Alcott Elementary

Alcott Elementary is an elementary campus of modestly sized scale in San Diego, California, part of San Diego Unified, teacheing 234 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 50% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 174 schools in San Diego Unified (94,828 students total), Alcott Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alcott Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Alcott Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

Zooming out to the county, San Diego County reports that median household income runs about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Alcott Elementary is one.

Cadman Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alcott Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alcott Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 20%: 195 students in 2018 compared to 234 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 47% to 41%.

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