Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg
San Diego · San Diego County · Poway Unified · Public
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- About 3 in 4 students read and write at grade level. On the state's own 11th-grade test, 78% met or exceeded the college-readiness bar — the top quarter of California high schools (statewide: 54%).
- Kids actually show up. Only 14% of students are chronically absent, versus about 23% statewide — day-to-day engagement most schools would envy.
- One question for any counselor: who should still test? Plenty of strong students skip the SAT/ACT now — but merit scholarships at dozens of colleges still key off scores. Ask how the school decides who should still sit for one.
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Where grads go — and what it costs & pays
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
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How Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg compares for families
Mid-pack college outcomes within California.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 24 — right around the California median of 19.
- ▸ Locally📘 Top 10% in California on ELA proficiency — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Audeo Charter School Iii, Montecito High (continuation), Sunset High (continuation) and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025
Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.
Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.
Student composition — 2025-26
HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.
Race / ethnicity
Program subgroups
Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.
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: grades 9–12.
Absenteeism is up 11.3 pp since 2022-23. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
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
How does Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg really compare on getting kids to college?
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Your similar-school group includes
Audeo Charter School Iii · Montecito High (continuation) · Sunset High (continuation) · Dimensions Collaborative School · Foothills High School · Merit Academy · +4 more
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.
Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg is recruiting families faster than San Diego County is shrinking (school +31.7% vs. county -12.7%), but 10 students didn't make it to year-end. The recruitment engine works; the mid-year exits are worth understanding.
10 of 94 students who enrolled at Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (10.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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.
District financial profile — Poway Unified (FY2020)
From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.
Local: 54.6%
Federal: 6.0%
Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Poway Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).
Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg sent 66 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 16.7% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 24 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 5 points above the California median of 19, higher than 60% of California high schools..
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Higher than 60% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg's UC Reach Score of 24 is above the California median (19). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53 or higher.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 71 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg's UC Reach is higher than 60% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 9 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | — | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 11 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.69 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 13 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.60 | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 9 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.70 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 13 | 7 | 3 | 53.8% | 15 | 42.9% | 3.58 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 11 | 4 | —† | 36.4% | 9 | — | 3.65 | —† |
What This Means
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At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantPoway to Palomar Middle Colleg is a public high school in San Diego, San Diego County, California with 46 seniors in the Class of 2025.
Its UC Reach Score is 24 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 11 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 46, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 60% of California high schools.
In 2025 its students filed 66 UC applications and received 11 offers, a UC admit rate of 16.7% (counted at each campus); 3 enrolled.
More of its graduates enrolled at UC Irvine than at any other UC campus (3 in 2025).
28% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).
Enrollment was 96 students in 2026, up 159% since 2023.
Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg's UC Reach Score? Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg's UC Reach Score is 24 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 11 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 46, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 60% of California high schools.
How many students from Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg got into a UC? In 2025 its students filed 66 UC applications and received 11 offers, a UC admit rate of 16.7% (counted at each campus); 3 enrolled.
Which UC campus do Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg graduates attend most? More of Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg's graduates enrolled at UC Irvine than at any other UC campus (3 in 2025).
What percentage of Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg graduates complete the A-G requirements? 28% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).
How many students attend Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg? Enrollment was 96 students in 2026, up 159% since 2023.
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