Halecrest Elementary

Halecrest Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Chula Vista, California, overseen by Chula Vista Elementary. The school hosts 415 students in grades K through 6.

Halecrest Elementary is one of 43 schools operated by Chula Vista Elementary, a district that instructs 22,235 students overall.

On demographics, Halecrest Elementary reports that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 13% White, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Halecrest Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 56.0%, a residual of +6.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Halecrest Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Clear View, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Halecrest Elementary. On composite proficiency, Halecrest Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 521 students in 2018 compared to 415 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 68% to 75%.

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