Loma Verde Elementary

Loma Verde Elementary is an average-sized primary school in Chula Vista, California, part of Chula Vista Elementary. The school caters to 419 students in grades K through 6.

Chula Vista Elementary runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 22,235 students. Loma Verde Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Loma Verde Elementary records that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 5% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Loma Verde Elementary logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 72% of students at Loma Verde Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Loma Verde Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.4%, the actual is 35.6%, a residual of -0.9 points.

In the broader community, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $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), Loma Verde Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Castle Park Senior High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Loma Verde Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 419 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 84% to 91% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

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