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Alumni: what's one memory from Chula Vista Hills Elementary that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060861009350
Chula Vista Hills Elementary
980 Buena Vista Way, Chula Vista, CA 91910 · (619) 482-7066 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
23.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
208 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
62.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.4pp since 2014
Math
60.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.4% | 28.1% | 21.9% | 15.6% |
| Math | 28.8% | 31.4% | 24.4% | 15.5% |
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 | 62.6% | 60.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 53.4% |
| 2022-23 | 57.6% | 47.9% |
| 2021-22 | 56.3% | 39.9% |
| 2018-19 | 64.0% | 56.1% |
| 2017-18 | 68.0% | 61.2% |
| 2016-17 | 65.2% | 62.8% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Chula Vista Hills Elementary
Chula Vista Hills Elementary's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chula Vista Hills Elementary this school | 430 | 48.4% | 59.5% |
| Marylin Avenue Elementary Livermore | 430 | 51.9% | 37.6% |
| Allen (Ella B.) Elementary Bonita | 422 | 48.6% | 59.5% |
| Fred Ekstrand Elementary San Dimas | 475 | 47.8% | 58.4% |
| Casillas (Joseph) Elementary Chula Vista | 431 | 45.2% | 50.5% |
| Escalona Elementary La Mirada | 424 | 51.7% | 51.9% |
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 Chula Vista Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #1,151 of 5,151 | #128 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #1,057 of 5,172 ▲ 261 | #117 of 393 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #1,172 of 5,172 ▲ 44 | #136 of 393 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.2pp | #287 of 5,116 | #17 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #3,278 of 5,915 | #251 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,656 of 5,352 | #268 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #2,880 of 5,354 | #283 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #3,982 of 5,625 | #266 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #1,035 of 3,837 | #71 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
430
-73 (-15%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 430 | 18 | 23.9:1 | 48% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 19 | 24.0:1 | 41% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 20 | 23.6:1 | 40% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 23 | 21.9:1 | 39% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 23.5 | 23.9:1 | 41% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 21 | 25.4:1 | 34% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | N/A | N/A | 28% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 27 | 20.8:1 | 19% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 20 | 27.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chula Vista Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (562 to 430); teachers down 23% (23.5 to 18).
About Chula Vista Hills Elementary
Chula Vista Hills Elementary is an elementary school in Chula Vista, California, reachable at (619) 482-7066. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 430 students.
Chula Vista Elementary runs 43 schools with a combined 22,235 students. Chula Vista Hills Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students are 70% of those enrolled at Chula Vista Hills Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Asian, 10% White, and 7% multiracial. In San Diego County overall, about 35% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Chula Vista Hills Elementary are from different groups.
Its staff includes 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 23.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Chula Vista Hills Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 48%.
Chula Vista Hills Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Chula Vista Hills Elementary is +8.3 points: 59.5% actual, 51.2% predicted.
The county, San Diego County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $106,268 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Chula Vista Hills Elementary, San Diego County has 766 public schools.
Chula Vista Hills Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Rancho del Rey Middle, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Chula Vista Hills Elementary ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 59.5% versus a 55.0% average.
Chula Vista Hills Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
The school shrank from 503 students in 2020-21 to 430 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 21.9:1 to 23.9:1.
This page is set up for the Chula Vista Hills Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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 Chula Vista Elementary
- Wolf Canyon ElementaryElementary · 954 students
- Camarena (Enrique S.) ElementaryElementary · 889 students
- Hedenkamp (Anne and William) ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Salt Creek ElementaryElementary · 835 students
- Muraoka (Saburo) ElementaryElementary · 832 students
- Veterans ElementaryElementary · 832 students
Other schools in Chula Vista
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Chula Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,864 students
- Hilltop Senior HighHigh · 1,771 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho del Rey Middle0.6 mi · 1,705
- Casillas (Joseph) Elementary0.7 mi · 431
- Bonita Vista Senior High0.7 mi · 1,960
- Heritage Elementary0.8 mi · 732
- Discovery Charter0.8 mi · 945
- Bonita Vista Middle0.9 mi · 972
Frequently asked questions
About Chula Vista Hills ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Chula Vista Hills Elementary?
Chula Vista Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 430 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Chula Vista Hills Elementary serve?
Chula Vista Hills Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Chula Vista Hills Elementary have?
Chula Vista Hills Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Chula Vista Hills Elementary?
Student demographics at Chula Vista Hills Elementary are roughly 10% White, 70% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Chula Vista Hills Elementary in?
Chula Vista Hills Elementary is part of Chula Vista Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.