Gage Elementary

Located at 6811 Bisby Lake Ave., in San Diego, California, Gage Elementary is a roomy primary school that works with 698 students (grades K through 5), operated by San Diego Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Gage Elementary sits 50% above that benchmark.

San Diego Unified comprises 174 schools with combined enrollment of 94,828 students; Gage Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gage Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 37% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Gage Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Gage Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.3%.

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 the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Gage Elementary is one.

Pershing Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gage Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gage Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gage Elementary has increased 30%, going from 537 students in 2018 to 698 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 32% to 37%.

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