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Enrollment
732
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432013916
Jonas Salk Elementary
7825 Flanders Dr., San Diego, CA 92126 · (858) 935-2100 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL732 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
25.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
368 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 165 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (165) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
72.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.4pp since 2015
Math
70.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.1pp since 2015
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 5 points since 2015, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 50.0% | 22.6% | 16.8% | 10.7% |
| Math | 46.0% | 24.1% | 18.3% | 11.6% |
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 | 72.6% | 70.1% |
| 2023-24 | 78.5% | 65.1% |
| 2022-23 | 76.4% | 68.9% |
| 2021-22 | 73.9% | 68.0% |
| 2018-19 | 75.2% | 78.0% |
| 2017-18 | 76.5% | 79.7% |
| 2016-17 | 71.2% | 75.2% |
| 2015-16 | 78.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in California's top 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 Jonas Salk Elementary
Jonas Salk Elementary's state test result (71.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Salk Elementary this school | 732 | 50.3% | 71.7% |
| Arlene Hein Elementary Elk Grove | 817 | 45.9% | 62.5% |
| Helen Carr Castello Elementary Elk Grove | 790 | 50.4% | 60.9% |
| Butterfield Ranch Elementary Chino Hills | 607 | 49.4% | 75.5% |
| Third Street Elementary Los Angeles | 717 | 51.2% | 89.2% |
| Virginia R. Boris Elementary Fresno | 666 | 54.1% | 43.0% |
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 Jonas Salk Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #574 of 5,151 | #72 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #595 of 5,172 ▲ 217 | #72 of 393 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #622 of 5,172 ▼ 297 | #75 of 393 ▼ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #3,221 of 5,116 | #222 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 732 | #617 of 5,915 | #48 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,551 of 5,352 | #358 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #538 of 5,354 | #44 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #3,898 of 5,625 | #254 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.1% | #477 of 1,139 | #36 of 97 |
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
732
+70 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 25.5:1
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 | 732 | 29 | 25.2:1 | 50% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 28 | 25.1:1 | 37% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 26 | 24.3:1 | 38% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 662 | 26 | 25.5:1 | 36% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 25 | 26.4:1 | 37% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 19 | 26.1:1 | 41% (203) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jonas Salk Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (659 to 732); teachers up 16% (25 to 29).
About Jonas Salk Elementary
A large elementary school in San Diego, California, Jonas Salk Elementary is part of San Diego Unified. It educates 732 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Besides Jonas Salk Elementary, San Diego Unified runs 173 other schools. The district enrolls 94,828 students.
The most common group at Jonas Salk Elementary is Asian students, at 45%. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 16% White, and 3% Black. The school's Asian share is 32 points above the 12% share among San Diego County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers at Jonas Salk Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 25.2:1. That is 2.9 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 50%.
Jonas Salk Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 94% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Jonas Salk Elementary is a top-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.1% with an actual 71.7%.
Across San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, San Diego County has 766 public schools and roughly 467,437 students.
Challenger Middle is located about 0.6 miles from Jonas Salk Elementary. The five-mile area around Jonas Salk Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 56.6%, lower than Jonas Salk Elementary's 71.7%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 70 students since 2020-21, to 732.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Jonas Salk Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Jonas Salk ElementaryHow many students attend Jonas Salk Elementary?
Jonas Salk Elementary enrolls approximately 732 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jonas Salk Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jonas Salk Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jonas Salk Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jonas Salk Elementary is approximately 25.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jonas Salk Elementary?
Jonas Salk Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 45% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Jonas Salk Elementary in?
Jonas Salk Elementary is part of San Diego Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.