Chase Avenue Elementary

Chase Avenue Elementary, a sizable elementary school in El Cajon, California, part of Cajon Valley Union, enrolls 757 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Chase Avenue Elementary sits 63% larger than that benchmark.

Within Cajon Valley Union, which oversees 25 schools and 15,974 students, Chase Avenue Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Chase Avenue Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 33% White, 17% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. Compared to San Diego County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Chase Avenue Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chase Avenue Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.1%; this one delivers 9.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Diego County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Chase Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EJE Elementary Academy Charter, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chase Avenue Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 26.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 720 students in 2018 compared to 757 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 33% across the same window.

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