Shadow Hills Elementary

Shadow Hills Elementary is a cozy primary school in Alpine, California, operated by Alpine Union Elementary. The school serves 377 students in grades 1 through 5.

Across the 5 schools in Alpine Union Elementary (1,440 students total), Shadow Hills Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Shadow Hills Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 42% White, 10% multiracial, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Shadow Hills Elementary logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Shadow Hills Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.6%; this one delivers 55.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household income runs about $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Shadow Hills Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mountain View Learning Academy, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shadow Hills Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Shadow Hills Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 365 (now 377). The White share of enrollment fell from 62% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

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