National City Middle

Summary:

National City Middle is a public middle school serving grades 7-8 in the Sweetwater Union High School District, with 698 students located in National City, California. According to the data, National City Middle has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of California middle schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years.

National City Middle faces several key challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, significantly lower test scores compared to the district and state averages, and notable disparities in performance between different student subgroups. The school's chronic absenteeism rate has risen from 4.8% in 2017-2018 to 22.7% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than nearby schools like Chula Vista Middle (33.2%) and Granger Junior High (22.7%). Academically, only 37.78% of National City Middle students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 49.93% for the district and 47.04% for the state, and just 18.95% were proficient in Mathematics, compared to 27.89% for the district and 35.54% for the state.

The data also reveals significant equity concerns, with White students and Male students performing significantly worse than their peers, ranking in the bottom quarter of the state. Additionally, National City Middle has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, reaching 92.98% in 2022-2023, which is much higher than the surrounding schools. These challenges suggest that National City Middle could benefit from a comprehensive review of its instructional practices, student support services, and school climate initiatives to identify areas for improvement and better serve its diverse student population.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 1701 D Ave.
       National City, CA  91950-4535


(619) 336-2600

District: Sweetwater Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
1740th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,880 Help


Students who attend National City Middle usually attend:

High:    Sweetwater High

Feeder schools for National City Middle:

Elementary:    Central Elementary
    John A. Otis Elementary
    Kimball
    Olivewood

Student/teacher ratio:  23.1 Help
Number of students:  678

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
87.2%
Asian:
5.8%
White:
3.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  72.1% Help


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Compare Details National City Middle ranks worse than 62.7% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 6th among 11 ranked middle schools in the Sweetwater Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.66. (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 (87.2%), Asian (5.8%), White (3.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 72.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at National City Middle is 23.1. 7 middle schools in the Sweetwater Union High School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at National City Middle is $7,880. 6 middle schools in the Sweetwater Union High School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

National City Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks National City Middle 1740th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See National City Middle in the ranking list.)

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Sweetwater Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks Sweetwater Union High 745th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for National City Middle

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Rank History for all students at National City Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 30.68 1180th 1769 33.3%
2005 40.09 994th 1777 44.1%
2006 29.82 1247th 1804 30.9%
2007 45.45 991st 1999 50.4%
2008 57.57 750th 2005 62.6%
2009 61.43 711th 2063 65.5%
2010 52.97 957th 2179 56.1%
2011 61.19 782nd 2236 65.0%
2012 53.78 992nd 2259 56.1%
2013 32.92 1614th 2379 32.2%
2015 32.81 1540th 2477 37.8%
2016 31.12 1611th 2497 35.5%
2017 37.11 1473rd 2508 41.3%
2018 31.00 1630th 2480 34.3%
2019 32.61 1694th 2715 37.6%
2021 30.18 616th 894 31.1%
2022 30.08 1769th 2740 35.4%
2023 32.28 1730th 2802 38.3%
2024 31.66 1740th 2777 37.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at National City Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.41 567th 1364 58.4%
2019 41.93 615th 1442 57.4%
2021 39.65 193rd 363 46.8%
2022 43.87 631st 1540 59.0%
2023 37.78 856th 1529 44.0%
2024 35.07 948th 1477 35.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at National City Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 27.62 1162nd 1538 24.4%
2024 42.30 718th 1550 53.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at National City Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.60 1093rd 2230 51.0%
2019 45.68 1162nd 2369 50.9%
2021 40.76 406th 721 43.7%
2022 42.64 1245th 2458 49.3%
2023 44.43 1197th 2549 53.0%
2024 37.76 1466th 2575 43.1%
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Rank History for Female students at National City Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.57 1495th 2262 33.9%
2019 28.16 1679th 2380 29.5%
2021 23.88 563rd 738 23.7%
2022 35.36 1488th 2509 40.7%
2023 37.10 1419th 2547 44.3%
2024 30.54 1650th 2546 35.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at National City Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.65 928th 1369 32.2%
2019 27.86 1095th 1491 26.6%
2021 27.26 286th 354 19.2%
2022 29.95 1061st 1531 30.7%
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Rank History for Male students at National City Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.81 1595th 2273 29.8%
2019 34.99 1468th 2407 39.0%
2021 37.18 443rd 763 41.9%
2022 26.00 1806th 2527 28.5%
2023 28.11 1740th 2558 32.0%
2024 31.89 1605th 2547 37.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at National City Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.85 1239th 2072 40.2%
2019 38.14 1304th 2213 41.1%
2022 35.96 1434th 2359 39.2%
2023 37.35 1360th 2391 43.1%
2024 35.22 1456th 2383 38.9%
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Rank History for White students at National City Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 26.87 1184th 1602 26.1%
2022 13.07 1397th 1555 10.2%
2023 13.42 1378th 1552 11.2%
2024 28.19 1094th 1535 28.7%
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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 National City Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 127 41 122 726 7 n/a n/a 0 1023
1989 125 36 118 743 7 n/a n/a 0 1029
1990 113 37 106 756 5 n/a n/a 0 1017
1991 87 47 98 816 5 n/a n/a 0 1053
1992 58 38 77 619 7 n/a n/a 0 799
1993 54 33 77 596 7 n/a n/a 0 767
1994 48 25 85 614 5 n/a n/a 0 777
1995 51 21 69 616 3 n/a n/a 0 760
1996 51 21 69 616 3 n/a n/a 0 760
1997 44 16 72 645 5 n/a n/a 0 782
1998 47 21 75 683 4 n/a n/a 0 830
1999 36 23 68 731 2 n/a n/a 0 860
2000 27 23 73 746 1 n/a n/a 0 870
2001 27 24 62 787 4 n/a n/a 0 904
2002 28 16 63 796 7 n/a n/a 0 910
2003 28 16 63 796 7 n/a n/a 0 910
2004 21 18 69 780 2 n/a n/a 0 890
2005 16 13 69 837 5 n/a n/a 0 940
2006 8 19 55 782 5 n/a n/a 0 869
2007 8 12 66 714 3 n/a n/a 1 804
2008 14 10 69 701 n/a n/a n/a 0 794
2009 11 8 61 732 2 1 0 0 815
2010 9 9 47 717 5 1 5 0 793
2011 13 8 46 654 3 0 7 0 731
2012 9 4 47 634 6 1 3 0 704
2013 7 5 53 692 6 1 5 0 769
2014 7 5 58 708 1 0 3 0 782
2015 11 5 56 689 0 1 6 0 768
2016 10 7 55 740 0 1 10 0 823
2017 10 7 59 720 0 0 11 0 807
2018 23 7 66 679 1 3 8 0 787
2019 64 11 52 699 6 2 6 0 840
2020 84 16 62 666 2 1 15 0 846
2021 68 11 69 558 3 1 13 0 723
2022 56 8 54 547 3 2 11 1 682
2023 56 4 45 575 2 4 11 1 698
2024 25 6 39 591 1 2 14 0 678

