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What's one thing Rancho San Diego Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAJON VALLEY UNION·NCES 060681008802
Rancho San Diego Elementary
12151 Calle Albara, El Cajon, CA 92019 · (619) 588-3211 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 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.
- 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
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
419 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 109 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
52.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.2pp since 2014
Math
49.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.4% | 20.4% | 22.0% | 25.2% |
| Math | 23.3% | 26.1% | 28.1% | 22.5% |
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 | 52.8% | 49.4% |
| 2023-24 | 57.2% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.8% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 59.3% | 45.6% |
| 2018-19 | 58.4% | 57.4% |
| 2017-18 | 64.4% | 56.4% |
| 2016-17 | 61.4% | 56.4% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in California's top 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 Rancho San Diego Elementary
Rancho San Diego Elementary's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho San Diego Elementary this school | 533 | 78.6% | 52.2% |
| Mistletoe Elementary Redding | 682 | 71.4% | 46.1% |
| Stanford Avenue Elementary Oroville | 403 | 81.4% | 19.8% |
| Jamacha Elementary El Cajon | 415 | 74.0% | 40.9% |
| Lassen View Elementary Redding | 443 | 74.7% | 49.1% |
| Turtle Bay Redding | 692 | 73.6% | 43.8% |
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 Rancho San Diego Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #1,576 of 5,151 | #170 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #1,634 of 5,172 ▼ 56 | #177 of 393 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,834 of 5,172 ▼ 420 | #187 of 393 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #1,394 of 5,116 | #129 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #2,052 of 5,915 | #156 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.3:1 | #4,553 of 5,352 | #359 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #1,667 of 5,354 | #173 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.6% | #2,313 of 5,625 | #114 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #2,125 of 3,837 | #157 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
533
-33 (-6%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 692
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 533 | 21.1 | 25.3:1 | 79% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 21.3 | 25.3:1 | 71% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 22.6 | 24.0:1 | 59% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 566 | 23 | 24.6:1 | 42% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 25 | 24.8:1 | 40% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 24 | 24.7:1 | 39% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | N/A | N/A | 27% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 553 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 13% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 692 | 27 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rancho San Diego Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (621 to 533); teachers down 16% (25 to 21.1).
About Rancho San Diego Elementary
Rancho San Diego Elementary is an elementary school in El Cajon, California, and it is part of Cajon Valley Union. It enrolls 533 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
The district for Rancho San Diego Elementary is Cajon Valley Union, with 25 schools and 15,974 students.
At Rancho San Diego Elementary, 55% of students are White. Other students are 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 2% Black. The diversity index for Rancho San Diego Elementary is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 25.3:1. The school's 25.3:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 79%. The rate at public schools in San Diego County averages 54%, lower than here.
Among California public elementary schools, Rancho San Diego Elementary outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Rancho San Diego Elementary is 33.5%. It actually posts 52.2%, which is 18.7 points higher and in the top 10% of California schools.
The county, San Diego County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $106,268 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. San Diego County has 766 public schools with about 467,437 students, including Rancho San Diego Elementary.
Rancho San Diego Elementary's nearest public school is Hillsdale Middle (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Rancho San Diego Elementary ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 566 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 533 by 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Cajon Valley Union
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Naranca ElementaryElementary · 985 students
- Cajon Valley MiddleMiddle · 942 students
- Montgomery MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Lexington ElementaryElementary · 878 students
- Johnson ElementaryElementary · 766 students
Other schools in El Cajon
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 2,331 students
- Literacy First CharterCombined · 2,160 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Cajon Valley HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Bostonia GlobalCombined · 1,266 students
Nearby schools
- Hillsdale Middle0.4 mi · 1,481
- Valhalla High0.9 mi · 1,728
- Fuerte Elementary0.9 mi · 686
- Vista Grande Elementary1.3 mi · 633
- Avocado Elementary1.5 mi · 573
- Jamacha Elementary1.6 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Rancho San Diego ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rancho San Diego Elementary?
Rancho San Diego Elementary enrolls approximately 533 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rancho San Diego Elementary serve?
Rancho San Diego Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rancho San Diego Elementary?
Approximately 25.3:1 students per teacher at Rancho San Diego Elementary.
How diverse is Rancho San Diego Elementary?
Rancho San Diego Elementary reports a student body of 55% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Rancho San Diego Elementary in?
Rancho San Diego Elementary is part of Cajon Valley Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.