Oak Park Elementary

Located at 2606 54th St., in San Diego, California, Oak Park Elementary is a medium-sized primary school that instructs 545 students (grades K through 5), overseen by San Diego Unified.

San Diego Unified comprises 174 schools with combined enrollment of 94,828 students; Oak Park Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Oak Park Elementary logs that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 30% Asian, 16% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the resource side, Oak Park Elementary records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 83% of students at Oak Park Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oak Park Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 29.9%; Oak Park Elementary posts 49.1%, +19.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Oak Park Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Carver Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oak Park Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 27.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Park Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 540 students in 2018 to 545 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 26% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.