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Alumni: what's one memory from Hannalei Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VISTA UNIFIED·NCES 064119011280
Hannalei Elementary
120 Hannalei Dr., Vista, CA 92083 · (760) 631-6248 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
21.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
353 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 112 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
28.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.0pp since 2014
Math
19.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.4% | 16.6% | 28.4% | 43.6% |
| Math | 6.9% | 12.5% | 29.6% | 50.9% |
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 | 28.0% | 19.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 20.8% |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 24.3% |
| 2021-22 | 38.9% | 29.0% |
| 2018-19 | 35.1% | 26.9% |
| 2017-18 | 37.9% | 25.5% |
| 2016-17 | 38.3% | 29.8% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Hannalei Elementary
Hannalei Elementary's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannalei Elementary this school | 480 | 73.5% | 24.6% |
| Sunset Elementary Coalinga | 442 | 72.2% | 26.4% |
| Sky Country Elementary Jurupa Valley | 525 | 72.0% | 32.1% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary La Habra | 467 | 75.4% | 39.8% |
| Henry F. Bishop Elementary Coalinga | 412 | 72.8% | N/A |
| Nell Dawson Elementary Coalinga | 405 | 71.6% | 22.6% |
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 Hannalei Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #4,120 of 5,151 | #331 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #4,353 of 5,172 ▼ 268 | #348 of 393 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #4,179 of 5,172 ▼ 373 | #337 of 393 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.3pp | #123 of 5,116 | #7 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #2,686 of 5,915 | #203 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,063 of 5,352 | #107 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #4,011 of 5,354 | #349 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #2,727 of 5,625 | #143 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #1,224 of 3,837 | #82 of 279 |
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
480
-35 (-7%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 480 | 22 | 21.8:1 | 74% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 72% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 80% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 23 | 22.4:1 | 81% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 25 | 24.6:1 | 84% (516) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 26 | 24.9:1 | 79% (514) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | N/A | N/A | 61% (335) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hannalei Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (614 to 480); teachers down 12% (25 to 22).
About Hannalei Elementary
Hannalei Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Vista, California. The school's 480 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Across its 28 schools, Vista Unified enrolls 18,969 students. Hannalei Elementary is one of those schools.
About 84% of the student body at Hannalei Elementary is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 11% White and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 35% of San Diego County residents are Hispanic. Hannalei Elementary's diversity index is 28%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 22 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hannalei Elementary and a ratio of 21.8:1. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 74% of students. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Hannalei Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Hannalei Elementary is 36.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.6%.
Within San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Hannalei Elementary, San Diego County has 765 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Dual Language Immersion North County, about 0.4 miles away. Hannalei Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Hannalei Elementary at 4th of 7.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 35 students since 2020-21, to 480.
Threads on this page can be about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Vista Unified
- Rancho Buena Vista HighHigh · 1,949 students
- Vista HighHigh · 1,746 students
- Mission Vista HighHigh · 1,670 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 1,158 students
- Roosevelt MiddleMiddle · 866 students
- Vista Magnet Middle School of Technology Science and MathMiddle · 836 students
Other schools in Vista
- Rancho Buena Vista HighHigh · 1,949 students
- Vista HighHigh · 1,746 students
- Guajome Park Academy CharterCombined · 1,355 students
- Vista Magnet Middle School of Technology Science and MathMiddle · 836 students
- Vista Innovation and Design AcademyMiddle · 834 students
- Casita Center for Science/Math/TechnologyElementary · 744 students
Nearby schools
- Dual Language Immersion North County0.4 mi · 276
- Classical Academy Vista0.5 mi · 651
- Monte Vista Elementary0.9 mi · 556
- Beaumont Elementary1.4 mi · 423
- Bobier Elementary1.4 mi · 563
- Joli Ann Leichtag Elementary1.6 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Hannalei ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hannalei Elementary?
Hannalei Elementary enrolls approximately 480 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Hannalei Elementary serve?
Hannalei Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hannalei Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hannalei Elementary is approximately 21.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hannalei Elementary?
At Hannalei Elementary, the student body is approximately 11% White, 84% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Hannalei Elementary public or private?
Hannalei Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vista Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.