La Jolla Elementary

La Jolla Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary school in La Jolla, California, run under San Diego Unified. Current enrollment sits at 566 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so La Jolla Elementary sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, La Jolla Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, La Jolla Elementary reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), La Jolla Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 68.1%; actual is 86.0%, +17.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), La Jolla Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: La Jolla High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Jolla Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 67.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 535 students in 2018 compared to 566 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 61% across the same window.

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