San Elijo Middle
San Marcos, CA · Middle School · Grades 6-8
San Elijo Middle is a middle school in San Marcos, CA with 1,463 students enrolled and a 68% proficiency rate. Part of San Marcos Unified. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
San Elijo Middle is a middle school located in San Marcos, California. The school serves 1,463 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.8:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 68% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
San Elijo Middle is part of the San Marcos Unified in California.
How This School Compares
San Elijo Middle has 1,463 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in San Marcos Unified (1,027 students). Its 68% proficiency rate is 14 percentage points above the district average of 54%. Compared to the California state average of 45%, the school performs 22 points higher. The 24.8:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
San Elijo Middle has 1,463 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.8:1.
According to EDFacts data, 68% of students at San Elijo Middle meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
San Elijo Middle is part of the San Marcos Unified in San Marcos, California. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.