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If you could change one rule at Bethune K-8, what would it be?
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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432008963
Bethune K-8
6835 Benjamin Holt Rd., San Diego, CA 92114 · (619) 860-5800 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
375 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
CA avg 47.1% . +5.3pp since 2014
Math
48.6%
CA avg 35.6% . -0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
520
-102 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 25.5:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
23%
was 17%
% Black
5%
was 7%
% Asian
59%
was 62%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Bethune K-8
Bethune K-8 is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in San Diego, California, one of the schools within San Diego Unified, with 520 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.
Within San Diego Unified, which oversees 174 schools and 94,828 students, Bethune K-8 is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Bethune K-8 logs that the largest single group is Asian, at 59% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 23% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Bethune K-8 has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than San Diego County's rate of about 54%.
With demographic context factored in, Bethune K-8 sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 36.5%; actual is 51.5%, +14.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household income runs about $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 Bethune K-8 is one.
The closest other public school is Perry Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bethune K-8 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 622 students in 2018 compared to 520 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 17% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.
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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 San Diego Unified
- Henry HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Mira Mesa HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Hoover HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Scripps Ranch HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Point Loma HighHigh · 1,724 students
- San Diego HighHigh · 1,602 students
Other schools in San Diego
- Del Norte HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Torrey Pines HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Henry HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Rancho Bernardo HighHigh · 2,210 students
- Mira Mesa HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Canyon Crest AcademyHigh · 2,147 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Elementary0.6 mi · 341
- San Diego SCPA0.6 mi · 1,297
- Bell Middle0.7 mi · 700
- Morse High0.8 mi · 1,591
- Boone Elementary0.8 mi · 342
- Zamorano Elementary0.9 mi · 823
Frequently asked questions
About Bethune K-8How large is Bethune K-8?
Bethune K-8 enrolls approximately 520 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Bethune K-8 serve?
Bethune K-8 serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Bethune K-8 have?
Bethune K-8 employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Bethune K-8?
Student demographics at Bethune K-8 are roughly 2% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 59% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Bethune K-8?
Bethune K-8 is overseen by San Diego Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.