San Diego City Wire

Vista Del Mar had 188 seventh-grade students during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Rancho del Rey Middle School had the most seventh-grade students enrolled in California with 897.

According to numbers provided by the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see a decrease of three percent in public elementary and secondary school enrollment from 2017-2029. The state expected to see the largest drop in enrollment is New Mexico with a projected 12 percent decrease, while Washington D.C. is projected to see a 14 percent increase over the same time period.

In a survey conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California, seven percent of respondents said large class sizes was the biggest issue facing California's K-12 schools. In the same survey, 50 percent of the respondents said they did not view the financial resources their local public school was getting as adequate.

Rank	School	Attendance
1	Rancho del Rey Middle School	897
2	Eastlake Middle School	884
3	George Ellery Hale Charter Academy	801
4	Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle School	797
5	South Junior High School	782
6	Thomas Starr King Middle School Film and Media Magnet	774
7	Clark Intermediate	768
8	Reyburn Intermediate	766
9	Washington Academic Middle School	750
10	Turlock Junior High School	732
11	Katherine L. Albiani Middle School	731
12	Paul Revere Charter Middle School	699
13	Lexington Junior High School	692
14	Toby Johnson Middle School	687
15	Alta Sierra Intermediate	679
16	Sycamore Junior High School	669
16	Arroyo Seco Junior High School	669
16	Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate	669
19	Lakeside Middle School	658
20	Jurupa Middle School	641
21	South Gate Middle School	636
21	John M. Horner Junior High School	636
23	Granite Ridge Intermediate	634
23	Rio Norte Junior High School	634
25	San Elijo Middle School	627
26	Pinacate Middle School	626
26	Thornton Junior High School	626
28	Ranchero Middle School	625
29	Harden Middle School	620
29	Washington Middle School	620
31	La Paz Middle School	616
31	La Mesa Junior High School	616
33	Sequoia Middle School	615
34	Kastner Intermediate	613
34	Jeffrey Trail Middle School	613
36	El Rancho Charter School	611
36	Cesar E. Chavez Middle School	611
38	El Sausal Middle School	610
38	Wilmington Middle Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics (STEAM) Magnet	610
40	Bonita Vista Middle School	608
41	John Burroughs Middle School	606
42	Robert A. Millikan Affiliated Charter & Performing Arts Magnet Middle School	605
43	Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate	603
44	Sutter Middle School	601
45	Stephen M. White Middle School	600
46	Citrus Hills Intermediate	598
47	Horace Ensign Intermediate	594
48	James Madison Middle School	586
49	T.R. Smedberg Middle School	585
50	River Heights Intermediate	583
51	Griffith Middle School	582
52	Hesperia Junior High School	578
53	Henry T. Gage Middle School	576
53	El Roble Intermediate	576
55	Harriet G. Eddy Middle School	573
55	Chaboya Middle School	573
55	Serrano Intermediate	573
55	Gaspar De Portola Middle School	573
55	Toro Canyon Middle School	573
60	River Springs Charter School	572
60	Edward Harris Jr. Middle School	572
62	Rosemont Middle School	570
63	Culver City Middle School	568
64	Thompson Middle School	567
65	Walter Reed Middle School	563
65	Cedar Middle School	563
67	Richard Henry Dana Middle School	562
68	William G. Jehue Middle School	555
68	Brookhurst Junior High School	555
70	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	554
71	Carmel Valley Middle School	553
71	Dale Junior High School	553
73	Bernardo Heights Middle School	551
73	Thomas A. Edison Middle School	551
75	Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle School	550
76	Robert Frost Middle School	549
77	Frank Augustus Miller Middle School	546
78	Placerita Junior High School	544
79	Lynwood Middle School	541
80	Lodi Middle School	540
81	Hillsdale Middle School	539
82	Kraemer Middle School	533
83	William Hopkins Junior High School	532
83	Tommie Kunst Junior High School	532
85	Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle School	531
