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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060861007646
Casillas (Joseph) Elementary
1130 East J St., Chula Vista, CA 91910 · (619) 421-7555 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
20.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
195 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 19% larger than its 6th grade class (64).
Student demographics
52%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
58.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.9pp since 2014
Math
45.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.1% | 31.8% | 17.4% | 23.6% |
| Math | 24.6% | 20.4% | 27.3% | 27.7% |
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 | 58.9% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 41.8% |
| 2022-23 | 51.1% | 45.1% |
| 2021-22 | 53.3% | 48.5% |
| 2018-19 | 73.4% | 63.1% |
| 2017-18 | 77.1% | 65.4% |
| 2016-17 | 66.9% | 58.1% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 Casillas (Joseph) Elementary
Casillas (Joseph) Elementary's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casillas (Joseph) Elementary this school | 431 | 45.2% | 50.5% |
| Parkview Elementary Chula Vista | 403 | 44.7% | 64.2% |
| Bishop Elementary Sunnyvale | 465 | 42.8% | 36.0% |
| Chula Vista Hills Elementary Chula Vista | 430 | 48.4% | 59.5% |
| Fred Ekstrand Elementary San Dimas | 475 | 47.8% | 58.4% |
| Allen (Ella B.) Elementary Bonita | 422 | 48.6% | 59.5% |
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 Casillas (Joseph) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #1,689 of 5,151 | #179 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,923 of 5,172 ▲ 134 | #190 of 393 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #1,409 of 5,172 ▲ 107 | #158 of 393 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #2,965 of 5,116 | #209 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #3,267 of 5,915 | #249 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #1,223 of 5,352 | #64 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #2,583 of 5,354 | #263 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #4,119 of 5,625 | #276 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #3,236 of 3,837 | #231 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
431
-23 (-5%) vs 2020
-48% since 2000-01, when it was 823
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 431 | 21 | 20.5:1 | 45% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 49% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 44% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 21 | 21.6:1 | 44% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 43% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 23 | 21.2:1 | 42% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | N/A | N/A | 26% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 823 | 41 | 20.1:1 | 13% (103) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Casillas (Joseph) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (457 to 431); teachers down 12% (24 to 21).
About Casillas (Joseph) Elementary
Casillas (Joseph) Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Chula Vista, California. Enrollment is 431 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 6.
Chula Vista Elementary enrolls 22,235 students, and its 43 schools include Casillas (Joseph) Elementary.
Casillas (Joseph) Elementary's enrollment is 67% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 12% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% White, and 4% Black. In San Diego County overall, about 35% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Casillas (Joseph) Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
A ratio of 20.5:1 comes from the school's 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 45% of students at Casillas (Joseph) Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in San Diego County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
allk12 grades Casillas (Joseph) Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Casillas (Joseph) Elementary is 2.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (50.5% versus 53.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Census Bureau estimates for San Diego County show that median household income is about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Casillas (Joseph) Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County, which together enroll about 467,437 students.
Nearby, Rancho del Rey Middle is about 0.1 miles away. Casillas (Joseph) Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Casillas (Joseph) Elementary's average proficiency of 50.5% compares with 57.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 454 in 2020-21 and 431 in 2024-25, a decrease of 23 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.6:1 in 2020-21 to 20.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Discovery Charter0.9 mi · 945
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Frequently asked questions
About Casillas (Joseph) ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Casillas (Joseph) Elementary?
Casillas (Joseph) Elementary enrolls approximately 431 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Casillas (Joseph) Elementary serve?
Casillas (Joseph) Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Casillas (Joseph) Elementary?
Approximately 20.5:1 students per teacher at Casillas (Joseph) Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Casillas (Joseph) Elementary?
Student demographics at Casillas (Joseph) Elementary are roughly 8% White, 67% Hispanic, 4% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Casillas (Joseph) Elementary in?
Casillas (Joseph) Elementary is part of Chula Vista Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.