John Muir

As a low-enrollment K-5 school in San Diego, California, John Muir educates 336 students from grades K through 8, run under San Diego Unified. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

John Muir is one of 174 schools operated by San Diego Unified, a district that educates 94,828 students overall.

On the student-mix side, John Muir reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, John Muir shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John Muir tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Diego County) reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), John Muir is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mt. Everest Academy, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Muir. On composite proficiency, John Muir comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. John Muir's enrollment has climbed 43% since 2018, when it stood at 235 (now 336). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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