Rowan Elementary

As a small K-5 school in San Diego, California, Rowan Elementary instructs 205 students from grades K through 5, overseen by San Diego Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 56% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

San Diego Unified runs 174 schools in total, collectively educating 94,828 students. Rowan Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rowan Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 12% White, 9% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Rowan Elementary logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rowan Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

In the surrounding community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Rowan Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Golden Hill K-8, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rowan Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 204 students in 2018 compared to 205 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 18% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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