Kelly Elementary

Kelly Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Carlsbad, California, run under Carlsbad Unified. Current enrollment sits at 449 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Carlsbad Unified, which oversees 16 schools and 10,678 students, Kelly Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Kelly Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, Kelly Elementary records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Kelly Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kelly Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.0%, the actual is 77.8%, a residual of +10.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Kelly Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Magnolia Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kelly Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kelly Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 63.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 443 students in 2018 compared to 449 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 67% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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