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What tradition at Garden Road Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POWAY UNIFIED·NCES 063153004886
Garden Road Elementary
14614 Garden Rd., Poway, CA 92064 · (858) 748-0230 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
101 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
66.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.3pp since 2014
Math
60.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.8% | 27.5% | 15.0% | 18.8% |
| Math | 31.5% | 28.6% | 23.1% | 16.8% |
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 | 66.3% | 60.1% |
| 2023-24 | 61.7% | 53.4% |
| 2022-23 | 61.4% | 54.3% |
| 2021-22 | 64.5% | 59.3% |
| 2018-19 | 72.5% | 63.2% |
| 2017-18 | 78.7% | 70.4% |
| 2016-17 | 73.4% | 67.0% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Garden Road Elementary
Garden Road Elementary's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Road Elementary this school | 508 | 19.9% | 59.5% |
| Morello Park Elementary Martinez | 496 | 20.4% | 67.3% |
| Ralph E. Hawes Elementary Huntington Beach | 516 | 18.4% | 79.8% |
| Sunset Ranch Elementary Rocklin | 554 | 19.9% | 69.1% |
| R. L. Stevenson Elementary Burbank | 521 | 22.3% | 66.3% |
| Santa Rosa Technology Magnet Camarillo | 450 | 19.6% | 72.5% |
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 Garden Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #1,152 of 5,151 | #129 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #1,062 of 5,172 ▲ 255 | #118 of 393 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #949 of 5,172 ▲ 192 | #113 of 393 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #2,944 of 5,116 | #204 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #2,335 of 5,915 | #177 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,448 of 5,352 | #75 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #772 of 5,354 | #62 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.9% | #5,154 of 5,625 | #387 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #704 of 1,139 | #54 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
508
+38 (+8%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 508 | 24.3 | 20.9:1 | 20% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 27.7 | 19.2:1 | 20% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 26.2 | 19.4:1 | 16% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 22 | 21.4:1 | 19% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 19.3 | 24.9:1 | 23% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 19 | 23.5:1 | 21% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | N/A | N/A | 20% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 32 | 20.2:1 | 14% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 25 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garden Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (479 to 508); teachers up 26% (19.3 to 24.3).
About Garden Road Elementary
Garden Road Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Poway, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 508 students.
The Poway Unified system has 39 schools and 34,259 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Garden Road Elementary. The largest is White students, at 46%. Smaller groups are 24% Hispanic, 14% Asian, and 14% multiracial. For comparison, San Diego County is about 48% White. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Garden Road Elementary is 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 20% of students, or 101, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in San Diego County averages 54%, higher than here.
Garden Road Elementary scores 59.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 67.9%.
Garden Road Elementary is located in San Diego County, where the median household income is $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Garden Road Elementary is one of 766 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Cabrillo Point Academy, about 1.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Garden Road Elementary is ahead of the 58.3% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
NCES assigns Garden Road Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 38 students since 2020-21, to 508.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Poway Unified
- Del Norte HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Rancho Bernardo HighHigh · 2,210 students
- Westview HighHigh · 2,116 students
- Poway HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Mt. Carmel HighHigh · 1,800 students
- Oak Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,503 students
Other schools in Poway
- Pacific Coast AcademyCombined · 6,760 students
- Cabrillo Point AcademyCombined · 5,706 students
- Poway HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Twin Peaks MiddleMiddle · 1,164 students
- Meadowbrook MiddleMiddle · 972 students
- Chaparral ElementaryElementary · 858 students
Nearby schools
- Cabrillo Point Academy1.6 mi · 5,706
- Pacific Coast Academy1.6 mi · 6,760
- Midland Elementary1.6 mi · 580
- Twin Peaks Middle1.8 mi · 1,164
- Tierra Bonita Elementary1.9 mi · 377
- Valley Elementary2.0 mi · 663
Frequently asked questions
About Garden Road ElementaryHow large is Garden Road Elementary?
Garden Road Elementary enrolls approximately 508 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Garden Road Elementary serve?
Garden Road Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Garden Road Elementary have?
Garden Road Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
How diverse is Garden Road Elementary?
Garden Road Elementary reports a student body of 46% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 14% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Garden Road Elementary?
Garden Road Elementary is overseen by Poway Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.