Hickman Elementary

Hickman Elementary, a medium-sized K-5 school in San Diego, California, part of San Diego Unified, hosts 457 students, covering grades K through 5.

Hickman Elementary is one of 174 schools operated by San Diego Unified, a district that serves 94,828 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hickman Elementary logs that the largest single group is Asian at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 20% Hispanic, 18% White, 15% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Hickman Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at Hickman Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Hickman Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 55.3%; actual is 74.1%, +18.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Hickman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Challenger Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hickman Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hickman Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Hickman Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 431 (now 457).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.