Casillas (Joseph) Elementary

Set in Chula Vista, California, Casillas (Joseph) Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school, operated by Chula Vista Elementary. It teaches 431 students across grades K through 6.

Casillas (Joseph) Elementary is one of 43 schools operated by Chula Vista Elementary, a district that educates 22,235 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Casillas (Joseph) Elementary records that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 12% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Casillas (Joseph) Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.5%; this one delivers 48.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Casillas (Joseph) Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rancho del Rey Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Casillas (Joseph) Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Casillas (Joseph) Elementary has edged down 6%, going from 457 students in 2018 to 431 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 56% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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