Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005535
Perry Elementary
6290 Oriskany Rd., San Diego, CA 92139 · (619) 479-4040 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of California public elementary schools
- B-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.
- FThree-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
21.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
249 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 | 78 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 53% larger than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
76%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
37.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.1pp since 2014
Math
33.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.2% | 20.7% | 30.2% | 31.9% |
| Math | 10.9% | 22.7% | 30.3% | 36.1% |
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 | 37.9% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 32.9% |
| 2022-23 | 43.4% | 42.6% |
| 2021-22 | 47.9% | 41.0% |
| 2018-19 | 53.4% | 46.6% |
| 2017-18 | 46.9% | 45.3% |
| 2016-17 | 45.6% | 36.0% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Perry Elementary
Perry Elementary's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Elementary this school | 341 | 73.0% | 38.7% |
| James Marshall Elementary Sacramento | 337 | 73.3% | 28.2% |
| Dan O. Root Elementary Suisun City | 426 | 76.1% | 28.4% |
| John Cabrillo Elementary Sacramento | 382 | 75.7% | 29.9% |
| Tara Hills Elementary San Pablo | 317 | 67.5% | 19.0% |
| John Bidwell Elementary Sacramento | 262 | 76.7% | 29.0% |
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 Perry Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #2,611 of 5,151 | #236 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #2,862 of 5,172 ▼ 67 | #251 of 393 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #3,137 of 5,172 ▼ 1,260 | #275 of 393 ▼ 87 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.7pp | #184 of 5,116 | #12 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #4,374 of 5,915 | #349 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #2,097 of 5,352 | #110 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #66 of 5,354 | #3 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #2,771 of 5,625 | #148 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #3,122 of 3,837 | #223 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
341
-51 (-13%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 341 | 15.6 | 21.9:1 | 73% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 17 | 21.4:1 | 74% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 17 | 20.6:1 | 71% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 17 | 23.1:1 | 74% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 16 | 22.8:1 | 69% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 19 | 22.8:1 | 63% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | N/A | N/A | 73% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 59% (286) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 27 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (365 to 341); teachers down 3% (16 to 15.6).
About Perry Elementary
Perry Elementary is one of the public schools in San Diego, California. It is a small elementary school. Enrolled students number 341 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 27% lower than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
The district, San Diego Unified, has 94,828 students enrolled across 174 schools.
The most common group at Perry Elementary is Hispanic students, at 38%. Other groups include 17% Black, 16% Asian, 14% White, and 13% multiracial. County-wide, about 35% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 76% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 15.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.9:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 73% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in San Diego County, the average is 54%.
Perry Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 40% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Perry Elementary is 2.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (38.7% versus 36.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
County data help place the school in context: in San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, San Diego County has 766 public schools and roughly 467,437 students.
Of nearby public schools, Paradise Hills Elementary is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Perry Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 43.3% proficiency; Perry Elementary posts 38.7%.
Locale data from NCES put Perry Elementary inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Perry Elementary's enrollment dropped from 392 in 2020-21 to 341 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.9:1) than in 2020-21 (23.1:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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Other Perry Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Perry Elementary. Perry Elementary is the 7th largest of the 13.
- Perry ElementaryPerry, IA · 816 students
- Perry Elementary SchoolPerry, OK · 573 students
- Perry Elementary SchoolPerry, OH · 538 students
- Perry Elementary SchoolErie, PA · 466 students
- PERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPERRY, NY · 411 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Perry ElementaryHow many students attend Perry Elementary?
Perry Elementary enrolls approximately 341 students in grades KG-05.
Is Perry Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Perry Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Perry Elementary have?
Perry Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Perry Elementary?
Student demographics at Perry Elementary are roughly 14% White, 38% Hispanic, 17% Black, 16% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Perry Elementary public or private?
Perry Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Diego Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.