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What advice would you give to incoming students at Chet F. Harritt Elementary?
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Enrollment
606
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTEE·NCES 063588006140
Chet F. Harritt Elementary
8120 Arlette St., Santee, CA 92071 · (619) 258-4800 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- DThree-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
25.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
281 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 58% larger than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
57.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.3pp since 2014
Math
42.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.1% | 32.2% | 20.4% | 22.3% |
| Math | 21.7% | 20.9% | 29.5% | 27.9% |
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 | 57.3% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 45.2% |
| 2022-23 | 52.7% | 44.5% |
| 2021-22 | 57.1% | 49.7% |
| 2020-21 | 55.9% | 47.1% |
| 2018-19 | 58.9% | 52.9% |
| 2017-18 | 55.9% | 50.1% |
| 2016-17 | 55.6% | 49.3% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Chet F. Harritt Elementary
Chet F. Harritt Elementary's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chet F. Harritt Elementary this school | 606 | 46.4% | 50.0% |
| Monte Vista Monterey | 688 | 45.9% | 46.3% |
| Las Flores Elementary Ridgecrest | 526 | 47.3% | 45.7% |
| Carlton Hills Elementary Santee | 601 | 47.9% | 59.0% |
| Sierra Vista K-8 Vacaville | 611 | 48.1% | 48.4% |
| Lemon Avenue Elementary La Mesa | 502 | 44.4% | 52.1% |
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 Chet F. Harritt Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,722 of 5,151 | #182 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #2,103 of 5,172 ▼ 297 | #199 of 393 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #1,513 of 5,172 ▲ 85 | #169 of 393 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #852 of 5,116 | #69 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #1,351 of 5,915 | #102 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #4,637 of 5,352 | #367 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #1,287 of 5,354 | #127 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #4,067 of 5,625 | #271 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #3,362 of 3,837 | #237 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
606
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 606 | 23.8 | 25.4:1 | 46% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 625 | 25.8 | 24.2:1 | 37% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 25.8 | 23.4:1 | 42% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 25 | 24.6:1 | 32% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 24 | 26.5:1 | 49% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 23 | 27.2:1 | 47% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | N/A | N/A | 41% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 723 | 33 | 21.9:1 | 14% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 24 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chet F. Harritt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (636 to 606); teachers down 1% (24 to 23.8).
About Chet F. Harritt Elementary
Chet F. Harritt Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Santee, California, (ZIP code 92071). The school had 606 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
The 11 schools in Santee enroll 6,066 students altogether, Chet F. Harritt Elementary among them.
At Chet F. Harritt Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 48%. The school is also 33% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. For comparison, San Diego County is about 48% White. Chet F. Harritt Elementary's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Chet F. Harritt Elementary was 25.4:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 25.4:1 here. Chet F. Harritt Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 46%.
Chet F. Harritt Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Chet F. Harritt Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.0%, compared with a predicted 52.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. San Diego County is home to 766 public schools and about 467,437 public school students.
Nearest public school: Carlton Oaks Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 57.5% on proficiency, and Chet F. Harritt Elementary is below that at 50.0%.
For locale, NCES codes Chet F. Harritt Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Chet F. Harritt Elementary had 616 students in 2020-21 and 606 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
The Chet F. Harritt Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Santee
- Rio Seco ElementaryElementary · 913 students
- Cajon Park ElementaryElementary · 830 students
- Carlton Oaks ElementaryElementary · 823 students
- Hill Creek ElementaryElementary · 695 students
- Pepper Drive ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- Carlton Hills ElementaryElementary · 601 students
Other schools in Santee
- West Hills HighHigh · 1,624 students
- Santana HighHigh · 1,621 students
- Rio Seco ElementaryElementary · 913 students
- Cajon Park ElementaryElementary · 830 students
- Carlton Oaks ElementaryElementary · 823 students
- Hill Creek ElementaryElementary · 695 students
Nearby schools
- Carlton Oaks Elementary0.9 mi · 823
- West Hills High1.1 mi · 1,624
- Grossmont Middle College High1.3 mi · 37
- PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue1.3 mi · 548
- Carlton Hills Elementary1.7 mi · 601
- Gage Elementary1.7 mi · 698
Frequently asked questions
About Chet F. Harritt ElementaryHow large is Chet F. Harritt Elementary?
Chet F. Harritt Elementary enrolls approximately 606 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Chet F. Harritt Elementary serve?
Chet F. Harritt Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chet F. Harritt Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chet F. Harritt Elementary is approximately 25.4:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Chet F. Harritt Elementary?
Chet F. Harritt Elementary reports a student body of 48% White, 33% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Chet F. Harritt Elementary?
Chet F. Harritt Elementary is overseen by Santee in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.