Sequoia Elementary

Sequoia Elementary is a primary school of very small scale in San Diego, California, one of the schools within San Diego Unified, teacheing 180 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Sequoia Elementary sits 61% leaner than that benchmark.

San Diego Unified comprises 174 schools with combined enrollment of 94,828 students; Sequoia Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Sequoia Elementary records that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 21% White, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sequoia Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sequoia Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.1%; Sequoia Elementary posts 53.5%, +18.4 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Sequoia Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

The closest other public school is Madison High, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sequoia Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

Sequoia Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sequoia Elementary has decreased 5%, going from 190 students in 2018 to 180 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 60% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

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