Kimbrough Elementary

As a tight-knit elementary school in San Diego, California, Kimbrough Elementary caters to 316 students from grades K through 5, run under San Diego Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Kimbrough Elementary sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

Within San Diego Unified, which oversees 174 schools and 94,828 students, Kimbrough Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Kimbrough Elementary lists that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Kimbrough Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.6:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 97% of students at Kimbrough Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Kimbrough Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.8%, the actual is 20.1%, a residual of -1.7 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household income runs about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Kimbrough Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: King-Chavez Preparatory Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kimbrough Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kimbrough Elementary at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 25.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 345 students in 2018 compared to 316 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

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