Pacific Beach Middle

Summary:

Pacific Beach Middle is a public middle school serving 579 students in grades 6-8 in the San Diego Unified School District. This exemplary school has consistently ranked in the top 10% of California middle schools in recent years, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pacific Beach Middle significantly outperforms the district and state averages in academic achievement. In 2023-2024, 76.75% of its students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 54.22% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In math, 65.81% of Pacific Beach Middle students were proficient or better, compared to 43.89% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school also excels in serving diverse student populations, ranking in the top 10% of California middle schools for female, male, Asian, Hispanic, White, and multi-racial students, as well as for students with disabilities and low socioeconomic status.

While Pacific Beach Middle outperforms the district and state, it also compares favorably to many nearby middle schools. Schools like Muirlands Middle and Standley Middle also demonstrate high academic achievement, but Pacific Beach Middle stands out for its consistent performance across a range of metrics, including low chronic absenteeism rates and a relatively diverse student population. The school's only potential area for improvement may be in supporting its English Language Learner (ELL) students, as their performance was relatively low compared to other subgroups.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 4676 Ingraham St.
       San Diego, CA  92109-3192


(858) 221-5600

District: San Diego Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
170th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,203 Help


Students who attend Pacific Beach Middle usually attend:

High:    Mission Bay High

Feeder schools for Pacific Beach Middle:

Elementary:    Crown Point Elementary
    Pacific Beach Elementary
    Sessions Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  19.2 Help
Number of students:  579

Racial breakdown:

White:
43.2%
Hispanic:
31.4%
Two or more races:
15.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  38.5% Help


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Compare Details Pacific Beach Middle ranks better than 93.9% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 3rd among 23 ranked middle schools in the San Diego Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 94.5. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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 Student population at Pacific Beach Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (43.2%), Hispanic (31.4%), two or more races (15.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 38.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pacific Beach Middle is 19.2, which is the 6th best among 23 middle schools in the San Diego Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pacific Beach Middle is $8,203. 13 middle schools in the San Diego Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pacific Beach Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Pacific Beach Middle 170th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Pacific Beach Middle in the ranking list.)

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San Diego Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Diego Unified 604th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Pacific Beach Middle

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Rank History for all students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 25.18 1311th 1769 25.9%
2005 36.60 1071st 1777 39.7%
2006 37.00 1091st 1804 39.5%
2007 39.61 1124th 1999 43.8%
2008 47.68 982nd 2005 51.0%
2009 56.11 834th 2063 59.6%
2010 49.29 1054th 2179 51.6%
2011 41.63 1317th 2236 41.1%
2012 55.45 935th 2259 58.6%
2013 56.73 974th 2379 59.1%
2015 73.39 565th 2477 77.2%
2016 71.90 618th 2497 75.3%
2017 79.84 464th 2508 81.5%
2018 80.97 433rd 2480 82.5%
2019 73.99 618th 2715 77.2%
2022 91.34 243rd 2740 91.1%
2023 89.28 290th 2802 89.7%
2024 94.50 170th 2777 93.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.05 212th 462 54.1%
2019 59.17 256th 554 53.8%
2022 81.28 98th 665 85.3%
2023 81.38 102nd 678 85.0%
2024 89.09 42nd 699 94.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.26 845th 1364 38.0%
2019 26.29 1324th 1442 8.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 93.24 67th 1538 95.6%
2024 90.58 98th 1550 93.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.51 712th 2230 68.1%
2019 57.45 810th 2369 65.8%
2022 90.12 146th 2458 94.1%
2023 78.98 342nd 2549 86.6%
2024 90.62 179th 2575 93.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.12 442nd 2262 80.5%
2019 76.09 506th 2380 78.7%
2022 93.16 170th 2509 93.2%
2023 89.19 261st 2547 89.8%
2024 93.44 168th 2546 93.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.11 154th 1369 88.8%
2019 65.90 321st 1491 78.5%
2022 96.78 39th 1531 97.5%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 80.45 29th 193 85.0%
2023 87.71 18th 197 90.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.60 382nd 2273 83.2%
2019 69.22 627th 2407 74.0%
2022 87.25 314th 2527 87.6%
2023 87.22 310th 2558 87.9%
2024 93.82 165th 2547 93.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 78.28 141st 733 80.8%
2023 65.80 285th 718 60.3%
2024 83.10 69th 741 90.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.47 676th 2072 67.4%
2019 47.84 1001st 2213 54.8%
2022 82.21 255th 2359 89.2%
2023 87.25 188th 2391 92.1%
2024 83.04 254th 2383 89.3%
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Rank History for White students at Pacific Beach Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.72 221st 1496 85.2%
2019 73.52 386th 1602 75.9%
2022 87.20 113th 1555 92.7%
2023 76.80 296th 1552 80.9%
2024 91.16 57th 1535 96.3%
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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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Enrollment information for Pacific Beach Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 445 36 26 312 1 n/a n/a 0 820
1989 426 32 26 339 4 n/a n/a 0 827
1990 408 33 25 349 3 n/a n/a 0 818
1991 375 28 26 394 1 n/a n/a 0 824
1992 342 32 20 437 3 n/a n/a 0 834
1993 338 33 19 457 3 n/a n/a 0 850
1994 282 47 22 462 1 n/a n/a 0 814
1995 264 65 24 515 2 n/a n/a 0 870
1996 264 65 24 515 2 n/a n/a 0 870
1997 260 81 39 479 4 n/a n/a 0 863
1998 255 56 32 478 6 n/a n/a 0 827
1999 267 62 34 487 7 n/a n/a 0 857
2000 284 70 29 503 3 n/a n/a 0 889
2001 257 48 20 453 1 n/a n/a 0 779
2002 275 44 24 546 3 n/a n/a 0 892
2003 275 44 24 546 3 n/a n/a 0 892
2004 230 37 20 568 7 n/a n/a 0 862
2005 228 39 22 585 6 n/a n/a 0 880
2006 186 60 25 582 10 n/a n/a 0 863
2007 176 58 29 553 5 n/a n/a 5 826
2008 177 60 30 512 5 n/a n/a 0 784
2009 161 39 25 478 2 4 0 0 709
2010 168 32 17 442 3 3 8 0 673
2011 181 36 20 448 7 2 4 0 698
2012 195 25 14 401 3 1 25 0 664
2013 199 15 12 384 2 2 22 0 636
2014 199 10 8 315 5 3 31 0 571
2015 216 13 14 301 4 3 30 0 581
2016 279 17 29 295 1 4 53 0 678
2017 330 23 29 296 1 4 60 0 743
2018 361 22 30 263 1 3 68 0 748
2019 351 21 32 264 2 5 71 0 746
2020 326 20 32 230 1 5 76 0 690
2021 294 20 37 233 2 4 82 0 672
2022 299 17 43 198 0 3 88 0 648
2023 250 7 44 182 0 2 92 2 579

