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What's something La Jolla Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
566
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005495
La Jolla Elementary
1111 Marine St., La Jolla, CA 92037 · (619) 605-3300 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
23.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
108 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 | 114 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
57%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
87.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.5pp since 2014
Math
86.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 66.7% | 20.8% | 8.7% | 3.8% |
| Math | 64.1% | 22.4% | 9.7% | 3.8% |
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 | 87.5% | 86.5% |
| 2023-24 | 85.5% | 86.5% |
| 2022-23 | 87.8% | 92.2% |
| 2021-22 | 92.5% | 89.9% |
| 2018-19 | 97.3% | 95.3% |
| 2017-18 | 98.2% | 97.5% |
| 2016-17 | 95.3% | 94.8% |
| 2015-16 | 94.0% | 95.0% |
| 2014-15 | 93.0% | 91.0% |
% 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
86.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% 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 18 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 La Jolla Elementary
La Jolla Elementary's state test result (86.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Jolla Elementary this school | 566 | 19.1% | 86.5% |
| Greenhills Elementary Granite Bay | 549 | 16.4% | 65.4% |
| Chaparral Elementary Ladera Ranch | 604 | 18.0% | 84.5% |
| De Portola Elementary Mission Viejo | 540 | 18.0% | 75.3% |
| Pacific Rim Elementary Carlsbad | 642 | 17.4% | 86.4% |
| Curie Elementary San Diego | 536 | 18.8% | 82.9% |
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 La Jolla Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #54 of 5,151 | #6 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #65 of 5,172 ▲ 9 | #6 of 393 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #47 of 5,172 ▲ 28 | #5 of 393 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.2pp | #697 of 5,116 | #55 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #1,695 of 5,915 | #123 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,424 of 5,352 | #246 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #2,115 of 5,354 | #220 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.1% | #5,181 of 5,625 | #388 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #718 of 1,139 | #57 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
566
+83 (+17%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 566 | 24 | 23.6:1 | 19% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 23 | 22.9:1 | 15% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 21 | 23.3:1 | 18% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 24 | 20.1:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 23.5 | 22.8:1 | 10% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 24 | 23.3:1 | 10% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | N/A | N/A | 11% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 26 | 20.3:1 | 18% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 17 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Jolla Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (535 to 566); teachers up 2% (23.5 to 24).
About La Jolla Elementary
La Jolla Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, with an address in La Jolla. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 566 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 22% bigger than average.
San Diego Unified runs 174 schools with a combined 94,828 students. La Jolla Elementary is one of them.
The largest group at La Jolla Elementary is White students, at 61%. The remaining students are 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 9% Asian. Among people living in San Diego County, the White share is about 48%. The diversity index for La Jolla Elementary is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 23.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.3 students per teacher. Roughly 19% of students at La Jolla Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 35 points higher.
La Jolla Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 94% of California public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for La Jolla Elementary is 68.4%. It actually posts 86.5%, which is 18.1 points higher and in the top 10% of California schools.
In San Diego County, home to about 3,288,774 people, median household income comes to about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 766 public schools in the county, enrolling about 467,437, La Jolla Elementary among them.
La Jolla Elementary's nearest public school is La Jolla High (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, La Jolla Elementary ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
La Jolla Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 83 students, from 483 to 566. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 20.1:1 to 23.6:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in San Diego Unified
- Henry HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Mira Mesa HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Hoover HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Scripps Ranch HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Point Loma HighHigh · 1,724 students
- San Diego HighHigh · 1,602 students
Other schools in La Jolla
- La Jolla HighHigh · 1,174 students
- Preuss School UCSDHigh · 825 students
- Muirlands MiddleMiddle · 742 students
- Torrey Pines ElementaryElementary · 465 students
- Bird Rock ElementaryElementary · 383 students
Other La Jolla Elementary schools
One other US public school is named La Jolla Elementary. La Jolla Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- La Jolla ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 671 students
Nearby schools
- La Jolla High0.4 mi · 1,174
- Muirlands Middle0.5 mi · 742
- Bird Rock Elementary2.0 mi · 383
- Torrey Pines Elementary2.1 mi · 465
- Pacific Beach Elementary2.4 mi · 312
- Alcott Elementary2.9 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About La Jolla ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at La Jolla Elementary?
La Jolla Elementary enrolls approximately 566 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does La Jolla Elementary serve?
La Jolla Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does La Jolla Elementary have?
La Jolla Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
How diverse is La Jolla Elementary?
La Jolla Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees La Jolla Elementary?
La Jolla Elementary is overseen by San Diego Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.