College Preparatory Middle is a 5-8 school.

It serves grades 5-8 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

College Preparatory Middle

Spring Valley · San Diego County · SBE - College Preparatory Middle · Public

Public San Diego County SBE - College Preparatory Middle → CDS 3777164…
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Top 5% ELA proficiency in CA Top 5% Math proficiency in CA Top 5 ELA proficiency in San Diego Top 4 Math proficiency in San Diego

How College Preparatory Middle compares for families

What families should know about College Preparatory Middle.

  • Locally📘 Top 5% in California on ELA proficiency — plus 3 more top-ranks.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Highlands Elementary, Lemon Grove Academy Elementary, Harriet Tubman Village Charter and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

Kids show up: 2% are chronically absent versus about 21% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
2.2%
9 of 402 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

San Diego County median
18.8% · school is better than 95% of 208 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
238 (2019)399 (2026)
+67.6%

If this trend holds (+4.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~417 +18 $0
3 yr (2029) ~455 +56 $0
5 yr (2031) ~497 +98 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does College Preparatory Middle really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Highlands Elementary · Lemon Grove Academy Elementary · Harriet Tubman Village Charter · Kempton Street Literacy Academy · Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities · Darnall Charter · +4 more

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the San Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Families don't leave: 97% of students who start the year finish it here — top-tier retention statewide.
Stability rate
96.8%
392 of 405 students

13 of 405 students who enrolled at College Preparatory Middle this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.8% · school is in the 95th percentile of 210 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 95th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

White (232) 98.7%
Socio. disadvantaged (183) 96.7%
Hispanic / Latino (108) 91.7%
Students w/ disabilities (41) 92.7%
English learners (30) 93.3%
Two or more races (20) 100.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Highlands Elementary 89.2% Lemon Grove Academy Elementary 85.1% Harriet Tubman Village Charter 88.0% Kempton Street Literacy Academy 86.7% Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities 87.0%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

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