Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432003954
Nye Elementary
981 Valencia Pkwy., San Diego, CA 92114 · (619) 430-1200 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
24.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
276 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
70.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.0pp since 2014
Math
68.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.9% | 33.1% | 15.6% | 14.4% |
| Math | 31.7% | 37.3% | 19.3% | 11.8% |
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 | 70.0% | 68.9% |
| 2023-24 | 75.5% | 63.3% |
| 2022-23 | 68.5% | 62.7% |
| 2021-22 | 70.3% | 61.1% |
| 2018-19 | 69.8% | 68.8% |
| 2017-18 | 68.7% | 61.1% |
| 2016-17 | 68.4% | 57.6% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 50.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+31.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 32 points, placing it in California's top 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 Nye Elementary
Nye Elementary's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nye Elementary this school | 385 | 71.7% | 69.5% |
| Ruby Bridges Elementary Alameda | 458 | 65.7% | 40.5% |
| Carmichael (Bessie)/FEC San Francisco | 555 | 76.6% | 11.7% |
| Lakeshore Alternative Elementary San Francisco | 416 | 65.6% | 38.0% |
| Parks (Rosa) Elementary San Francisco | 326 | 62.6% | 34.2% |
| Regency Park Elementary Sacramento | 619 | 71.6% | 48.6% |
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 Nye Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #680 of 5,151 | #81 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #650 of 5,172 ▲ 226 | #76 of 393 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #753 of 5,172 ▼ 309 | #92 of 393 ▼ 35 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #2,072 of 5,116 | #135 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #3,867 of 5,915 | #299 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,806 of 5,352 | #277 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.2% | #106 of 5,354 | #6 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.7% | #2,859 of 5,625 | #162 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #2,871 of 3,837 | #204 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
385
+51 (+15%) vs 2020
-44% since 2000-01, when it was 687
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 385 | 16 | 24.1:1 | 72% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 16 | 23.4:1 | 73% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 14.6 | 20.9:1 | 68% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | 15 | 22.3:1 | 77% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 17 | 24.8:1 | 70% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 21 | 22.4:1 | 79% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | N/A | N/A | 78% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 36 | 19.1:1 | 52% (358) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nye Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (421 to 385); teachers down 6% (17 to 16).
About Nye Elementary
Federal records list Nye Elementary as an elementary school in San Diego, California. The school enrolls 385 students in kindergarten through 5.
San Diego Unified is made up of 174 schools with 94,828 students in all.
About 31% of students at Nye Elementary are Asian, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 30% Hispanic, 21% Black, 11% multiracial, and 5% White. San Diego County's residents are about 12% Asian, 19 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 75, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Nye Elementary comes to 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 24.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Nye Elementary counts 72% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 18 points lower.
Among California public elementary schools, Nye Elementary outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 37.5% for Nye Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 69.5%. The 31.9-point gap ranks in the top 10% of California schools.
The school's county is San Diego County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. San Diego County's 766 public schools enroll about 467,437 students and include Nye Elementary.
Valencia Park Elementary sits about 0.4 miles from Nye Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Nye Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Nye Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Nye Elementary had a net gain of 51 students, or 15%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.3:1 in 2020-21, and 24.1:1 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
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Other Nye Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Nye Elementary. Nye Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Nye Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 685 students
- Nye Elementary SchoolHummelstown, PA · 317 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Nye ElementaryHow large is Nye Elementary?
Nye Elementary enrolls approximately 385 students in grades KG-05.
Is Nye Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nye Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Nye Elementary have?
Nye Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Nye Elementary?
Student demographics at Nye Elementary are roughly 5% White, 30% Hispanic, 21% Black, 31% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Nye Elementary public or private?
Nye Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Diego Unified.
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