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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060861000866
Loma Verde Elementary
1450 Loma Ln., Chula Vista, CA 91911 · (619) 420-3940 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
22.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
303 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
47.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.3pp since 2014
Math
26.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.0% | 25.3% | 23.2% | 29.5% |
| Math | 11.7% | 14.9% | 33.1% | 40.3% |
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 | 47.3% | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 27.8% |
| 2022-23 | 34.7% | 21.8% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 21.9% |
| 2018-19 | 55.2% | 45.9% |
| 2017-18 | 56.5% | 43.2% |
| 2016-17 | 59.2% | 48.4% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Loma Verde Elementary
Loma Verde Elementary's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Verde Elementary this school | 419 | 72.3% | 36.1% |
| Howard Pence Elementary San Diego | 419 | 71.8% | 18.4% |
| Luther Burbank Elementary San Jose | 426 | 69.7% | 32.1% |
| Ida Jew Academies San Jose | 435 | 69.2% | 27.4% |
| Rosemary Campbell | 413 | 73.8% | 17.4% |
| Lakeview Elementary Santa Fe Springs | 457 | 72.2% | 50.0% |
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 Loma Verde Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #2,854 of 5,151 | #253 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #3,594 of 5,172 ▼ 281 | #302 of 393 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #2,249 of 5,172 ▲ 241 | #212 of 393 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,006 of 5,116 | #65 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #3,435 of 5,915 | #265 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,227 of 5,352 | #125 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #4,567 of 5,354 | #381 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.3% | #2,819 of 5,625 | #154 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #1,899 of 3,837 | #141 of 279 |
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
419
-117 (-22%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 419 | 19 | 22.1:1 | 72% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 65% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 23 | 21.2:1 | 75% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 23 | 23.3:1 | 76% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 21 | 23.8:1 | 75% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 23 | 20.6:1 | 81% (387) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | N/A | N/A | 71% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 35 | 20.7:1 | 67% (486) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 21 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loma Verde Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (499 to 419); teachers down 10% (21 to 19).
About Loma Verde Elementary
Loma Verde Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Chula Vista, California. The school counted 419 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6.
Loma Verde Elementary is part of Chula Vista Elementary, where 43 schools serve 22,235 students.
At Loma Verde Elementary, 91% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 5% Asian. Census figures show San Diego County is about 35% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
Loma Verde Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 72% at Loma Verde Elementary. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
On the allk12 Grade, Loma Verde Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 47% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Loma Verde Elementary, the prediction is 37.2% and the result is 36.1%.
Looking at the county, San Diego County, median household income comes to about $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 766, with about 467,437 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Loma Verde Elementary from the closest public school, Castle Park Senior High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Loma Verde Elementary ranks 4th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 536 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 419 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 22.1:1, from 23.3:1.
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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 Chula Vista Elementary
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Other schools in Chula Vista
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Chula Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,864 students
- Hilltop Senior HighHigh · 1,771 students
Other Loma Verde Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Loma Verde Elementary. Loma Verde Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Loma Verde ElementaryNovato, CA · 426 students
Nearby schools
- Castle Park Senior High0.4 mi · 1,363
- Rohr (Fred H.) Elementary0.5 mi · 290
- Otay Elementary0.5 mi · 455
- Castle Park Middle0.6 mi · 703
- MAAC Community Charter0.8 mi · 171
- Palomar Elementary0.9 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Loma Verde ElementaryHow many students attend Loma Verde Elementary?
Loma Verde Elementary enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Loma Verde Elementary serve?
Loma Verde Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Loma Verde Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Loma Verde Elementary is approximately 22.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Loma Verde Elementary?
At Loma Verde Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Loma Verde Elementary public or private?
Loma Verde Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chula Vista Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.