Benchley/Weinberger Elementary

Set in San Diego, California, Benchley/Weinberger Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school, overseen by San Diego Unified. It educates 560 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Benchley/Weinberger Elementary sits 20% above that benchmark.

Benchley/Weinberger Elementary is one of 174 schools operated by San Diego Unified, a district that teaches 94,828 students overall.

On demographics, Benchley/Weinberger Elementary reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 6% Asian, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 20% of students at Benchley/Weinberger Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Benchley/Weinberger Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.6%; this one delivers 71.8%.

Around the school, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Benchley/Weinberger Elementary is one.

Green 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 Benchley/Weinberger Elementary. On composite proficiency, Benchley/Weinberger Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 61.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Benchley/Weinberger Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 559 students in 2018 to 560 in 2025.

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