Nye Elementary

Nye Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school in San Diego, California, part of San Diego Unified. The school educates 385 students in grades K through 5.

San Diego Unified runs 174 schools in total, collectively educating 94,828 students. Nye Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Nye Elementary records that the most-represented group is Asian (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 30% Hispanic, 21% Black, 11% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Nye Elementary lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nye Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 36.8%; this one delivers 69.2%, a residual of +32.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Nye Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Valencia Park Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nye Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 30.2%.

Nye Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Nye Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 385). Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 39% to 31%.

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