Dingeman Elementary

Dingeman Elementary is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in San Diego, California, overseen by San Diego Unified, teacheing 689 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Dingeman Elementary sits 48% above that benchmark.

Dingeman Elementary is one of 174 schools operated by San Diego Unified, a district that works with 94,828 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Dingeman Elementary shows that 64% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school logs 18% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Dingeman Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Dingeman Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Dingeman Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 68.9%; actual is 85.7%, +16.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Diego County put the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Dingeman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Scripps Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Dingeman Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 71.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dingeman Elementary has edged down 12%, going from 782 students in 2018 to 689 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 29% to 18% over that span.

Inside the community feed, members of the Dingeman Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.