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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTEE·NCES 063588006138
Carlton Hills Elementary
9353 Pike Rd., Santee, CA 92071 · (619) 258-3400 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% 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.
- B-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
23.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
288 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 11% larger than its 8th grade class (71).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
60.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.1pp since 2014
Math
57.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.1% | 32.0% | 24.5% | 15.4% |
| Math | 32.5% | 25.3% | 24.0% | 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 | 60.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023-24 | 62.2% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.9% | 51.7% |
| 2021-22 | 63.7% | 48.8% |
| 2020-21 | 57.4% | 48.7% |
| 2018-19 | 59.1% | 58.0% |
| 2017-18 | 55.4% | 55.7% |
| 2016-17 | 49.8% | 50.5% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Carlton Hills Elementary
Carlton Hills Elementary's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton Hills Elementary this school | 601 | 47.9% | 59.0% |
| Hill Creek Elementary Santee | 695 | 47.3% | 53.4% |
| Vinewood Elementary Lodi | 543 | 47.1% | 66.0% |
| Chet F. Harritt Elementary Santee | 606 | 46.4% | 50.0% |
| Las Flores Elementary Ridgecrest | 526 | 47.3% | 45.7% |
| George Washington Charter Palm Desert | 746 | 50.3% | 68.0% |
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 Carlton Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,172 of 5,151 | #130 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #1,159 of 5,172 ▲ 20 | #125 of 393 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #1,324 of 5,172 ▼ 203 | #150 of 393 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #2,420 of 5,116 | #168 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #1,399 of 5,915 | #104 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,107 of 5,352 | #215 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #1,740 of 5,354 | #187 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #4,006 of 5,625 | #267 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #3,318 of 3,837 | #233 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
601
-72 (-11%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 601 | 26 | 23.1:1 | 48% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 27 | 21.3:1 | 36% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 586 | 26 | 22.5:1 | 37% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 29 | 23.2:1 | 36% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 25 | 25.3:1 | 41% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 23 | 25.0:1 | 45% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | N/A | N/A | 43% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 35 | 21.2:1 | 23% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 735 | 30 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carlton Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (633 to 601); teachers up 4% (25 to 26).
About Carlton Hills Elementary
Carlton Hills Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, with an address in Santee. It enrolls 601 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. That is 29% larger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Santee is responsible for 11 schools, Carlton Hills Elementary included, with 6,066 students in all.
More than half of enrollment at Carlton Hills Elementary is White: 52%. Next come 33% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. In San Diego County overall, the White share is about 48%. The diversity index for Carlton Hills Elementary is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Carlton Hills Elementary totals 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal data show 48% of students (288) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Carlton Hills Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Carlton Hills Elementary is 7.5 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 59.0% actual, 51.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In the surrounding county, San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 766 public schools in the county, enrolling about 467,437, Carlton Hills Elementary among them.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Rio Seco Elementary, is the closest to Carlton Hills Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Carlton Hills Elementary. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Carlton Hills Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 673 (2020-21) to 601 (2024-25).
Carlton Hills Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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 Santee
- Rio Seco ElementaryElementary · 913 students
- Cajon Park ElementaryElementary · 830 students
- Carlton Oaks ElementaryElementary · 823 students
- Hill Creek ElementaryElementary · 695 students
- Pepper Drive ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- Chet F. Harritt ElementaryElementary · 606 students
Other schools in Santee
- West Hills HighHigh · 1,624 students
- Santana HighHigh · 1,621 students
- Rio Seco ElementaryElementary · 913 students
- Cajon Park ElementaryElementary · 830 students
- Carlton Oaks ElementaryElementary · 823 students
- Hill Creek ElementaryElementary · 695 students
Nearby schools
- Rio Seco Elementary0.8 mi · 913
- PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue1.0 mi · 548
- Carlton Oaks Elementary1.1 mi · 823
- West Hills High1.1 mi · 1,624
- Sycamore Canyon Elementary1.2 mi · 373
- Chet F. Harritt Elementary1.7 mi · 606
Frequently asked questions
About Carlton Hills ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Carlton Hills Elementary?
Carlton Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 601 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Carlton Hills Elementary serve?
Carlton Hills Elementary serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Carlton Hills Elementary?
Approximately 23.1:1 students per teacher at Carlton Hills Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carlton Hills Elementary?
At Carlton Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 33% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Carlton Hills Elementary in?
Carlton Hills Elementary is part of Santee.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.