Audubon K-8

Located at 8111 San Vicente, in San Diego, California, Audubon K-8 is a reasonably sized K-5 school that educates 495 students (grades K through 8), run under San Diego Unified.

Audubon K-8 is one of 174 schools operated by San Diego Unified, a district that educates 94,828 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Audubon K-8 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). The remainder consists of 6% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Audubon K-8 lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Audubon K-8 higher than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Audubon K-8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.1%; this one delivers 27.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Diego County shows 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. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Audubon K-8 is one campus in the mix.

Freese Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Audubon K-8. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Audubon K-8 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 28.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Audubon K-8 has changed only slightly, going from 503 students in 2018 to 495 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 72% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.