Emory Elementary

Emory Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus in San Diego, California, part of South Bay Union. The school serves 399 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 12 schools in South Bay Union (5,513 students total), Emory Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Emory Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% White, 3% Black. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 71% 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 higher than San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Emory Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 38.9%, a residual of +2.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Diego County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Emory Elementary is one.

Teofilo Mendoza is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Emory Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Emory Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Emory Elementary has edged down 26%, going from 540 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 71% to 78% over that span.

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