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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005442
Curie Elementary
4080 Governor Dr., San Diego, CA 92122 · (858) 221-5500 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% 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.
- BThree-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
24.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
101 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 | 133 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 85% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
61%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
82.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.5pp since 2014
Math
82.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 60.4% | 22.0% | 13.9% | 3.7% |
| Math | 60.7% | 21.3% | 16.4% | 1.6% |
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 | 82.5% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.5% | 84.8% |
| 2022-23 | 79.5% | 83.5% |
| 2021-22 | 80.2% | 78.2% |
| 2018-19 | 82.9% | 82.4% |
| 2017-18 | 82.8% | 79.9% |
| 2016-17 | 82.3% | 79.9% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 81.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
82.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 69% 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 14 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 Curie Elementary
Curie Elementary's state test result (82.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curie Elementary this school | 536 | 18.8% | 82.9% |
| De Portola Elementary Mission Viejo | 540 | 18.0% | 75.3% |
| La Jolla Elementary La Jolla | 566 | 19.1% | 86.5% |
| Canyon Vista Elementary Aliso Viejo | 533 | 19.7% | 81.8% |
| Chaparral Elementary Ladera Ranch | 604 | 18.0% | 84.5% |
| Aviara Oaks Elementary Carlsbad | 612 | 22.1% | 81.5% |
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 Curie Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #127 of 5,151 | #16 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #171 of 5,172 ▼ 72 | #22 of 393 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #178 of 5,172 ▼ 22 | #23 of 393 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,301 of 5,116 | #158 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #2,025 of 5,915 | #149 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,013 of 5,352 | #300 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #1,679 of 5,354 | #174 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.8% | #5,187 of 5,625 | #389 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #2,750 of 3,837 | #194 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
536
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 27.8:1
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 | 536 | 22 | 24.4:1 | 19% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 21.8 | 24.3:1 | 16% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 21 | 25.4:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 20 | 27.8:1 | 9% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 23.3 | 25.4:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 22 | 26.7:1 | 14% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | N/A | N/A | 21% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 28 | 20.4:1 | 12% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | 21 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Curie Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (593 to 536); teachers down 6% (23.3 to 22).
About Curie Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, Curie Elementary serves students in San Diego, California. There are 536 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Curie Elementary is one of the 174 schools that make up San Diego Unified (94,828 students in total).
The student body at Curie Elementary is 57% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 11% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
Curie Elementary reports a ratio of 24.4 students per teacher, from 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 24.4:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Lunch program data show 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 35 points.
Among California public elementary schools, Curie Elementary outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Curie Elementary outperforms its prediction by 14.4 points. The model expects 68.5% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 82.9%.
The school is in San Diego County, where median household income comes to about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. San Diego County counts 766 public schools with about 467,437 students.
Curie Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Standley Middle, its nearest public school. Curie Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Curie Elementary at 1st of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 536, from 556 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 27.8:1 to 24.4:1 over the same years.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. 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
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- San Diego HighHigh · 1,602 students
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- Del Norte HighHigh · 2,557 students
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- Henry HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Rancho Bernardo HighHigh · 2,210 students
- Mira Mesa HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Canyon Crest AcademyHigh · 2,147 students
Nearby schools
- Standley Middle0.3 mi · 813
- University City High0.4 mi · 1,465
- Spreckels Elementary0.7 mi · 680
- Doyle Elementary1.2 mi · 603
- Whitman Elementary1.3 mi · 102
- Hawthorne Elementary1.4 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Curie ElementaryHow large is Curie Elementary?
Curie Elementary enrolls approximately 536 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Curie Elementary serve?
Curie Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Curie Elementary have?
Curie Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Curie Elementary?
Student demographics at Curie Elementary are roughly 57% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 13% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Curie Elementary in?
Curie Elementary is part of San Diego Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.