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 National City Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1023 42.5 24.0 n/a
1989 1029 38.7 26.5 n/a
1990 1017 40.3 25.2 n/a
1991 1053 42.7 24.6 n/a
1992 799 43.4 18.4 77.6
1993 767 34.2 22.4 77.6
1994 777 35.2 22.1 77.5
1995 760 36.0 21.1 82.2
1996 760 36.0 21.1 82.2
1997 782 35.1 22.3 79.9
1998 830 38.9 21.3 89.2
1999 860 40.7 21.1 80.6
2000 870 40.9 21.3 76.8
2001 904 44.0 20.5 90.2
2002 910 45.6 20.0 93.5
2003 910 45.6 20.0 93.5
2004 890 42.2 21.1 82.2
2005 940 41.2 22.8 86.7
2006 869 40.4 21.5 86.1
2007 804 39.2 20.5 82.6
2008 794 45.5 17.5 70
2009 815 38.1 18.0 88.6
2010 793 35.6 22.2 91
2011 731 n/a n/a 91.4
2012 704 28.5 24.6 n/a
2013 769 29.2 26.3 86.3
2014 782 28.3 27.5 90.5
2015 768 28.0 27.4 89.6
2016 823 28.0 29.3 90.4
2017 807 33.5 24.0 89.2
2018 787 34.7 22.6 93.8
2019 840 33.9 24.7 91
2020 846 n/a n/a 90.1
2021 723 30.4 23.7 84.4
2022 682 27.2 25.0 84
2023 698 28.3 24.6 93
2024 678 29.2 23.1 72.1

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 National City Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1023 42.5 24.0 n/a
1989 1029 38.7 26.5 n/a
1990 1017 40.3 25.2 n/a
1991 1053 42.7 24.6 n/a
1992 799 43.4 18.4 77.6
1993 767 34.2 22.4 77.6
1994 777 35.2 22.1 77.5
1995 760 36.0 21.1 82.2
1996 760 36.0 21.1 82.2
1997 782 35.1 22.3 79.9
1998 830 38.9 21.3 89.2
1999 860 40.7 21.1 80.6
2000 870 40.9 21.3 76.8
2001 904 44.0 20.5 90.2
2002 910 45.6 20.0 93.5
2003 910 45.6 20.0 93.5
2004 890 42.2 21.1 82.2
2005 940 41.2 22.8 86.7
2006 869 40.4 21.5 86.1
2007 804 39.2 20.5 82.6
2008 794 45.5 17.5 70
2009 815 38.1 18.0 88.6
2010 793 35.6 22.2 91
2011 731 n/a n/a 91.4
2012 704 28.5 24.6 n/a
2013 769 29.2 26.3 86.3
2014 782 28.3 27.5 90.5
2015 768 28.0 27.4 89.6
2016 823 28.0 29.3 90.4
2017 807 33.5 24.0 89.2
2018 787 34.7 22.6 93.8
2019 840 33.9 24.7 91
2020 846 n/a n/a 90.1
2021 723 30.4 23.7 84.4
2022 682 27.2 25.0 84
2023 698 28.3 24.6 93
2024 678 29.2 23.1 72.1

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 National City Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,880

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

Impact of COVID-19 on National City Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1694th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1730th of 2802 Middle schools
 0.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (National City Middle)47.838.4
 9.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sweetwater Union High)53.747.9
 5.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (National City Middle)26.323.1
 3.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Sweetwater Union High)36.931.2
 5.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (National City Middle)38.438.8
 0.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sweetwater Union High)50.445
 5.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (National City Middle)21.616.6
 5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Sweetwater Union High)33.325.8
 7.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (National City Middle)1512.4
 2.6%
   8th Grade Science (Sweetwater Union High)29.424.2
 5.2%
   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 Students840698
 16.9%
African American114
 63.6%
American Indian62
 66.7%
Asian5245
 13.5%
Hispanic699575
 17.7%
Pacific Islander24
 100%
White6456
 12.5%
Two or More Races611
 83.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients91%93%
 2%


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Students who attend National City Middle usually go on to attend Sweetwater High

Students at National City Middle are 87% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% White, 2% Two or more races.

National City Middle ranks 1740th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 678 students attended National City Middle.


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