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Enrollment
858
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POWAY UNIFIED·NCES 063153004885
Chaparral Elementary
17250 Tannin Dr., Poway, CA 92064 · (858) 485-0042 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL858 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
88 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 176 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 156 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 145 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (176) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (145).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
73.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.9pp since 2014
Math
72.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.2% | 26.9% | 14.9% | 12.0% |
| Math | 42.3% | 29.8% | 17.4% | 10.5% |
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 | 73.1% | 72.1% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 71.6% |
| 2022-23 | 72.6% | 75.6% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 75.8% |
| 2018-19 | 76.0% | 75.3% |
| 2017-18 | 72.9% | 71.1% |
| 2016-17 | 76.4% | 74.8% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 75.0% |
| 2014-15 | 76.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Chaparral Elementary
Chaparral Elementary's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaparral Elementary this school | 858 | 10.3% | 73.3% |
| Sunset Elementary Livermore | 759 | 7.6% | 73.5% |
| Greenbrook Elementary Danville | 732 | 6.6% | 76.0% |
| Sycamore Canyon Newbury Park | 937 | 5.4% | 79.8% |
| Booksin Elementary San Jose | 715 | 11.9% | 74.6% |
| Quarry Trail Elementary Rocklin | 705 | 13.6% | 67.4% |
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 Chaparral Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #504 of 5,151 | #63 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #515 of 5,172 ▲ 9 | #60 of 393 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #587 of 5,172 ▼ 170 | #70 of 393 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #516 of 5,116 | #40 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 858 | #242 of 5,915 | #21 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #3,559 of 5,352 | #258 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #1,019 of 5,354 | #91 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.3% | #5,465 of 5,625 | #425 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #986 of 1,139 | #78 of 97 |
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
858
+56 (+7%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 711
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 858 | 36.1 | 23.8:1 | 10% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 869 | 35.6 | 24.4:1 | 10% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 833 | 36.1 | 23.1:1 | 10% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 802 | 34 | 23.6:1 | 12% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 843 | 33 | 25.6:1 | 14% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 32 | 25.0:1 | 9% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 846 | N/A | N/A | 7% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 885 | 46 | 19.2:1 | 6% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 711 | 29 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chaparral Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (843 to 858); teachers up 9% (33 to 36.1).
About Chaparral Elementary
Chaparral Elementary is the name of a large elementary school in Poway, California. In all, 858 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 85% above the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Poway Unified enrolls 34,259 students, and its 39 schools include Chaparral Elementary.
The largest group at Chaparral Elementary is White students, at 49%. Other students are 23% Asian, 14% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. Census estimates put San Diego County at about 48% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
For every teacher at Chaparral Elementary, there are about 23.8 students; the school has 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. There are 88 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 10% of enrollment. It compares with 54% for public schools in San Diego County.
The model predicts 73.5% for a school in California with Chaparral Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Chaparral Elementary posts 73.3%.
In the wider San Diego County area, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Chaparral Elementary shares San Diego County with 765 other public schools.
Chaparral Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Painted Rock Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Chaparral Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Chaparral Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 73.3% versus a 64.6% average.
Chaparral Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 802 to 858.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Poway Unified
- Del Norte HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Rancho Bernardo HighHigh · 2,210 students
- Westview HighHigh · 2,116 students
- Poway HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Mt. Carmel HighHigh · 1,800 students
- Oak Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,503 students
Other schools in Poway
- Pacific Coast AcademyCombined · 6,760 students
- Cabrillo Point AcademyCombined · 5,706 students
- Poway HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Twin Peaks MiddleMiddle · 1,164 students
- Meadowbrook MiddleMiddle · 972 students
- Valley ElementaryElementary · 663 students
Other Chaparral Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 4 states are named Chaparral Elementary. Chaparral Elementary is the largest of the 12.
- Chaparral ElementaryClaremont, CA · 648 students
- Chaparral ElementaryChino Hills, CA · 616 students
- Chaparral ElementaryCalabasas, CA · 614 students
- Chaparral ElementaryLadera Ranch, CA · 604 students
- Chaparral Elementary SchoolGILBERT, AZ · 734 students
Nearby schools
- Painted Rock Elementary0.9 mi · 613
- Bernardo Heights Middle2.0 mi · 1,487
- Westwood Elementary2.1 mi · 832
- Rancho Bernardo High2.2 mi · 2,210
- Poway to Palomar Middle College High2.2 mi · 88
- Poway High2.3 mi · 2,101
Frequently asked questions
About Chaparral ElementaryHow many students attend Chaparral Elementary?
Chaparral Elementary enrolls approximately 858 students in grades KG-05.
Is Chaparral Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chaparral Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Chaparral Elementary have?
Chaparral Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chaparral Elementary?
At Chaparral Elementary, the student body is approximately 49% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 23% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Chaparral Elementary?
Chaparral Elementary is overseen by Poway Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.