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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAJON VALLEY UNION·NCES 060681001165
Jamacha Elementary
2962 Jamul Dr., El Cajon, CA 92019 · (619) 441-6150 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
22.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
307 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
41.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.1pp since 2014
Math
39.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.3% | 24.6% | 26.7% | 31.4% |
| Math | 16.1% | 23.4% | 27.1% | 33.3% |
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 | 41.9% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 40.4% |
| 2022-23 | 37.8% | 39.1% |
| 2021-22 | 42.4% | 43.4% |
| 2018-19 | 52.4% | 52.4% |
| 2017-18 | 50.0% | 48.7% |
| 2016-17 | 46.6% | 49.6% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Jamacha Elementary
Jamacha Elementary's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamacha Elementary this school | 415 | 74.0% | 40.9% |
| Carriage Drive Elementary Citrus Heights | 444 | 70.3% | 25.8% |
| Nestle Avenue Charter Tarzana | 421 | 72.2% | 50.8% |
| Skycrest Elementary Citrus Heights | 436 | 67.7% | 30.8% |
| Mariposa Avenue Elementary Citrus Heights | 326 | 72.7% | 21.3% |
| Grand Oaks Elementary Citrus Heights | 348 | 78.7% | 23.6% |
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 Jamacha Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,395 of 5,151 | #221 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #2,318 of 5,172 ▼ 162 | #216 of 393 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #2,739 of 5,172 ▼ 113 | #254 of 393 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #1,145 of 5,116 | #102 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #3,494 of 5,915 | #268 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,925 of 5,352 | #198 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #1,271 of 5,354 | #125 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #2,692 of 5,625 | #138 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #2,387 of 3,837 | #172 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
415
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 415 | 18.1 | 22.9:1 | 74% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 17.6 | 23.6:1 | 67% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 19 | 21.5:1 | 58% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 17 | 23.8:1 | 52% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 21.8 | 21.7:1 | 54% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 22 | 23.4:1 | 54% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | N/A | N/A | 39% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 31 | 20.6:1 | 21% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jamacha Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (473 to 415); teachers down 17% (21.8 to 18.1).
About Jamacha Elementary
Jamacha Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in El Cajon, California. It enrolls 415 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Cajon Valley Union counts 15,974 students in its 25 schools, and Jamacha Elementary is one of them.
The student body at Jamacha Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 49%. Next come 31% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. In San Diego County overall, the White share is about 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Jamacha Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.9:1, with 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 74% at Jamacha Elementary. Across public schools in San Diego County, the average is 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jamacha Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 51% of California public elementary schools.
Jamacha Elementary scores 40.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 36.2%.
In San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. San Diego County has 766 public schools with about 467,437 students, including Jamacha Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Cajon Valley Home, is less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Jamacha Elementary places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Jamacha Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (405) and 2024-25 (415).
The allk12 page for Jamacha Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Cajon Valley Union
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
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- Cajon Valley MiddleMiddle · 942 students
- Montgomery MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Lexington ElementaryElementary · 878 students
- Johnson ElementaryElementary · 766 students
Other schools in El Cajon
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 2,331 students
- Literacy First CharterCombined · 2,160 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Cajon Valley HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Bostonia GlobalCombined · 1,266 students
Nearby schools
- Cajon Valley Home0.0 mi · 117
- Steele Canyon High1.0 mi · 2,198
- Hillsdale Middle1.3 mi · 1,481
- Valhalla High1.6 mi · 1,728
- Rancho San Diego Elementary1.6 mi · 533
- Vista Grande Elementary1.8 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About Jamacha ElementaryHow large is Jamacha Elementary?
Jamacha Elementary enrolls approximately 415 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Jamacha Elementary serve?
Jamacha Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jamacha Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jamacha Elementary is approximately 22.9:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jamacha Elementary?
Jamacha Elementary reports a student body of 49% White, 31% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Jamacha Elementary in?
Jamacha Elementary is part of Cajon Valley Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.