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Enrollment
835
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060861011126
Salt Creek Elementary
1055 Hunte Pkwy., Chula Vista, CA 91914 · (619) 397-5494 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL835 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of California public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- B+Three-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
24.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
285 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 128 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (128).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
70.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.7pp since 2014
Math
65.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 41.8% | 28.9% | 17.0% | 12.3% |
| Math | 37.4% | 28.1% | 23.9% | 10.5% |
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 | 70.7% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 63.2% |
| 2022-23 | 69.5% | 60.1% |
| 2021-22 | 66.9% | 59.8% |
| 2018-19 | 79.7% | 73.4% |
| 2017-18 | 83.7% | 71.0% |
| 2016-17 | 74.5% | 63.6% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Salt Creek Elementary
Salt Creek Elementary's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Creek Elementary this school | 835 | 34.1% | 68.0% |
| Heritage Elementary Chula Vista | 732 | 38.3% | 66.5% |
| Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary Chula Vista | 889 | 37.8% | 64.2% |
| Cecilia Lucero Solorio Elementary Fontana | 813 | 30.9% | 62.5% |
| Allegiance STEAM Academy - Thrive Chino | 950 | 31.9% | N/A |
| Arroyo Vista Charter Chula Vista | 911 | 27.7% | N/A |
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 Salt Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #745 of 5,151 | #88 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #803 of 5,172 ▲ 80 | #97 of 393 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #716 of 5,172 ▼ 114 | #85 of 393 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #1,709 of 5,116 | #105 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 835 | #291 of 5,915 | #23 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #4,137 of 5,352 | #311 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #1,149 of 5,354 | #107 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.1% | #4,595 of 5,625 | #331 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #2,479 of 3,837 | #179 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
835
-82 (-9%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 975
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 835 | 34 | 24.6:1 | 34% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 814 | 36 | 22.6:1 | 26% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 856 | 36 | 23.8:1 | 23% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 917 | 37 | 24.8:1 | 17% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 945 | 39 | 24.2:1 | 16% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 995 | 39 | 25.5:1 | 14% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 975 | N/A | N/A | 9% (87) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salt Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (945 to 835); teachers down 13% (39 to 34).
About Salt Creek Elementary
Students in Chula Vista, California, attend Salt Creek Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school's 835 students are in kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 80% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Within Chula Vista Elementary, Salt Creek Elementary is one of 43 schools. The district enrolls 22,235 students.
By race and ethnicity, Salt Creek Elementary is 53% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 15% Asian, 14% multiracial, 12% White, and 6% Black. Census figures show San Diego County is about 35% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Salt Creek Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.6:1, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 34% of enrollment. Public schools in San Diego County average 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Salt Creek Elementary is A. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Salt Creek Elementary's results are 8.4 points above predicted: 68.0% against 59.5%.
Across San Diego County, median household income is about $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Salt Creek Elementary is among the 766 public schools in San Diego County.
Eastlake Middle is located about 0.5 miles from Salt Creek Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Salt Creek Elementary's average proficiency of 68.0% compares with 60.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 917 to 835.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Chula Vista Elementary
- Wolf Canyon ElementaryElementary · 954 students
- Camarena (Enrique S.) ElementaryElementary · 889 students
- Hedenkamp (Anne and William) ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Muraoka (Saburo) ElementaryElementary · 832 students
- Veterans ElementaryElementary · 832 students
- Lauderbach (J. Calvin) ElementaryElementary · 763 students
Other schools in Chula Vista
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Chula Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,864 students
- Hilltop Senior HighHigh · 1,771 students
Other Salt Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Salt Creek Elementary. Salt Creek Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Salt Creek Elementary SchoolElk Grove Village, IL · 410 students
- Salt Creek Elementary SchoolElmhurst, IL · 149 students
Nearby schools
- Eastlake Middle0.5 mi · 1,613
- Arroyo Vista Charter0.7 mi · 911
- Pacific Springs Charter0.9 mi · 489
- Learning Choice Academy - Chula Vista1.0 mi · 437
- Olympic View Elementary1.2 mi · 544
- Eastlake High1.2 mi · 2,557
Frequently asked questions
About Salt Creek ElementaryHow large is Salt Creek Elementary?
Salt Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 835 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Salt Creek Elementary serve?
Salt Creek Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Salt Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Salt Creek Elementary is approximately 24.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Salt Creek Elementary?
At Salt Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 12% White, 53% Hispanic, 6% Black, 15% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Salt Creek Elementary?
Salt Creek Elementary is overseen by Chula Vista Elementary in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.