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Which teacher or staff member at Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
889
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060861013096
Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary
1650 Exploration Falls Dr., Chula Vista, CA 91915 · (619) 591-5500 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL889 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
22.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
336 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 150 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 128 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (150) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (128).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
68.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.7pp since 2014
Math
59.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.7% | 29.0% | 16.1% | 15.3% |
| Math | 35.0% | 24.4% | 22.4% | 18.2% |
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 | 68.7% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 71.2% | 57.7% |
| 2022-23 | 66.8% | 55.2% |
| 2021-22 | 68.2% | 53.9% |
| 2018-19 | 78.4% | 69.7% |
| 2017-18 | 74.6% | 64.2% |
| 2016-17 | 68.6% | 61.7% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary
Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary this school | 889 | 37.8% | 64.2% |
| Veterans Elementary Chula Vista | 832 | 42.8% | 63.5% |
| Heritage Elementary Chula Vista | 732 | 38.3% | 66.5% |
| Salt Creek Elementary Chula Vista | 835 | 34.1% | 68.0% |
| Cecilia Lucero Solorio Elementary Fontana | 813 | 30.9% | 62.5% |
| Terra Vista Elementary Rancho Cucamonga | 855 | 36.8% | 66.3% |
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 Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #912 of 5,151 | #106 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #1,096 of 5,172 ▲ 17 | #120 of 393 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #809 of 5,172 ▼ 157 | #97 of 393 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,271 of 5,116 | #156 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 889 | #183 of 5,915 | #17 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,363 of 5,352 | #142 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #1,012 of 5,354 | #89 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #4,428 of 5,625 | #316 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #1,729 of 3,837 | #124 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
889
-122 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 889 | 40 | 22.2:1 | 38% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 923 | 43 | 21.5:1 | 35% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 931 | 41.5 | 22.4:1 | 27% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 1,011 | 41 | 24.7:1 | 26% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 1,075 | 44 | 24.4:1 | 29% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 1,063 | 41 | 25.9:1 | 27% (292) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,075 to 889); teachers down 9% (44 to 40).
About Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary
In Chula Vista, California, part of San Diego County, Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary is an elementary school. School enrollment was 889 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Chula Vista Elementary enrolls 22,235 students in 43 schools, including Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary.
A majority of students at Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary, 52%, are Hispanic. Next come 19% Asian, 11% multiracial, 9% White, and 8% Black. The county population is about 35% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The teaching staff at Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary is 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 22.2:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 38%. Public schools in San Diego County average 54%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary would score about 57.4%. It scores 64.2%, 6.8 points above that figure.
In the county around the school, San Diego County, median household income is about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary is among the 766 public schools in San Diego County.
The school nearest to Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary is High Tech Middle Chula Vista, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The number of students dropped from 1,011 to 889 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 24.7:1 to 22.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Chula Vista Elementary
- Wolf Canyon ElementaryElementary · 954 students
- Hedenkamp (Anne and William) ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Salt Creek ElementaryElementary · 835 students
- Muraoka (Saburo) ElementaryElementary · 832 students
- Veterans ElementaryElementary · 832 students
- Lauderbach (J. Calvin) ElementaryElementary · 763 students
Other schools in Chula Vista
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Chula Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,864 students
- Hilltop Senior HighHigh · 1,771 students
Nearby schools
- High Tech Middle Chula Vista0.5 mi · 335
- High Tech Elementary Chula Vista0.5 mi · 445
- High Tech High Chula Vista0.5 mi · 626
- Olympic View Elementary1.1 mi · 544
- Veterans Elementary1.1 mi · 832
- Arroyo Vista Charter1.1 mi · 911
Frequently asked questions
About Camarena (Enrique S.) ElementaryHow many students attend Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary?
Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary enrolls approximately 889 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary serve?
Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary?
At Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 52% Hispanic, 8% Black, 19% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary public or private?
Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chula Vista Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.