Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary

Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary is one of the large elementary schools in Chula Vista, California, overseen by Chula Vista Elementary, with 832 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 79% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Within Chula Vista Elementary, which oversees 43 schools and 22,235 students, Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 27% Asian, 14% multiracial, 9% Black, 8% White.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.2%, the actual is 57.8%, a residual of -2.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household earnings sit near $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 Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sonia Sotomayor Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.8%.

Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary's enrollment has climbed 55% since 2018, when it stood at 537 (now 832).

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.