Paradise Hills Elementary

Paradise Hills Elementary is one of the cozy elementary schools in San Diego, California, one of the schools within San Diego Unified, with 213 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 54% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Paradise Hills Elementary records that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 13% multiracial, 8% Asian, 5% White, 4% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at school resources, Paradise Hills Elementary lists 9 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 75% of students at Paradise Hills Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Paradise Hills Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.7%.

Around the school, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Paradise Hills Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Palmer Way, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Paradise Hills Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Paradise Hills Elementary has decreased 33%, going from 318 students in 2018 to 213 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 9% to 5%.

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