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Pacific View Leadership Elementary

6196 Childs Ave., San Diego, CA 92139 · (619) 430-1600 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • CThree-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

Enrollment
227
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
174 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5625%
Grade 13214%
Grade 24721%
Grade 32411%
Grade 43214%
Grade 53616%

This year's kindergarten class (56) is 56% larger than its 5th grade class (36).

Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
42%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
16372%
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
94%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
3616%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
125%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
10647%
Female
12153%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
43.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.8pp since 2014
Math
27.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.2pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts22.5%21.4%32.6%23.6%
Math13.0%14.1%31.5%41.3%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2543.8%27.2%
2023-2430.7%23.0%
2022-2340.4%31.8%
2021-2240.2%36.1%
2018-1943.8%43.0%
2017-1849.6%40.6%
2016-1731.9%33.3%
2015-1642.0%28.0%
2014-1537.0%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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 View Leadership Elementary

Pacific View Leadership Elementary's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Pacific View Leadership Elementary this school22776.7%31.2%
Lord Baden-Powell
Anaheim
24875.8%42.7%
Guadalupe Elementary
San Francisco
27378.4%24.4%
Paradise Hills Elementary
San Diego
21375.1%24.8%
Donald J. Meyer Elementary
San Jose
24679.7%25.9%
Belle Air Elementary
San Bruno
25076.4%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 Pacific View Leadership Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn San Diego County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
31.2%#3,366 of 5,151#291 of 392
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
27.2%#3,515 of 5,172
▲ 325
#296 of 393
▲ 22
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
43.8%#2,571 of 5,172
▲ 1,142
#243 of 393
▲ 69
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-2.7pp#1,039 of 5,116#89 of 387
Enrollment
ranked largest first
227#5,236 of 5,915#410 of 453
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
26.4:1#4,987 of 5,352#398 of 418
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
45.4%#3,110 of 5,354#301 of 418
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
76.7%#2,486 of 5,625#122 of 442
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-24.1%#987 of 3,837#68 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 2024-25
Enrollment
227
-10 (-4%) vs 2020
-68% since 1990-91, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 21.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252278.626.4:177% (174)
2023-242501025.0:178% (196)
2022-232261022.6:169% (155)
2020-212371121.6:162% (147)
2017-182991224.9:177% (229)
2015-163081422.0:184% (259)
2010-11435N/AN/A86% (372)
2000-017033719.0:156% (396)
1990-917152924.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pacific View Leadership Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 24% (299 to 227); teachers down 28% (12 to 8.6).

About Pacific View Leadership Elementary

Pacific View Leadership Elementary is a small elementary school found in San Diego, California. The school's enrollment of 227 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.

District-wide, San Diego Unified has 174 schools and 94,828 students.

Hispanic students make up a majority at Pacific View Leadership Elementary, at 72%. The next largest groups are 16% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. In San Diego County overall, about 35% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Pacific View Leadership Elementary's 8.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 26.4:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 26.4:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 77%. The rate at public schools in San Diego County averages 54%, lower than here.

The allk12 Grade for Pacific View Leadership Elementary is C. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 27% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

The model predicts 34.6% for a school in California with Pacific View Leadership Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Pacific View Leadership Elementary posts 31.2%.

San Diego County has about 3,288,774 residents, and the median household income is $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, San Diego County has 766 public schools and roughly 467,437 students.

Penn Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Pacific View Leadership Elementary. Pacific View Leadership Elementary places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

NCES assigns Pacific View Leadership Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when Pacific View Leadership Elementary had 237 students, to 2024-25, when it had 227. Students per teacher rose from 21.6 in 2020-21 to 26.4 in 2024-25.

Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.

San Diego County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Pacific View Leadership Elementary
District
San Diego Unified
Address
6196 Childs Ave., San Diego, CA 92139
Phone
(619) 430-1600
County
San Diego County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
227
Teachers (FTE)
9
Student–teacher ratio
26.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
174 (77%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
063432005498
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Pacific View Leadership Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Pacific View Leadership Elementary?
Pacific View Leadership Elementary enrolls approximately 227 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Pacific View Leadership Elementary serve?
Pacific View Leadership Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pacific View Leadership Elementary?
Approximately 26.4:1 students per teacher at Pacific View Leadership Elementary.
How diverse is Pacific View Leadership Elementary?
Pacific View Leadership Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 72% Hispanic, 4% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Pacific View Leadership Elementary?
Pacific View Leadership Elementary is overseen by San Diego Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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