Cadman Elementary

Set in San Diego, California, Cadman Elementary is a very small primary school, part of San Diego Unified. It serves 184 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Cadman Elementary sits 60% smaller than that benchmark.

San Diego Unified comprises 174 schools with combined enrollment of 94,828 students; Cadman Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cadman Elementary lists that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 29% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% Asian, 2% Black. Compared to San Diego County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 55% of students at Cadman Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cadman Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.8%, the actual is 56.5%, a residual of +9.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Cadman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Alcott Elementary, roughly 0.8 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), Cadman Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.3%.

Cadman Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cadman Elementary has fell 6%, going from 196 students in 2018 to 184 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 39% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.