Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORONADO UNIFIED·NCES 060987001074
Silver Strand Elementary
1350 Leyte Rd., Coronado, CA 92118 · (619) 522-8934 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
80 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 83% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Coronado Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
77.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
74.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 48.1% | 29.3% | 14.3% | 8.3% |
| Math | 41.4% | 33.1% | 22.6% | 3.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.4% | 74.4% |
| 2023-24 | 79.1% | 77.8% |
| 2022-23 | 79.3% | 83.3% |
| 2021-22 | 80.8% | 76.9% |
| 2020-21 | 73.8% | 70.6% |
| 2018-19 | 75.7% | 66.7% |
| 2017-18 | 72.8% | 64.7% |
| 2016-17 | 68.3% | 63.6% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 59.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Silver Strand Elementary
Silver Strand Elementary's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Strand Elementary this school | 324 | 24.7% | 77.3% |
| Cosumnes River Elementary Sloughhouse | 350 | 26.6% | 70.0% |
| Glenwood Elementary San Rafael | 315 | 23.5% | 66.0% |
| Ruhkala Elementary Rocklin | 334 | 27.8% | 66.4% |
| Solana Vista Elementary Solana Beach | 317 | 22.7% | 74.1% |
| Main Street Elementary Soquel | 383 | 24.8% | 54.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Silver Strand Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #343 of 5,151 | #45 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #435 of 5,172 ▼ 117 | #52 of 393 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #383 of 5,172 ▼ 98 | #48 of 393 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #976 of 5,116 | #82 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #4,532 of 5,915 | #357 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,100 of 5,352 | #214 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #1,993 of 5,354 | #208 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #4,982 of 5,625 | #370 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #389 of 1,139 | #30 of 97 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
324
+40 (+14%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 273
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 324 | 14 | 23.1:1 | 25% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 13 | 24.5:1 | 24% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 13 | 24.9:1 | 21% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 17 | 16.7:1 | 17% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 11.5 | 24.7:1 | 13% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 11 | 29.1:1 | 17% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | N/A | N/A | 18% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 38% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 273 | 14 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver Strand Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (284 to 324); teachers up 22% (11.5 to 14).
About Silver Strand Elementary
Silver Strand Elementary is a public elementary school run by Coronado Unified in Coronado, California. The school counts 324 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Silver Strand Elementary is in Coronado Unified, a district with 2,757 students across 4 schools.
White students are the majority at Silver Strand Elementary, with 60% of enrollment. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 48%. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Silver Strand Elementary is 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 23.1:1. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 25%. That is lower than the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Silver Strand Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.1% at Silver Strand Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 77.3%.
Among San Diego County residents, the median household income is $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Silver Strand Elementary is one of 766 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Kimball, at about 2.7 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Silver Strand Elementary comes in 1st of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 14% from its 2020-21 level of 284. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.7:1 in 2020-21, and 23.1:1 in 2024-25.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coronado Unified
- Coronado HighHigh · 999 students
- Coronado Village ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Coronado MiddleMiddle · 660 students
- Village PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Coronado
- Coronado HighHigh · 999 students
- Coronado Village ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Coronado MiddleMiddle · 660 students
- Village PreschoolElementary
Nearby schools
- Kimball2.7 mi · 322
- Feaster (Mae L.) Charter2.7 mi · 1,095
- Howard Gardner Community Charter2.8 mi · 178
- Sweetwater High3.1 mi · 2,290
- Integrity Charter3.1 mi · 393
- National City Middle3.1 mi · 709
Frequently asked questions
About Silver Strand ElementaryHow large is Silver Strand Elementary?
Silver Strand Elementary enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Silver Strand Elementary serve?
Silver Strand Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Silver Strand Elementary?
Approximately 23.1:1 students per teacher at Silver Strand Elementary.
How diverse is Silver Strand Elementary?
Silver Strand Elementary reports a student body of 60% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Silver Strand Elementary?
Silver Strand Elementary is overseen by Coronado Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.