Silver Strand Elementary

Silver Strand Elementary is a primary school of compact scale in Coronado, California, part of Coronado Unified, enrolling 324 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Silver Strand Elementary sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Coronado Unified (2,757 students total), Silver Strand Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Silver Strand Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Silver Strand Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Silver Strand Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.8%, the actual is 78.6%, a residual of +13.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Diego County put the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Silver Strand Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

The closest other public school is Kimball, roughly 2.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Silver Strand Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 14%: 284 students in 2018 compared to 324 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.