86	Isaac Fesler Junior High School	529
87	Buena Park Junior High School	528
88	Charles Blackstock Junior High School	527
89	Samuel Jackman Middle School	526
89	Sierra Vista Junior High School	526
91	Colton Middle School	524
92	Granite Oaks Middle School	522
92	Stonecreek Junior High School	522
94	Walker Junior High School	521
95	Sutter Middle School	518
95	Sunnymead Middle School	518
97	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	516
97	Canyon Hills Junior High School	516
99	Norris Middle School	515
99	Santiago Middle School	515
99	Chemawa Middle School	515
99	Terrace Hills Middle School	515
99	Eleanor Murray Fallon	515
104	Valley View Middle School	514
104	Richard E. Byrd Middle School	514
106	Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts	507
107	Robert O. Townsend Junior High School	505
107	Hilltop Middle School	505
107	Hollenbeck Middle School	505
110	D. Russell Parks Junior High School	504
110	Los Banos Junior High School	504
112	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School	503
112	Washington Intermediate	503
114	Mayfair High School	502
115	Ysmael Villegas Middle School	501
115	Ladera Ranch Middle School	501
117	Gerald P. Carr Intermediate	500
118	Mesa Verde Middle School	499
118	Lennox Middle School	499
118	Ball Junior High School	499
118	Cerro Villa Middle School	499
122	Joe Walker Middle School	498
122	Dorothy McElhinney Middle School	498
124	Lakeview Leadership Academy	496
125	Manhattan Beach Middle School	495
126	Curtis Middle School	494
126	Etiwanda Intermediate	494
128	Vista Heights Middle School	490
128	Quimby Oak Middle School	490
128	Chipman Junior High School	490
131	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	489
131	Willis Jepson Middle School	489
133	Douglass Middle School	488
133	Cope Middle School	488
135	Imogene Garner Hook Junior High School	487
136	Mountain View Middle School	485
136	Diegueno Middle School	485
136	Wendy Lopour Doty Middle School	485
136	Jack G. Desmond Middle School	485
140	John Muir Middle School	483
141	Shivela Middle School	480
141	Hughes Middle School	480
141	Alexander Fleming Middle School	480
144	Marshall Middle School	479
145	Desert Ridge Academy	478
146	Raymond A. Villa Fundamental Intermediate	477
146	Woodland Park Middle School	477
146	Kings Canyon Middle School	477
149	George K. Porter Middle School	476
149	Oak Valley Middle School	476
151	Palm Desert Charter Middle School	475
151	Glacier Point Middle School	475
153	Amelia Earhart Middle School	474
153	William Mulholland Middle School	474
153	E.O. Green Junior High School	474
156	James Rutter Middle School	473
157	Brea Junior High School	471
157	Rancho Pico Junior High School	471
159	James Workman Middle School	470
159	Chester W. Nimitz Middle School	470
161	Serrano Middle School	469
161	Arrowview Middle School	469
161	Folsom Middle School	469
161	Eleanor J. Toll Middle School	469
165	Matthew Gage Middle School	468
165	Centerville Junior High School	468
167	Cupertino Middle School	467
168	Evelyn Hanshaw Middle School	466
168	Valley Oak Middle School	466
170	Earl Warren Junior High School	465
170	Canyon Middle School	465
170	Barbara Worth Junior High School	465
173	Tenaya Middle School	464
173	Ramona Middle School	464
175	Bella Vista Middle School	462
176	Newhart Middle School	459
177	Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School	458
177	Ethan A. Chase Middle School	458
179	Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate	457
180	La Colina Junior High School	456
180	Joseph Kerr Middle School	456
180	Norco Intermediate	456
180	California Middle School	456
180	James E. Potter Intermediate	456
185	Sierra Vista Middle School	454
185	Kenilworth Junior High School	454
185	Sierra Middle School	454
185	Roosevelt Junior High School	454
189	Newark Junior High School	453
189	El Sereno Middle School	453
189	Orangeview Junior High School	453
192	Oak Middle School	452
193	Palms Middle School	451
193	Ernest Lawrence Middle School	451
195	La Joya Middle School	449
195	Chula Vista Middle School	449
195	Ethel Dwyer Middle School	449
195	El Cerrito Middle School	449
199	Creekside Junior High School	448
200	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School	447