Cabrillo Elementary

As an one-room-style elementary campus in San Diego, California, Cabrillo Elementary enrolls 157 students from grades K through 4, operated by San Diego Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Cabrillo Elementary sits 66% below that benchmark.

San Diego Unified runs 174 schools in total, collectively educating 94,828 students. Cabrillo Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Cabrillo Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 25% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cabrillo Elementary has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 69% of students at Cabrillo Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Cabrillo Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 46.0%, a residual of +7.5 points.

In the broader community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Cabrillo Elementary is one.

Dana is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cabrillo Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cabrillo Elementary at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 74.8%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cabrillo Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 155 students in 2018 to 157 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Cabrillo Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.