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What do you wish you knew before starting at Chesterton Elementary?
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Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005432
Chesterton Elementary
7335 Wheatley St., San Diego, CA 92111 · (619) 605-2400 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% 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.
- ABeats 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
24.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
218 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
61.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.8pp since 2014
Math
67.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 35.6% | 25.5% | 20.2% | 18.6% |
| Math | 41.0% | 26.6% | 18.1% | 14.4% |
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 | 61.2% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 60.1% |
| 2022-23 | 54.8% | 59.2% |
| 2021-22 | 61.6% | 61.6% |
| 2018-19 | 66.8% | 63.6% |
| 2017-18 | 65.9% | 71.6% |
| 2016-17 | 68.8% | 80.2% |
| 2015-16 | 71.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Chesterton Elementary
Chesterton Elementary's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterton Elementary this school | 365 | 59.7% | 60.3% |
| Rio Vista Elementary North Hollywood | 348 | 54.6% | 46.6% |
| Nipaquay Elementary San Diego | 378 | 61.1% | 41.8% |
| Navigator Elementary Rancho Cordova | 431 | 50.8% | 38.4% |
| Hardy Elementary San Diego | 353 | 54.4% | 59.6% |
| Woodside Elementary Concord | 289 | 60.6% | 37.8% |
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 Chesterton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #1,101 of 5,151 | #121 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #707 of 5,172 ▲ 306 | #83 of 393 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #1,245 of 5,172 ▲ 399 | #142 of 393 ▲ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #2,416 of 5,116 | #167 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #4,126 of 5,915 | #327 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,881 of 5,352 | #287 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.6% | #83 of 5,354 | #4 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #3,488 of 5,625 | #218 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #1,922 of 3,837 | #143 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
365
-117 (-24%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 365 | 15.1 | 24.2:1 | 60% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 17 | 23.7:1 | 58% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 18.2 | 23.8:1 | 61% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 19 | 25.4:1 | 54% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 16.4 | 26.5:1 | 57% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 18 | 26.8:1 | 54% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | N/A | N/A | 67% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 32 | 18.7:1 | 48% (290) |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 22 | 29.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chesterton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (434 to 365); teachers down 8% (16.4 to 15.1).
About Chesterton Elementary
Chesterton Elementary is an elementary school located in San Diego, California, in San Diego County. There are 365 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
San Diego Unified counts 94,828 students in its 174 schools, and Chesterton Elementary is one of them.
About 32% of students at Chesterton Elementary are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 28% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 14% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among all residents of San Diego County, the White share is about 48%. A diversity index of 76% means there is a 76% chance two randomly chosen students at Chesterton Elementary are from different groups.
With 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.2:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Chesterton Elementary, 60% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Chesterton Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of California public elementary schools.
Chesterton Elementary scores 15.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 60.3% actual versus 44.5% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Chesterton Elementary shares San Diego County with 765 other public schools.
Chesterton Elementary's nearest public school is San Diego Cooperative Charter (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Chesterton Elementary is 1st of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Chesterton Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 117 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 24.2 students per teacher, compared with 25.4 in 2020-21.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Chesterton ElementaryHow many students attend Chesterton Elementary?
Chesterton Elementary enrolls approximately 365 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Chesterton Elementary serve?
Chesterton Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Chesterton Elementary have?
Chesterton Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chesterton Elementary?
At Chesterton Elementary, the student body is approximately 32% White, 28% Hispanic, 5% Black, 21% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Chesterton Elementary in?
Chesterton Elementary is part of San Diego Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.