Solana Ranch Elementary

Solana Ranch Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus in San Diego, California, one of the schools within Solana Beach Elementary. The school hosts 482 students in grades K through 6.

Solana Beach Elementary runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,619 students. Solana Ranch Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Solana Ranch Elementary logs that the largest single group is Asian at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% White, 14% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 6% of students at Solana Ranch Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Solana Ranch Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Diego County) records that median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Solana Ranch Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Canyon Crest Academy, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Solana Ranch Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Solana Ranch Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 78.8%.

Solana Ranch Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Solana Ranch Elementary's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 555 (now 482). The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 52% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

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