Enrollment
205
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005543
Rowan Elementary
1755 Rowan St., San Diego, CA 92105 · (619) 344-3400 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of California public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- AThree-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
21.6:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
162 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 | 50 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 67% larger than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
56%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
46.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.1pp since 2014
Math
46.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +22.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.4% | 24.7% | 30.3% | 23.6% |
| Math | 23.6% | 22.5% | 24.7% | 29.2% |
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 | 46.1% | 46.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 34.8% |
| 2022-23 | 34.7% | 31.6% |
| 2021-22 | 43.8% | 20.0% |
| 2018-19 | 52.4% | 43.4% |
| 2017-18 | 51.7% | 39.1% |
| 2016-17 | 41.7% | 30.9% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Rowan Elementary
Rowan Elementary's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowan Elementary this school | 205 | 79.0% | 42.9% |
| Nora Sterry Elementary Los Angeles | 188 | 84.0% | 33.6% |
| Palms Elementary Los Angeles | 229 | 78.6% | 30.8% |
| Mark Twain Elementary Sacramento | 263 | 83.3% | 17.7% |
| Vibrant Minds Charter Anaheim | 245 | 74.3% | N/A |
| Paradise Hills Elementary San Diego | 213 | 75.1% | 24.8% |
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 Rowan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #2,235 of 5,151 | #208 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #1,851 of 5,172 ▲ 763 | #186 of 393 ▲ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #2,363 of 5,172 ▼ 134 | #226 of 393 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.2pp | #218 of 5,116 | #13 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #5,334 of 5,915 | #417 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,874 of 5,352 | #98 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #2,200 of 5,354 | #227 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #2,273 of 5,625 | #111 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #1,103 of 1,139 | #94 of 97 |
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
205
-8 (-4%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 319
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 205 | 9.5 | 21.6:1 | 79% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 220 | 10.7 | 20.5:1 | 75% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 11.5 | 17.9:1 | 72% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 10 | 21.3:1 | 80% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 8 | 25.5:1 | 76% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 230 | 9 | 25.6:1 | 80% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | N/A | N/A | 89% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 73% (257) |
| 1990-91 | 319 | 13 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rowan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (204 to 205); teachers up 19% (8 to 9.5).
About Rowan Elementary
Rowan Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in California, located in San Diego. Its enrollment is 205 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 56% below average.
San Diego Unified includes 174 schools. Together they enroll 94,828 students.
More than half of enrollment at Rowan Elementary is Hispanic: 63%. Enrollment also includes 12% White, 9% Asian, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 29 points above the 35% share among San Diego County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
There are about 21.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Rowan Elementary, which has 9.5. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 0.7 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Rowan Elementary is about 79%. On average, public schools in San Diego County report 54%.
Rowan Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Rowan Elementary is 9.7 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 42.9% actual, 33.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In the surrounding county, San Diego County, median household income comes to about $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 766, with about 467,437 students.
Among nearby public schools, Golden Hill K-8 is closest at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Rowan Elementary ranks 2nd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
The school shrank from 213 students in 2020-21 to 205 in 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
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Other Rowan Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rowan Elementary. Rowan Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Rowan Elementary SchoolCranberry Twp, PA · 494 students
- Rowan ElementaryHATTIESBURG, MS · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Golden Hill K-80.8 mi · 464
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- McKinley Elementary1.1 mi · 588
- Hamilton Elementary1.1 mi · 406
- Webster Elementary1.1 mi · 208
- Albert Einstein Academies1.1 mi · 1,448
Frequently asked questions
About Rowan ElementaryHow large is Rowan Elementary?
Rowan Elementary enrolls approximately 205 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rowan Elementary serve?
Rowan Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Rowan Elementary have?
Rowan Elementary employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Rowan Elementary?
Student demographics at Rowan Elementary are roughly 12% White, 63% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Rowan Elementary public or private?
Rowan 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.