Scripps Elementary

Scripps Elementary is a primary school of substantial scale in San Diego, California, run under San Diego Unified, educateing 733 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 58% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 174 schools in San Diego Unified (94,828 students total), Scripps Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Scripps Elementary shows that the largest single group is Asian at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% White, 14% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the income-and-resources front, Scripps Elementary logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 28.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Scripps Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 70.9%; actual is 87.5%, +16.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household income runs about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Scripps Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Dingeman Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Scripps Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 71.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Scripps Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 751 students in 2018 to 733 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 24% across the same window.

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