Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005447
Dewey Elementary
3251 Rosecrans St., San Diego, CA 92110 · (619) 430-1800 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% 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.
- 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.
- 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
22.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
174 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 93 | 35% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 138% larger than its 4th grade class (39).
Student demographics
73%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Dewey Elementary→Dana
Based on grade levels within San Diego Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
48.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.3pp since 2014
Math
55.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.8% | 17.9% | 28.2% | 23.1% |
| Math | 23.5% | 32.1% | 23.5% | 21.0% |
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 | 48.7% | 55.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 45.5% |
| 2022-23 | 55.2% | 45.5% |
| 2021-22 | 48.1% | 44.0% |
| 2018-19 | 56.0% | 60.0% |
| 2017-18 | 63.6% | 63.6% |
| 2016-17 | 63.9% | 71.4% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Dewey Elementary
Dewey Elementary's state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey Elementary this school | 267 | 65.2% | 50.7% |
| Rolando Park Elementary San Diego | 270 | 66.7% | 51.6% |
| Tahoe Elementary Sacramento | 319 | 66.5% | 20.6% |
| Mann Elementary Long Beach | 320 | 68.1% | 39.9% |
| Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet Los Angeles | 327 | 68.8% | 54.1% |
| Tara Hills Elementary San Pablo | 317 | 67.5% | 19.0% |
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 Dewey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #1,673 of 5,151 | #177 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,282 of 5,172 ▲ 502 | #141 of 393 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #2,141 of 5,172 ▼ 424 | #205 of 393 ▼ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,378 of 5,116 | #90 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #5,026 of 5,915 | #395 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,383 of 5,352 | #146 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #306 of 5,354 | #24 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.2% | #3,223 of 5,625 | #196 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #489 of 3,837 | #28 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
267
-51 (-16%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 267 | 12 | 22.3:1 | 65% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 15.6 | 18.3:1 | 65% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 14.6 | 21.0:1 | 68% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 14 | 22.7:1 | 50% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 15.3 | 25.2:1 | 62% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 13 | 23.7:1 | 66% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | N/A | N/A | 79% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 76% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 17 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dewey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (386 to 267); teachers down 22% (15.3 to 12).
About Dewey Elementary
Dewey Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in San Diego, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 4, with 267 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 43% below that mark.
San Diego Unified is made up of 174 schools with 94,828 students in all.
The biggest share of students at Dewey Elementary, 42%, is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 18% Black, 18% White, 15% multiracial, and 7% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dewey Elementary scores 73%.
Based on 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, Dewey Elementary has a ratio of 22.3:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 65%. That is 11 points above the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
Dewey 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 77% of California public elementary schools.
Dewey Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.7%) and its predicted rate (41.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
The county, San Diego County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 766, with about 467,437 students.
Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter is the nearest public school to Dewey Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
For locale, NCES codes Dewey Elementary as City: Large.
The school's student count fell 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback 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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Other Dewey Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Dewey Elementary. Dewey Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Dewey Elementary SchoolDewey, OK · 550 students
- Dewey Elementary SchoolEvanston, IL · 321 students
- DEWEY ELEMENTARYCHILLICOTHE, MO · 254 students
Nearby schools
- Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter0.6 mi · 198
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- High Tech Middle1.0 mi · 324
- High Tech High1.0 mi · 412
- Old Town Academy K-8 Charter1.1 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Dewey ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Dewey Elementary?
Dewey Elementary enrolls approximately 267 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Dewey Elementary serve?
Dewey Elementary serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Dewey Elementary?
Approximately 22.3:1 students per teacher at Dewey Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dewey Elementary?
At Dewey Elementary, the student body is approximately 18% White, 42% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Dewey Elementary?
Dewey Elementary is overseen by San Diego Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.