Logan Memorial Educational Campus, San Diego CA

Original Research by School Decision on Logan Memorial Educational Campus

Logan Memorial Educational Campus is a K-12 school in San Diego serving a student body that is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school operates as part of San Diego Unified, which in recent years has made significant pedagogical and curricular changes, including adoption of standards-based grading for secondary students and an ethnic studies graduation requirement.

The academic results are a serious concern. Across California's standardized assessments in math and English language arts, proficiency rates at Logan Memorial are dramatically low. In math, proficiency ranges from very low single digits in the elementary grades through middle school, with the strongest performance in seventh grade still well below typical benchmarks. English proficiency is somewhat higher but remains modest across the school. Science results, where tested, are similarly low. When compared to the broader group of schools across San Diego County, Logan Memorial ranks in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency.

The school serves grades K through 10. Kindergarten through fifth grade enrollment is small, with roughly kindergarten through fifth grade classes operating at modest size. Middle school grades six through eight show substantially larger enrollment, and the school continues through tenth grade. The enrollment shifts markedly at the secondary level, suggesting the school may not retain all students through their final secondary years or operates as a traditional K-10 pathway rather than a traditional K-12.

A parent or resident should understand that this school's proficiency profile indicates students are not meeting state academic standards in the tested subjects. The data alone does not explain why, and a parent would want to speak directly with the school about its instructional approach, support systems, student needs, staffing, and any specific challenges or interventions underway. It would also be worth understanding the school's context: whether the low proficiency reflects resource constraints, student demographics with particular academic needs, recent staff or leadership changes, or other factors the school itself can articulate.

The broader San Diego Unified context includes a shift to standards-based grading in secondary grades, which emphasizes mastery over time and separates academic performance from non-academic behaviors. For a high school student at Logan Memorial (through tenth grade), that grading model would apply. The district also now requires an ethnic studies course for graduation, a curriculum change that would affect any students moving into grades that feed the district's high schools.

Housing in the San Diego zip code area is moderately valued and rented, though not inexpensive by national standards. The economic context includes the broader labor and housing market conditions of San Diego County.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 312%

School 12% · District 55% · ▼ 43 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 42%

School 2% · District 50% · ▼ 48 pts below district

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

Grade 55%

School 5% · District 45% · ▼ 40 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 66%

School 6% · District 44% · ▼ 37 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 715%

School 15% · District 43% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 41% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 320%

School 20% · District 53% · ▼ 33 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 54% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 511%

School 11% · District 58% · ▼ 47 pts below district

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 42 pts below county median

Grade 616%

School 16% · District 55% · ▼ 39 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 724%

School 24% · District 57% · ▼ 33 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 55% · ▼ 37 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Science

Grade 55%

School 5% · District 42% · ▼ 37 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 87%

School 7% · District 39% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

This schoolSan Diego Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 7Lower-income24%Higher-income27%3 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income14%Higher-income31%17 pp gap