Calavera Hills Elementary

Calavera Hills Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in Carlsbad, California, run under Carlsbad Unified, with 441 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Calavera Hills Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by Carlsbad Unified, a district that works with 10,678 students overall.

Demographically, Calavera Hills Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 41% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Calavera Hills Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Calavera Hills Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.6%, the actual is 61.7%, a residual of +9.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Calavera Hills Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Calavera Hills Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Calavera Hills Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Calavera Hills Elementary's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 472 (now 441). Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.