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Pacific Beach Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 820 34.7 23.6 n/a
1989 827 32.6 25.3 n/a
1990 818 35.1 23.3 n/a
1991 824 35.8 23.0 n/a
1992 834 36.4 22.9 55.4
1993 850 37.7 22.5 55.8
1994 814 31.7 25.7 68.1
1995 870 36.8 23.6 73.4
1996 870 36.8 23.6 73.4
1997 863 36.3 23.8 73.5
1998 827 40.0 20.7 68.2
1999 857 39.8 21.5 69
2000 889 41.0 21.7 68.1
2001 779 36.4 21.4 56.9
2002 892 40.8 21.9 78.6
2003 892 40.8 21.9 78.6
2004 862 42.0 20.5 64.7
2005 880 43.0 20.5 67.8
2006 863 44.0 19.6 67.6
2007 826 41.5 19.9 70.4
2008 784 52.2 15.0 71.2
2009 709 39.8 14.5 70.2
2010 673 35.0 19.2 70.6
2011 698 n/a n/a 71.2
2012 664 35.8 18.5 n/a
2013 636 32.8 19.3 65.7
2014 571 27.0 21.1 59.4
2015 581 26.0 22.3 54.2
2016 678 29.0 23.3 49.4
2017 743 32.2 23.0 46.2
2018 748 33.0 22.6 41.4
2019 746 34.0 21.9 42.5
2020 690 n/a n/a 37.1
2021 672 31.6 21.2 35.3
2022 648 31.6 20.5 36.7
2023 579 30.1 19.2 38.5

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 Pacific Beach Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 820 34.7 23.6 n/a
1989 827 32.6 25.3 n/a
1990 818 35.1 23.3 n/a
1991 824 35.8 23.0 n/a
1992 834 36.4 22.9 55.4
1993 850 37.7 22.5 55.8
1994 814 31.7 25.7 68.1
1995 870 36.8 23.6 73.4
1996 870 36.8 23.6 73.4
1997 863 36.3 23.8 73.5
1998 827 40.0 20.7 68.2
1999 857 39.8 21.5 69
2000 889 41.0 21.7 68.1
2001 779 36.4 21.4 56.9
2002 892 40.8 21.9 78.6
2003 892 40.8 21.9 78.6
2004 862 42.0 20.5 64.7
2005 880 43.0 20.5 67.8
2006 863 44.0 19.6 67.6
2007 826 41.5 19.9 70.4
2008 784 52.2 15.0 71.2
2009 709 39.8 14.5 70.2
2010 673 35.0 19.2 70.6
2011 698 n/a n/a 71.2
2012 664 35.8 18.5 n/a
2013 636 32.8 19.3 65.7
2014 571 27.0 21.1 59.4
2015 581 26.0 22.3 54.2
2016 678 29.0 23.3 49.4
2017 743 32.2 23.0 46.2
2018 748 33.0 22.6 41.4
2019 746 34.0 21.9 42.5
2020 690 n/a n/a 37.1
2021 672 31.6 21.2 35.3
2022 648 31.6 20.5 36.7
2023 579 30.1 19.2 38.5

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 Pacific Beach Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,203

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Pacific Beach Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 618th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 290th of 2802 Middle schools
 12.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Pacific Beach Middle)65.377.6
 12.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Diego Unified)5450.6
 3.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Pacific Beach Middle)60.975
 14.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (San Diego Unified)46.240.8
 5.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Pacific Beach Middle)61.977.2
 15.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Diego Unified)57.152.5
 4.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Pacific Beach Middle)50.764.1
 13.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (San Diego Unified)4640.9
 5.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Pacific Beach Middle)57.265.2
 8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Diego Unified)53.152.4
 0.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Pacific Beach Middle)4551.2
 6.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (San Diego Unified)41.336.9
 4.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Pacific Beach Middle)33.736.5
 2.8%
   8th Grade Science (San Diego Unified)36.434.8
 1.6%
   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 Students746579
 22.4%
African American217
 66.7%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian3244
 37.5%
Hispanic264182
 31.1%
Pacific Islander52
 60%
White351250
 28.8%
Two or More Races7192
 29.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42.5%38.5%
 4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Pacific Beach Middle

In the 2022-23 school year, 579 students attended Pacific Beach Middle.

Students at Pacific Beach Middle are 43% White, 31% Hispanic, 16% Two or more races, 8% Asian, 1% African American.

Yes. Pacific Beach Middle ranks in the top 6.1% of California middle schools.

Students who attend Pacific Beach Middle usually go on to attend Mission Bay High


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