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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005433
Chollas/Mead Elementary
401 North 45th St., San Diego, CA 92102 · (619) 362-3300 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
22.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
503 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 117 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 83% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
33%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
33.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.6pp since 2014
Math
24.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 5 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 | 11.2% | 22.4% | 21.5% | 44.9% |
| Math | 7.9% | 16.7% | 30.6% | 44.9% |
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 | 33.6% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 25.9% |
| 2022-23 | 36.8% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.6% | 26.2% |
| 2018-19 | 44.6% | 46.4% |
| 2017-18 | 41.5% | 43.7% |
| 2016-17 | 37.2% | 33.2% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Chollas/Mead Elementary
Chollas/Mead Elementary's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chollas/Mead Elementary this school | 534 | 94.2% | 30.6% |
| Beulah Payne STEAM Academy Inglewood | 554 | 93.5% | 21.8% |
| Cypress Elementary Highland | 517 | 94.2% | 23.2% |
| Ramona Elementary Moreno Valley | 528 | 91.7% | 17.2% |
| Chaparral Hills Elementary Moreno Valley | 547 | 93.8% | 27.3% |
| Margaret Sheehy Elementary Merced | 481 | 94.4% | 19.6% |
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 Chollas/Mead Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #3,432 of 5,151 | #292 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #3,821 of 5,172 ▼ 294 | #316 of 393 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #3,597 of 5,172 ▼ 622 | #300 of 393 ▼ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #603 of 5,116 | #47 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #2,048 of 5,915 | #153 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,382 of 5,352 | #145 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.9% | #3,807 of 5,354 | #332 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #552 of 5,625 | #23 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #2,154 of 3,837 | #158 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
534
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 815
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 534 | 24 | 22.3:1 | 94% (503) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 24 | 22.5:1 | 90% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 25 | 21.1:1 | 94% (496) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 25 | 21.8:1 | 90% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 26 | 23.9:1 | 93% (575) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 27 | 23.3:1 | 96% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | N/A | N/A | 93% (685) |
| 2000-01 | 1,113 | 60 | 18.6:1 | 70% (776) |
| 1990-91 | 815 | 35 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chollas/Mead Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (621 to 534); teachers down 8% (26 to 24).
About Chollas/Mead Elementary
Federal records list Chollas/Mead Elementary as an elementary school in San Diego, California. Its 534 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
San Diego Unified runs 174 schools with a combined 94,828 students. Chollas/Mead Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Chollas/Mead Elementary, with 81% of enrollment. Other groups make up 8% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 35% of San Diego County residents are Hispanic. Chollas/Mead Elementary has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 24 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 22.3:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 94%. The rate at public schools in San Diego County averages 54%, lower than here.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Chollas/Mead Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Chollas/Mead Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 24.4%. Chollas/Mead Elementary scores 30.6%, 6.2 points above that line.
Census estimates describe San Diego County this way: median household income is about $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 766 public schools in San Diego County, with a combined enrollment of about 467,437.
Nearest public school: America's Finest Charter, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Chollas/Mead Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Chollas/Mead Elementary ranks 1st of 5 nearby schools, at 30.6% versus an 18.3% average.
In the federal locale system, Chollas/Mead Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Chollas/Mead Elementary was 546 in 2020-21 and 534 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Chollas/Mead ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Chollas/Mead Elementary?
Chollas/Mead Elementary enrolls approximately 534 students in grades KG-05.
Is Chollas/Mead Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chollas/Mead Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Chollas/Mead Elementary have?
Chollas/Mead Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Chollas/Mead Elementary?
Student demographics at Chollas/Mead Elementary are roughly 2% White, 81% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Chollas/Mead Elementary in?
Chollas/Mead Elementary is part of San Diego Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.