Smythe Elementary

Set in San Ysidro, California, Smythe Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school, operated by San Ysidro Elementary. It teaches 534 students across grades K through 6.

San Ysidro Elementary runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,140 students. Smythe Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Smythe Elementary reports that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Smythe Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 65% of students at Smythe Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Smythe Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 40.8%; this one comes in at 17.1%, -23.7 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, San Diego County reports that median household income runs about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Smythe Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: La Mirada Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Smythe Elementary. On composite proficiency, Smythe Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 706 students in 2018 compared to 534 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Smythe Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.