Godfrey G. Berry Elementary

As a modestly sized elementary-level community in San Diego, California, Godfrey G. Berry Elementary serves 273 students from grades K through 6, operated by South Bay Union. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 41% smaller than typical.

Godfrey G. Berry Elementary is one of 12 schools operated by South Bay Union, a district that works with 5,513 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Godfrey G. Berry Elementary logs that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 3% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Godfrey G. Berry Elementary shows 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Godfrey G. Berry Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Godfrey G. Berry Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Southwest Senior High, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Godfrey G. Berry Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Godfrey G. Berry Elementary has declined 45%, going from 500 students in 2018 to 273 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 86% to 92% across the same window.

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