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What's the biggest difference between PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue and what you expected?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTEE·NCES 063588006143
PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue
9303 Prospect Ave., Santee, CA 92071 · (619) 956-5200 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
25.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
315 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 26% larger than its 8th grade class (68).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
57.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
50.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.9% | 31.5% | 26.7% | 15.9% |
| Math | 23.0% | 27.6% | 25.9% | 23.6% |
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 | 57.4% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 49.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.4% | 45.7% |
| 2021-22 | 55.1% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 51.2% | 40.8% |
| 2018-19 | 58.0% | 47.0% |
| 2017-18 | 58.3% | 46.5% |
| 2016-17 | 53.1% | 42.4% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue
PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue this school | 548 | 57.5% | 54.5% |
| Erma B. Reese Elementary Lodi | 593 | 59.2% | 41.3% |
| Heritage Phelan | 563 | 53.8% | 59.1% |
| Rolling Hills Elementary Fullerton | 554 | 52.7% | 43.6% |
| Wood Canyon Elementary Aliso Viejo | 425 | 56.0% | 52.1% |
| Clovis Elementary Clovis | 709 | 56.0% | 56.1% |
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 PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #1,427 of 5,151 | #156 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #1,550 of 5,172 ▲ 14 | #164 of 393 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #1,508 of 5,172 ▼ 307 | #167 of 393 ▼ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #2,165 of 5,116 | #143 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #1,891 of 5,915 | #137 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #4,498 of 5,352 | #351 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #1,026 of 5,354 | #93 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #3,585 of 5,625 | #229 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #3,563 of 3,837 | #251 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
548
+60 (+12%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 548 | 21.8 | 25.1:1 | 57% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 21.8 | 25.8:1 | 52% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 22.8 | 24.7:1 | 49% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 19 | 25.7:1 | 43% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 21.3 | 26.5:1 | 57% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 21 | 27.4:1 | 59% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | N/A | N/A | 60% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 26 | 21.6:1 | 42% (234) |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 30 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (564 to 548); teachers up 2% (21.3 to 21.8).
About PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue
PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Santee, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 548 students on the rolls.
The district, Santee, operates 11 schools serving 6,066 students.
Of every 100 students at PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue, about 41 are Hispanic, the largest group. Other students are 38% White, 11% multiracial, and 9% Asian. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue are from different groups.
PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue lists 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 25.1 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. About 57% of students at PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue lands at A-, ahead of 78% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue's results are 8.7 points above predicted: 54.5% against 45.9%.
In the surrounding county, San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue, San Diego County has 766 public schools.
Carlton Hills Elementary sits about 1.0 miles from PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue. PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 54.5% average proficiency ranks 4th among 5 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 488 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 548 by 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
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Carlton Hills Elementary1.0 mi · 601
- Grossmont Middle College High1.3 mi · 37
- Chet F. Harritt Elementary1.3 mi · 606
- Carlton Oaks Elementary1.3 mi · 823
- MERIT Academy1.4 mi · 68
- IDEA Center1.4 mi · 127
Frequently asked questions
About PRIDE Academy at Prospect AvenueHow large is PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue?
PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue enrolls approximately 548 students in grades KG-08.
Is PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue an elementary, middle, or high school?
PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue have?
PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.1:1.
What is the student diversity at PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue?
Student demographics at PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue are roughly 38% White, 41% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue public or private?
PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santee.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.