st 1496 47.8%
2019 32.28 1104th 1602 31.1%
2022 45.80 819th 1555 47.3%
2023 34.16 1016th 1552 34.5%
2024 28.58 1087th 1535 29.2%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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All ratings (Avg rating: 2.3)
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Reviews:
by a parent
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Open Quote Half the staff does not seem to care about student success or even safety. Bullying is rampant. Watched my child go from an A-B student to failing and could not get the staff to step up to the plate to stop the bullying. Close Quote


by a student
Friday, September 23, 2011

Open Quote I recommend to all parents to NOT put their child in this school. I hate this school very much, and some teachers there are just awful. This school is not-disciplined and has very low CST test scores. I would definitely rate this school 1 star, this is the rating it deserves.I wish this school never existed. There are many fights, low culture, and poor manners from many students on campus. Half of the teachers should not be teachers there at all. This school definently disappoints me. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 820 12 58 259 2 n/a n/a 0 1151
1989 821 11 53 276 1 n/a n/a 0 1162
1990 766 9 44 305 4 n/a n/a 0 1128
1991 719 12 52 370 1 n/a n/a 0 1154
1992 648 25 53 462 1 n/a n/a 0 1189
1993 722 24 63 505 2 n/a n/a 0 1316
1994 677 26 68 561 2 n/a n/a 0 1334
1995 528 22 64 580 2 n/a n/a 0 1196
1996 528 22 64 580 2 n/a n/a 0 1196
1997 514 15 56 537 1 n/a n/a 0 1123
1998 507 22 48 522 4 n/a n/a 0 1103
1999 471 21 47 539 3 n/a n/a 0 1081
2000 436 28 48 568 3 n/a n/a 0 1083
2001 396 25 50 618 2 n/a n/a 2 1093
2002 349 27 47 721 3 n/a n/a 1 1148
2003 349 27 47 721 3 n/a n/a 1 1148
2004 293 71 182 596 5 n/a n/a 0 1147
2005 222 30 45 805 6 n/a n/a 1 1109
2006 193 36 53 773 6 n/a n/a 3 1064
2007 181 29 51 783 8 n/a n/a 2 1054
2008 162 38 52 810 9 n/a n/a 0 1071
2009 136 31 41 812 5 7 4 0 1036
2010 118 27 35 785 5 7 11 0 988
2011 89 15 32 766 5 7 14 0 928
2012 75 17 40 679 3 3 26 0 843
2013 55 14 36 682 2 2 42 0 833
2014 60 11 32 685 2 5 18 0 813
2015 71 14 34 731 3 3 3 0 859
2016 61 11 20 706 1 1 15 0 815
2017 58 9 28 711 2 0 14 0 822
2018 48 10 22 719 2 1 14 0 816
2019 41 12 34 681 3 1 12 0 784
2020 34 10 33 695 2 1 7 0 782
2021 46 5 27 640 1 0 12 0 731
2022 39 6 20 644 1 0 17 0 727
2023 45 6 18 678 0 0 20 0 767
2024 57 3 23 695 1 0 24 0 803

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1151 49.9 23.0 n/a
1989 1162 51.1 22.7 n/a
1990 1128 53.7 21.0 n/a
1991 1154 52.7 21.8 n/a
1992 1189 53.6 22.1 45.4
1993 1316 55.8 23.6 40.2
1994 1334 56.9 23.4 52
1995 1196 53.8 22.2 52.3
1996 1196 53.8 22.2 52.3
1997 1123 54.2 20.7 55.4
1998 1103 51.9 21.3 58.7
1999 1081 51.8 20.9 54.4
2000 1083 49.6 21.8 56
2001 1093 51.4 21.3 58.8
2002 1148 55.9 20.5 73.4
2003 1148 55.9 20.5 73.4
2004 1147 54.9 20.9 63.3
2005 1109 55.9 19.8 69.3
2006 1064 55.3 19.2 70.4
2007 1054 53.3 19.8 69.1
2008 1071 64.3 16.7 76.2
2009 1036 58.8 16.5 66.3
2010 988 52.4 18.8 82.5
2011 928 n/a n/a 83.2
2012 843 40.9 20.5 n/a
2013 833 40.2 20.7 80.4
2014 813 43.6 18.6 80.1
2015 859 41.0 20.9 85
2016 815 42.0 19.4 76
2017 822 41.3 19.8 87.8
2018 816 41.8 19.4 88.1
2019 784 42.2 18.5 84.8
2020 782 n/a n/a 84.4
2021 731 43.8 16.6 88
2022 727 47.8 15.1 74.1
2023 767 42.9 17.8 85.9
2024 803 43.8 18.3 90

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1151 49.9 23.0 n/a
1989 1162 51.1 22.7 n/a
1990 1128 53.7 21.0 n/a
1991 1154 52.7 21.8 n/a
1992 1189 53.6 22.1 45.4
1993 1316 55.8 23.6 40.2
1994 1334 56.9 23.4 52
1995 1196 53.8 22.2 52.3
1996 1196 53.8 22.2 52.3
1997 1123 54.2 20.7 55.4
1998 1103 51.9 21.3 58.7
1999 1081 51.8 20.9 54.4
2000 1083 49.6 21.8 56
2001 1093 51.4 21.3 58.8
2002 1148 55.9 20.5 73.4
2003 1148 55.9 20.5 73.4
2004 1147 54.9 20.9 63.3
2005 1109 55.9 19.8 69.3
2006 1064 55.3 19.2 70.4
2007 1054 53.3 19.8 69.1
2008 1071 64.3 16.7 76.2
2009 1036 58.8 16.5 66.3
2010 988 52.4 18.8 82.5
2011 928 n/a n/a 83.2
2012 843 40.9 20.5 n/a
2013 833 40.2 20.7 80.4
2014 813 43.6 18.6 80.1
2015 859 41.0 20.9 85
2016 815 42.0 19.4 76
2017 822 41.3 19.8 87.8
2018 816 41.8 19.4 88.1
2019 784 42.2 18.5 84.8
2020 782 n/a n/a 84.4
2021 731 43.8 16.6 88
2022 727 47.8 15.1 74.1
2023 767 42.9 17.8 85.9
2024 803 43.8 18.3 90

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,691

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1638th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2068th of 2802 Middle schools
 13.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences)41.320.9
 20.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Escondido Union)40.233.7
 6.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences)28.920.5
 8.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Escondido Union)2525.1
 0.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences)43.633.5
 10.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Escondido Union)49.335.4
 13.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences)20.720
 0.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Escondido Union)27.522.3
 5.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences)43.531.8
 11.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Escondido Union)42.939.1
 3.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences)25.612.2
 13.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Escondido Union)27.521.5
 6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences)18.313.1
 5.2%
   8th Grade Science (Escondido Union)21.819.2
 2.5%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students784767
 2.2%
African American126
 50%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian3418
 47.1%
Hispanic681678
 0.4%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White4145
 9.8%
Two or More Races1220
 66.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients84.8%85.9%
 1.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Students who attend Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences usually go on to attend San Pasqual High

In the 2023-24 school year, 803 students attended Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences ranks in the bottom 24.3% of California middle schools.

Students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences are 87% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% Two or more races, 3% Asian.


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