Loma Portal Elementary

Loma Portal Elementary is a K-5 school of compact scale in San Diego, California, operated by San Diego Unified, serveing 392 students in grades K through 4.

Loma Portal Elementary is one of 174 schools operated by San Diego Unified, a district that serves 94,828 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Loma Portal Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest is composed of 28% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Loma Portal Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.4%; this one delivers 62.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Diego County) logs that median household income runs about $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 Loma Portal Elementary is one.

Point Loma High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Loma Portal Elementary's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 365 (now 392). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 26.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.