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Enrollment
687
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAJON VALLEY UNION·NCES 060681000603
Anza Elementary
1005 South Anza St., El Cajon, CA 92020 · (619) 588-3116 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
626 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 78% larger than its 6th grade class (69).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
11.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -14.4pp since 2014
Math
10.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -16.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.9% | 7.8% | 19.1% | 69.3% |
| Math | 4.2% | 6.5% | 22.8% | 66.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.6% | 10.7% |
| 2023-24 | 17.5% | 12.5% |
| 2022-23 | 23.7% | 18.5% |
| 2021-22 | 29.1% | 21.0% |
| 2018-19 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2017-18 | 27.7% | 27.2% |
| 2016-17 | 28.3% | 29.3% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 27.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
13.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Anza Elementary
Anza Elementary's state test result (13.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anza Elementary this school | 687 | 91.1% | 13.0% |
| Chase Avenue Elementary El Cajon | 757 | 94.6% | 10.7% |
| Pioneer TK-8 Sacramento | 648 | 86.6% | 42.5% |
| W. D. Hall Elementary El Cajon | 579 | 90.2% | 19.4% |
| Meridian Elementary El Cajon | 570 | 93.2% | 16.7% |
| Lexington Elementary El Cajon | 878 | 91.1% | 14.7% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Anza Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #5,029 of 5,151 | #387 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #5,014 of 5,172 ▼ 140 | #388 of 393 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #5,118 of 5,172 ▼ 217 | #393 of 393 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.9pp | #36 of 5,116 | #2 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #829 of 5,915 | #70 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,408 of 5,352 | #340 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.2% | #182 of 5,354 | #12 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #953 of 5,625 | #41 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.1% | #168 of 1,139 | #13 of 97 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
687
+184 (+37%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 23.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 687 | 27.5 | 25.0:1 | 91% (626) |
| 2023-24 | 656 | 25.5 | 25.7:1 | 89% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 24 | 25.0:1 | 87% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 21 | 23.9:1 | 93% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 25 | 22.0:1 | 90% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 26 | 21.9:1 | 93% (530) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | N/A | N/A | 89% (485) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 81% (427) |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 30 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anza Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (549 to 687); teachers up 10% (25 to 27.5).
About Anza Elementary
Anza Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in El Cajon, California. It has an enrollment of 687 students in kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Cajon Valley Union operates 25 schools. Combined enrollment is 15,974 students.
The largest group at Anza Elementary is White students, at 38%. The remaining students are 26% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 8% Black. Census figures show San Diego County is about 48% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
Staffing at Anza Elementary comes to 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 25.0:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. On the income side, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in San Diego County average 54%.
Anza Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.0% and a predicted 26.1%.
Looking at the county, San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. San Diego County has 766 public schools with about 467,437 students, including Anza Elementary.
Anza Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Literacy First Charter, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Anza Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Anza Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 503 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 687 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 23.9:1 to 25.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cajon Valley Union
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Naranca ElementaryElementary · 985 students
- Cajon Valley MiddleMiddle · 942 students
- Montgomery MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Lexington ElementaryElementary · 878 students
- Johnson ElementaryElementary · 766 students
Other schools in El Cajon
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 2,331 students
- Literacy First CharterCombined · 2,160 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Cajon Valley HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Bostonia GlobalCombined · 1,266 students
Other Anza Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Anza Elementary. Anza Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Anza ElementaryTorrance, CA · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Literacy First Charter0.5 mi · 2,160
- Lexington Elementary0.6 mi · 878
- Chase Avenue Elementary0.8 mi · 757
- REACH Academy1.1 mi · 21
- Elite Academy1.1 mi · 34
- Empower1.1 mi · 21
Frequently asked questions
About Anza ElementaryHow many students attend Anza Elementary?
Anza Elementary enrolls approximately 687 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Anza Elementary serve?
Anza Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Anza Elementary?
Approximately 25.0:1 students per teacher at Anza Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Anza Elementary?
At Anza Elementary, the student body is approximately 38% White, 26% Hispanic, 8% Black, 16% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Anza Elementary?
Anza Elementary is overseen by Cajon Valley Union in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.