Enrollment
312
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005531
Pacific Beach Elementary
1234 Tourmaline St., San Diego, CA 92109 · (619) 605-4200 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
25.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
109 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 | 79 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 103% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
53%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
70.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.3pp since 2014
Math
61.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.4pp 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 61 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.9% | 32.4% | 13.1% | 16.6% |
| Math | 30.3% | 31.0% | 18.6% | 20.0% |
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 | 70.3% | 61.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.1% | 62.4% |
| 2022-23 | 76.3% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 68.4% | 63.8% |
| 2018-19 | 77.7% | 64.1% |
| 2017-18 | 71.3% | 62.0% |
| 2016-17 | 65.8% | 60.2% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Pacific Beach Elementary
Pacific Beach Elementary's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Beach Elementary this school | 312 | 34.9% | 65.6% |
| Santa Margarita Elementary Santa Margarita | 297 | 33.7% | 53.2% |
| Old Adobe Elementary Charter Petaluma | 278 | 34.5% | 49.3% |
| Pierpont Elementary Ventura | 304 | 34.9% | 60.7% |
| Green Oaks Fundamental Elementary Orangevale | 307 | 37.1% | 61.1% |
| Bishop's Peak Elementary San Luis Obispo | 358 | 34.1% | 63.6% |
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 Pacific Beach Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #854 of 5,151 | #101 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #1,000 of 5,172 ▼ 84 | #112 of 393 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #733 of 5,172 ▲ 40 | #88 of 393 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #1,711 of 5,116 | #154 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #4,672 of 5,915 | #371 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,406 of 5,352 | #339 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #2,567 of 5,354 | #260 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #4,563 of 5,625 | #329 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #1,709 of 3,837 | #122 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
312
-33 (-10%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 312 | 12.5 | 25.0:1 | 35% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 13.8 | 24.1:1 | 39% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 14 | 23.5:1 | 24% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 15 | 23.0:1 | 25% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 14 | 27.0:1 | 31% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 16 | 24.6:1 | 33% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | N/A | N/A | 49% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 49% (175) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 15 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pacific Beach Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (378 to 312); teachers down 11% (14 to 12.5).
About Pacific Beach Elementary
Federal records list Pacific Beach Elementary as an elementary school in San Diego, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 312 students. The school is 33% below the average for elementary schools in California.
The 174 schools of San Diego Unified, including Pacific Beach Elementary, enroll 94,828 students.
The student body at Pacific Beach Elementary is 64% White. The school is also 23% Hispanic and 11% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Staffing at Pacific Beach Elementary comes to 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 25.0:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 2.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Pacific Beach Elementary counts 35% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
On the allk12 Grade, Pacific Beach Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 77% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Pacific Beach Elementary is 6.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
American Community Survey estimates for San Diego County show that median household income comes to about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Diego County counts 766 public schools with about 467,437 students.
Pacific Beach Middle is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Pacific Beach Elementary places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Pacific Beach Elementary had a net loss of 33 students, or 10%. The school's ratio increased from 23.0:1 to 25.0:1 between 2020-21 and 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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- Pacific Beach Elementary SchoolPacific Beach, WA · 91 students
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- Pacific Beach Middle0.7 mi · 715
- Bird Rock Elementary0.8 mi · 383
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Frequently asked questions
About Pacific Beach ElementaryHow large is Pacific Beach Elementary?
Pacific Beach Elementary enrolls approximately 312 students in grades KG-05.
Is Pacific Beach Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pacific Beach Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pacific Beach Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pacific Beach Elementary is approximately 25.0:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pacific Beach Elementary?
At Pacific Beach Elementary, the student body is approximately 64% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Pacific Beach Elementary in?
Pacific Beach Elementary is part of San Diego Unified.
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