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How has Barnard Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005414
Barnard Elementary
2445 Fogg St., San Diego, CA 92109 · (858) 800-5700 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
168 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 113 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 92% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
73.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.0pp since 2014
Math
74.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 42.0% | 31.0% | 15.5% | 11.5% |
| Math | 52.0% | 22.5% | 16.0% | 9.5% |
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 | 73.0% | 74.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.8% | 75.1% |
| 2022-23 | 62.9% | 69.5% |
| 2021-22 | 65.9% | 71.5% |
| 2018-19 | 77.7% | 76.4% |
| 2017-18 | 77.8% | 75.4% |
| 2016-17 | 67.5% | 68.8% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 Barnard Elementary
Barnard Elementary's state test result (73.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard Elementary this school | 473 | 35.5% | 73.4% |
| Clover Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 468 | 40.6% | 85.3% |
| University Park Elementary Irvine | 509 | 35.4% | 58.2% |
| Marian Bergeson Elementary Laguna Niguel | 423 | 29.8% | 70.0% |
| ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY Brentwood | 444 | 33.3% | 56.1% |
| Greentree Elementary Irvine | 434 | 29.7% | 55.1% |
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 Barnard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #498 of 5,151 | #62 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #430 of 5,172 ▼ 22 | #51 of 393 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #595 of 5,172 ▲ 23 | #72 of 393 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #1,636 of 5,116 | #100 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #2,762 of 5,915 | #209 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,614 of 5,352 | #165 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #151 of 5,354 | #9 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #4,527 of 5,625 | #328 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #979 of 1,139 | #77 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
473
-48 (-9%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 473 | 21 | 22.5:1 | 36% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 21 | 22.4:1 | 32% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 21 | 22.8:1 | 27% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 25% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 21 | 22.1:1 | 29% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 430 | 18 | 23.9:1 | 38% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 275 | N/A | N/A | 67% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 245 | 15 | 16.3:1 | 74% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 15 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barnard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (464 to 473); teachers unchanged (21 to 21).
About Barnard Elementary
Barnard Elementary is an elementary school in San Diego, California, reachable at (858) 800-5700. Enrollment totals 473 students across kindergarten through 5.
Federal data list 174 schools in San Diego Unified, with 94,828 students enrolled.
No group is above 50% at Barnard Elementary; the largest is Asian, at 32%. After that, the student body is 30% multiracial, 21% Hispanic, 15% White, and 3% Black. Among all residents of San Diego County, the Asian share is about 12%. The diversity index for Barnard Elementary is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Barnard Elementary reported 21 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 22.5:1. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. Roughly 36% of students at Barnard Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in San Diego County average 54%.
Barnard Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 97% of California public elementary schools.
Barnard Elementary is a top-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.7% with an actual 73.4%.
Census data for San Diego County show median household income comes to about $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 766 public schools in the county, enrolling about 467,437, Barnard Elementary among them.
Among nearby public schools, Mission Bay High is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Barnard Elementary. On state test proficiency, Barnard Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Barnard Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 9% from 2020-21 to 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
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Other Barnard Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Barnard Elementary. Barnard Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Barnard Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 573 students
- Barnard Elementary SchoolTROY, MI · 400 students
- Barnard Elementary SchoolTecumseh, OK · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Mission Bay High0.1 mi · 1,240
- Sessions Elementary0.7 mi · 424
- Toler Elementary0.8 mi · 235
- Pacific Beach Middle1.0 mi · 715
- Crown Point Elementary1.0 mi · 313
- Clairemont High1.3 mi · 823
Frequently asked questions
About Barnard ElementaryHow many students attend Barnard Elementary?
Barnard Elementary enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Barnard Elementary serve?
Barnard Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Barnard Elementary have?
Barnard Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barnard Elementary?
At Barnard Elementary, the student body is approximately 15% White, 21% Hispanic, 3% Black, 32% Asian, 30% Two or more.
What district is Barnard Elementary in?
Barnard Elementary is part of San Diego Unified.
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