Rice (Lilian J.) Elementary

Set in Chula Vista, California, Rice (Lilian J.) Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus, overseen by Chula Vista Elementary. It works with 613 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 32% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Chula Vista Elementary runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 22,235 students. Rice (Lilian J.) Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Rice (Lilian J.) Elementary logs that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Rice (Lilian J.) Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 30.6%.

Around the school, census data for San Diego County shows median household income runs about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Rice (Lilian J.) Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chula Vista Senior High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rice (Lilian J.) Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.3%.

Rice (Lilian J.) Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 611 students in 2018 compared to 613 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 85% to 91% across the same window.

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