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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Naranca Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
985
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAJON VALLEY UNION·NCES 060681000623
Naranca Elementary
1030 Naranca Ave., El Cajon, CA 92021 · (619) 588-3087 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL985 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
27.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
947 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 172 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 150 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 155 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 160 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (172) is 95% larger than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
12.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.9pp since 2014
Math
8.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -17.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.7% | 8.4% | 16.5% | 71.4% |
| Math | 1.3% | 7.3% | 19.4% | 72.1% |
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 | 12.1% | 8.6% |
| 2023-24 | 14.3% | 8.7% |
| 2022-23 | 17.2% | 11.7% |
| 2021-22 | 21.8% | 11.5% |
| 2018-19 | 23.0% | 22.8% |
| 2017-18 | 24.6% | 22.4% |
| 2016-17 | 27.1% | 21.7% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
10.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Naranca Elementary
Naranca Elementary's state test result (10.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naranca Elementary this school | 985 | 96.1% | 10.9% |
| Chase Avenue Elementary El Cajon | 757 | 94.6% | 10.7% |
| Anza Elementary El Cajon | 687 | 91.1% | 13.0% |
| Woodridge Elementary Sacramento | 814 | 95.8% | 19.2% |
| Lexington Elementary El Cajon | 878 | 91.1% | 14.7% |
| Johnson Elementary El Cajon | 766 | 95.0% | 23.6% |
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 Naranca Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #5,085 of 5,151 | #389 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #5,096 of 5,172 ▼ 35 | #389 of 393 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #5,111 of 5,172 ▼ 58 | #392 of 393 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.3pp | #367 of 5,116 | #27 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 985 | #85 of 5,915 | #10 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.4:1 | #5,172 of 5,352 | #408 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #301 of 5,354 | #22 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #302 of 5,625 | #10 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.7% | #259 of 1,139 | #20 of 97 |
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
985
+284 (+41%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 685
Student : Teacher
27.4:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 985 | 36 | 27.4:1 | 96% (947) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 32.5 | 26.9:1 | 93% (818) |
| 2022-23 | 855 | 32 | 26.7:1 | 89% (762) |
| 2020-21 | 701 | 28 | 25.0:1 | 95% (665) |
| 2017-18 | 823 | 33 | 24.9:1 | 89% (729) |
| 2015-16 | 791 | 33 | 24.0:1 | 92% (728) |
| 2010-11 | 730 | N/A | N/A | 87% (634) |
| 2000-01 | 843 | 39 | 21.6:1 | 77% (650) |
| 1990-91 | 685 | 29 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Naranca Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (823 to 985); teachers up 9% (33 to 36).
About Naranca Elementary
Families in El Cajon, California, are served by Naranca Elementary, a large elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 985 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 112% above the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Cajon Valley Union serves 15,974 students across 25 schools.
White students make up 34% of enrollment at Naranca Elementary, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 28% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of San Diego County's population at about 48%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Naranca Elementary scores 73%.
Naranca Elementary reports a ratio of 27.4 students per teacher, from 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 5.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Naranca Elementary, 96% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 42 points above the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
Among California public elementary schools, Naranca Elementary outscored 1%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Naranca Elementary is 12.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 10.9%. Predicted: 23.2%.
In the wider San Diego County area, median household income comes to about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. San Diego County counts 766 public schools with about 467,437 students.
Measured in a straight line, El Cajon Valley High is about 0.4 miles from Naranca Elementary. The five-mile area around Naranca Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 15.0%, higher than Naranca Elementary's 10.9%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 701 in 2020-21 and 985 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The ratio was 25.0:1 in 2020-21 and 27.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Cajon Valley Union
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Cajon Valley MiddleMiddle · 942 students
- Montgomery MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Lexington ElementaryElementary · 878 students
- Johnson ElementaryElementary · 766 students
- Chase Avenue ElementaryElementary · 757 students
Other schools in El Cajon
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 2,331 students
- Literacy First CharterCombined · 2,160 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Cajon Valley HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Bostonia GlobalCombined · 1,266 students
Nearby schools
- El Cajon Valley High0.4 mi · 1,701
- Cajon Valley Middle0.6 mi · 942
- Empower0.7 mi · 21
- Magnolia Elementary0.8 mi · 703
- Diego Valley East Public Charter0.8 mi · 408
- Kidinnu Academy0.8 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Naranca ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Naranca Elementary?
Naranca Elementary enrolls approximately 985 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Naranca Elementary serve?
Naranca Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Naranca Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Naranca Elementary is approximately 27.4:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Naranca Elementary?
At Naranca Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, 28% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Naranca Elementary in?
Naranca Elementary is part of Cajon Valley Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.