Mountain Empire High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 412 students
Mountain Empire Junior High
3305 Buckman Springs Rd., Pine Valley, CA 91962
Grades
7–8
Middle
Students
245
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
21.2 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Mountain Empire Unified
San Diego County
Schola Grade F · Far below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,332 California middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California middle schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Mountain Empire Junior High
Mountain Empire Junior High is a public middle school in Pine Valley, California, serving grades 7–8. It is part of Mountain Empire Unified. The school is located in a rural area in San Diego County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 245 students were enrolled, with about 21.2 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is close to the typical California middle school (21.0 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is F (far below average), compared with 1,332 California middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 7–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 7–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 245 students
- Students per teacher
- 21.2 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Distant
- School district
- Mountain Empire Unified
- County
- San Diego County
- NCES school ID
- 062610013049
Schools near Mountain Empire Junior High
All 7 schools in Pine Valley →
Cottonwood Community Day
Alternative · Grades 7–12
Mountain Empire Special Education Preschool
Public · Grades Not reported
Sunrise High (Continuation)
Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 13 students
Hillside Junior/Senior High
Alternative · Grades 7–12 · 31 students
Joan MacQueen Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 405 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.