Bird Rock Elementary

Bird Rock Elementary operates as a compact K-5 school in La Jolla, California, one of the schools within San Diego Unified. Current enrollment sits at 383 students spanning grades K through 5.

Bird Rock Elementary is one of 174 schools operated by San Diego Unified, a district that serves 94,828 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bird Rock Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Bird Rock Elementary shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bird Rock Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.1%; this one delivers 77.2%.

In the area at large, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Bird Rock Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

The closest other public school is Pacific Beach Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bird Rock Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 68.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 383 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.