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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BAY UNION·NCES 063738014501

SBUSD Virtual Academy

490 Emory St., Imperial Beach, CA 91932 · (619)628-1605 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL65 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work

Enrollment
65
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
3 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
38 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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, 2023-24

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 169%
Grade 21015%
Grade 31117%
Grade 4812%
Grade 51320%
Grade 61726%
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
—6%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
—85%
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
—2%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
—6%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
—2%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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.

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Test scores

CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
26.5%
CA avg 47.1% . -6.3pp since 2020
Math
16.3%
CA avg 35.6% . -9.7pp since 2020

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 10 points.

Performance levels, 2023-24

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts4.1%22.4%24.5%49.0%
Math4.1%12.2%26.5%57.1%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2023-2426.5%16.3%
2022-2317.8%5.5%
2021-2223.5%11.9%
2020-2132.8%26.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

3-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2023-24
Enrollment
65
-199 (-75%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 20.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2023-2465321.7:158% (38)
2022-23131621.8:159% (77)
2020-212641320.3:155% (144)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SBUSD Virtual Academy.

About SBUSD Virtual Academy

SBUSD Virtual Academy is a very small elementary school in South Bay Union, located in Imperial Beach, California. It enrolls 65 students in 2023-24. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6. That is 86% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.

South Bay Union enrolls 5,513 students in 12 schools, including SBUSD Virtual Academy.

Of every 100 students at SBUSD Virtual Academy, about 85 are Hispanic. It is also 6% White and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of San Diego County is roughly 35% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 28, compared with 70 nationally.

SBUSD Virtual Academy has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. At SBUSD Virtual Academy, 58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-24.

Test results at SBUSD Virtual Academy are 24.3 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.9%, compared with a predicted 45.3%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in California.

Census data for San Diego County show median household income comes to about $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 766 public schools in the county, enrolling about 467,437, SBUSD Virtual Academy among them.

SBUSD Virtual Academy is less than a tenth of a mile from San Diego County Special Education, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, SBUSD Virtual Academy ranks 7th on average proficiency.

SBUSD Virtual Academy is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.

Federal counts for SBUSD Virtual Academy: 264 students in 2020-21, 65 in 2023-24. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. Students per teacher increased from 20.3 in 2020-21 to 21.7 in 2023-24.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at SBUSD Virtual Academy. Members of the school community can share what they know.

San Diego County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
SBUSD Virtual Academy
District
South Bay Union
Address
490 Emory St., Imperial Beach, CA 91932
Phone
(619)628-1605
County
San Diego County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–06
Total enrollment
65
Teachers (FTE)
3
Student–teacher ratio
21.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
38 (58%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
063738014501
Charter school
No

Related schools

Other schools in South Bay Union
Other schools in Imperial Beach
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Frequently asked questions

About SBUSD Virtual Academy
What is the total enrollment at SBUSD Virtual Academy?
SBUSD Virtual Academy enrolls approximately 65 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does SBUSD Virtual Academy serve?
SBUSD Virtual Academy serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does SBUSD Virtual Academy have?
SBUSD Virtual Academy employs 3 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
What is the student diversity at SBUSD Virtual Academy?
Student demographics at SBUSD Virtual Academy are roughly 6% White, 85% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is SBUSD Virtual Academy in?
SBUSD Virtual Academy is part of South Bay Union.
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