Juarez-Lincoln Elementary

Juarez-Lincoln Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in San Diego, California, one of the schools within Chula Vista Elementary, caters to 426 students, covering grades K through 6.

Chula Vista Elementary comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 22,235 students; Juarez-Lincoln Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Juarez-Lincoln Elementary reports that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% Asian, 4% Black, 2% White. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Juarez-Lincoln Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Juarez-Lincoln Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 29.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Juarez-Lincoln Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

The closest other public school is Finney (Myrtle S.) Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Juarez-Lincoln Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 570 students in 2018 compared to 426 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 76% to 83%.

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