Holmes Elementary

Holmes Elementary is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in San Diego, California, operated by San Diego Unified, with 495 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

San Diego Unified runs 174 schools in total, collectively educating 94,828 students. Holmes Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Holmes Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest comes out to 19% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Holmes Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Holmes Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Holmes Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 65.3%; actual is 88.8%, +23.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Holmes Elementary is one.

High Tech Middle Mesa is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Holmes Elementary has ticked down 15%, going from 585 students in 2018 to 495 in 2025.

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