Perkins K-8

Perkins K-8 is one of the compact K-5 schools in San Diego, California, part of San Diego Unified, with 381 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

San Diego Unified runs 174 schools in total, collectively educating 94,828 students. Perkins K-8 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Perkins K-8 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). The remainder is composed of 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Perkins K-8 reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Perkins K-8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.6%; this one delivers 14.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household income runs about $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Perkins K-8 is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Monarch, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Perkins K-8 comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Perkins K-8's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 454 (now 381). Class-load math has fell: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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