Silver Gate Elementary

Silver Gate Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in San Diego, California, part of San Diego Unified, teaches 399 students, covering grades K through 4.

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

Demographically, Silver Gate Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Silver Gate Elementary reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Silver Gate 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 65.5%; Silver Gate Elementary posts 81.2%, +15.8 points above that line.

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

Nearest neighbor: Dana, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Silver Gate Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 61.7%.

Silver Gate Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Silver Gate Elementary's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 513 (now 399).

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