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What tradition at Calavera Hills Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLSBAD UNIFIED·NCES 060750010643
Calavera Hills Elementary
4100 Tamarack Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008 · (760) 331-6300 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
199 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 98 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.5pp since 2014
Math
63.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.9% | 27.6% | 18.2% | 14.3% |
| Math | 34.5% | 28.6% | 26.1% | 10.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.4% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.3% | 60.5% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 52.4% |
| 2018-19 | 67.2% | 56.3% |
| 2017-18 | 64.4% | 51.1% |
| 2016-17 | 67.2% | 55.7% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 47.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Calavera Hills Elementary
Calavera Hills Elementary's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calavera Hills Elementary this school | 441 | 45.1% | 64.0% |
| Richard Henry Dana Elementary Dana Point | 461 | 46.2% | 52.9% |
| Monte Vista Elementary Rohnert Park | 489 | 46.6% | 38.7% |
| John R. Peterson Elementary Huntington Beach | 477 | 46.1% | 63.7% |
| C L Smith Elementary San Luis Obispo | 528 | 45.5% | 60.2% |
| Cloverland Elementary Oakdale | 488 | 46.1% | 53.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Calavera Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #923 of 5,151 | #108 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #922 of 5,172 ▲ 219 | #109 of 393 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #880 of 5,172 ▲ 18 | #107 of 393 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #990 of 5,116 | #63 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #3,140 of 5,915 | #238 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,237 of 5,352 | #128 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #1,554 of 5,354 | #163 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #4,125 of 5,625 | #279 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #3,115 of 3,837 | #221 of 279 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
441
+75 (+20%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 21.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 441 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 45% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 18.6 | 21.8:1 | 33% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 20.2 | 22.3:1 | 36% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 17 | 21.5:1 | 36% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 18.5 | 25.5:1 | 40% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 18 | 26.8:1 | 40% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | N/A | N/A | 38% (229) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calavera Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (472 to 441); teachers up 8% (18.5 to 20).
About Calavera Hills Elementary
Calavera Hills Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Carlsbad, California, (ZIP code 92008). It reports enrollment of 441 students in kindergarten through 5.
Carlsbad Unified is the local district for Calavera Hills Elementary. It runs 16 schools with 10,678 students.
The student body at Calavera Hills Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 44%. Beyond that, enrollment is 41% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
Classroom staffing at Calavera Hills Elementary totals 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Federal data show 45% of students (199) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in San Diego County, the average is 54%.
Calavera Hills Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Calavera Hills Elementary would score about 53.1%. It scores 64.0%, 10.9 points above that figure.
In the wider San Diego County area, median household income comes to about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. San Diego County counts 766 public schools with about 467,437 students.
Of the public schools around it, Calavera Hills Elementary is closest to Calavera Hills Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Calavera Hills Elementary ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment increased by 20% across 4 years, from 366 in 2020-21 to 441 in 2024-25.
The Calavera Hills Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Carlsbad Unified
- Carlsbad HighHigh · 2,336 students
- Sage Creek HighHigh · 1,289 students
- Aviara Oaks MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Valley MiddleMiddle · 807 students
- Hope ElementaryElementary · 659 students
- Calavera Hills MiddleMiddle · 655 students
Other schools in Carlsbad
- Carlsbad HighHigh · 2,336 students
- La Costa Canyon HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Sage Creek HighHigh · 1,289 students
- Aviara Oaks MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Valley MiddleMiddle · 807 students
- Carrillo ElementaryElementary · 725 students
Nearby schools
- Calavera Hills Middle0.1 mi · 655
- Audeo Charter II0.5 mi · 239
- Hope Elementary0.8 mi · 659
- Sage Creek High1.1 mi · 1,289
- Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology1.2 mi · 744
- Bella Mente Montessori Academy1.4 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Calavera Hills ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Calavera Hills Elementary?
Calavera Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 441 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Calavera Hills Elementary serve?
Calavera Hills Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Calavera Hills Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Calavera Hills Elementary.
How diverse is Calavera Hills Elementary?
Calavera Hills Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 41% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Calavera Hills Elementary?
Calavera Hills Elementary is overseen by Carlsbad Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.