1
Enrollment
698
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005467
Gage Elementary
6811 Bisby Lake Ave., San Diego, CA 92119 · (858) 988-2100 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL698 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% 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.
- C+Beats 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
24.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
258 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 | 157 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (157) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
67%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
57.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.4pp since 2014
Math
54.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.3% | 27.0% | 18.6% | 24.0% |
| Math | 25.6% | 29.2% | 23.5% | 21.7% |
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 | 57.4% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 54.1% |
| 2022-23 | 55.3% | 53.4% |
| 2021-22 | 52.6% | 52.9% |
| 2018-19 | 56.1% | 51.3% |
| 2017-18 | 56.2% | 51.5% |
| 2016-17 | 56.0% | 51.5% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 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
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Gage Elementary
Gage Elementary's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gage Elementary this school | 698 | 37.0% | 55.7% |
| Evergreen Elementary Rohnert Park | 630 | 35.6% | 44.1% |
| French Valley Elementary Winchester | 755 | 36.0% | 55.0% |
| Meadows Elementary Valencia | 729 | 35.8% | 76.3% |
| Empresa Elementary Oceanside | 705 | 41.3% | 65.9% |
| American Elementary Bakersfield | 701 | 37.2% | 50.8% |
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 Gage Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #1,364 of 5,151 | #151 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #1,320 of 5,172 ▼ 39 | #148 of 393 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #1,512 of 5,172 ▼ 54 | #168 of 393 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #2,162 of 5,116 | #142 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 698 | #773 of 5,915 | #64 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,393 of 5,352 | #335 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #1,021 of 5,354 | #92 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #4,466 of 5,625 | #321 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.0% | #132 of 1,139 | #10 of 97 |
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
698
+36 (+5%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 831
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 698 | 28 | 24.9:1 | 37% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 31 | 22.4:1 | 37% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 703 | 32 | 22.0:1 | 34% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 662 | 28 | 23.6:1 | 37% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 22 | 24.4:1 | 42% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 19 | 24.9:1 | 49% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | N/A | N/A | 59% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 31% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 831 | 32 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gage Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (537 to 698); teachers up 27% (22 to 28).
About Gage Elementary
Gage Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school for students in San Diego, California. It teaches 698 students in kindergarten through 5. It has 50% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Gage Elementary is part of San Diego Unified, where 174 schools serve 94,828 students.
At Gage Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 43%. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Asian. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Gage Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 24.9 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. The school reported 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in San Diego County averages 54%, higher than here.
Gage Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 61% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gage Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 55.7% actual against 57.9% predicted.
Census data for San Diego County show the median household earns about $106,268 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in San Diego County number 766, with about 467,437 students.
Of the public schools around it, Gage Elementary is closest to Pershing Middle, about 0.5 miles away. Gage Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Gage Elementary ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 55.7% against a local average of 50.7%.
In the federal locale system, Gage Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 5%. The ratio was 23.6:1 in 2020-21 and 24.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Gage Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Gage Elementary. Gage Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Gage Elementary SchoolROCHESTER, MN · 412 students
Nearby schools
- Pershing Middle0.5 mi · 980
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Frequently asked questions
About Gage ElementaryHow many students attend Gage Elementary?
Gage Elementary enrolls approximately 698 students in grades KG-05.
Is Gage Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gage Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Gage Elementary have?
Gage Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Gage Elementary?
Student demographics at Gage Elementary are roughly 43% White, 37% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Gage Elementary in?
Gage Elementary is part of San Diego Unified.
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