Mountain Empire Junior High

Mountain Empire Unified
3305 Buckman Springs Rd.
Pine Valley, CA 91962
245 Students
Middle School 7th - 8th
School Overview
Camp Lockett Middle School is a public school located in the rural community of Campo, California, serving students within the Mountain Empire Unified School District. Situated at the historic Camp Lockett site—a former military base that once housed the Buffalo Soldiers—the school offers a unique educational environment that blends local history with a standard middle school curriculum. The campus is designed to serve a geographically dispersed population, reflecting the close-knit, semi-isolated nature of the Mountain Empire region.

As part of the Mountain Empire Unified School District, the school focuses on providing foundational academic instruction, social-emotional development, and extracurricular opportunities tailored to the needs of its diverse student body. By utilizing the resources of the larger district, Camp Lockett Middle School aims to prepare its students for the transition to high school, emphasizing community engagement and the specific challenges and benefits of living in a rural, border-adjacent region of San Diego County.
245
Total Students
11.6
Full-Time Teachers
21.2
Student/Teacher Ratio
60.4%
Free/Reduced Lunch
Student Demographics
  • Hispanic
    169 (69.0%)
  • White
    53 (21.6%)
  • Two or More
    11 (4.5%)
  • American Indian
    10 (4.1%)
  • Asian
    2 (0.8%)
School Location
School Details
Status: Open
School Level: Middle School
School Type: Regular School
Charter Status:* Public Non-Charter
Virtual Instruction: No virtual instruction
Shared Time Status: N/A
District: Mountain Empire Unified
Phone: (619)326-6662
Website: http://www.meusd.org
Grade Range: 7th - 8th
Total Students: 245
Full-Time Teachers (FTE): 11.6
Pupil/Teacher Ratio: 21.2
NSLP Participation:1 Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)
Qualified Free Lunch: 143
Qualified Reduced Lunch: 5

* Charter Schools: A public charter school is a publicly funded school that operates independently under a legislative contract (or "charter") with a state, school district, or designated authorizing entity. Charters grant these schools greater operational flexibility over curriculum, staffing, and budgeting in exchange for strict accountability to achieve performance standards established in their charter agreement.

1 National School Lunch Program (NSLP): The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to eligible children each school day based on household income thresholds or community eligibility options (CEO).

Title I Program Overview: Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) allocates federal financial assistance to local educational agencies and public schools with high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards.

Grades Taught
Grade 7 118
Grade 8 127
Gender Ratio