Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology

Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology is a 9-12 campus of minimally staffed scale in San Diego, California, overseen by San Diego Unified, enrolling 313 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology sits 63% below that benchmark.

Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology is one of 174 schools operated by San Diego Unified, a district that works with 94,828 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 18% Asian, 10% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 31.0%; this one delivers 52.7%, a residual of +21.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology is one.

Kearny College Connections is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology. On composite proficiency, Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 379 (now 313). Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 25% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.7:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 today.

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