Los Altos Elementary

Los Altos Elementary, a tight-knit elementary school in San Diego, California, overseen by Chula Vista Elementary, caters to 263 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Los Altos Elementary sits 43% below that benchmark.

Within Chula Vista Elementary, which oversees 43 schools and 22,235 students, Los Altos Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Los Altos Elementary logs that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Los Altos Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.6%; this one delivers 29.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for San Diego County shows median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Los Altos Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Montgomery Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Los Altos Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Los Altos Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 330 (now 263). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 88% to 94%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.