Balboa Elementary

Balboa Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in San Diego, California, one of the schools within San Diego Unified. Current enrollment sits at 457 students spanning grades K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Balboa Elementary reports that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% Asian, 4% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Balboa Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for San Diego County shows median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Balboa Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chavez Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Balboa Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Balboa Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Balboa Elementary's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 522 (now 457). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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