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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005559
Tierrasanta Elementary
5450 La Cuenta Dr., San Diego, CA 92124 · (858) 496-8255 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
25.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
156 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 111 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 73% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
70.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.2pp since 2014
Math
66.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.9% | 26.3% | 17.5% | 12.3% |
| Math | 33.0% | 33.5% | 25.1% | 8.4% |
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 | 70.2% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.2% | 68.5% |
| 2022-23 | 67.5% | 63.2% |
| 2021-22 | 60.1% | 57.5% |
| 2018-19 | 69.6% | 66.4% |
| 2017-18 | 70.4% | 70.9% |
| 2016-17 | 74.0% | 75.3% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Tierrasanta Elementary
Tierrasanta Elementary's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tierrasanta Elementary this school | 500 | 31.2% | 68.9% |
| Rancho Elementary Temecula | 484 | 32.0% | 58.2% |
| Crowne Hill Elementary Temecula | 519 | 32.8% | 57.0% |
| Walnut Canyon Elementary Moorpark | 486 | 27.8% | 69.9% |
| Midland Elementary Poway | 580 | 31.2% | 62.0% |
| Mariposa Elementary Redlands | 432 | 34.3% | 65.0% |
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 Tierrasanta Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #702 of 5,151 | #82 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #754 of 5,172 ▼ 78 | #89 of 393 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #744 of 5,172 ▼ 89 | #90 of 393 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.6pp | #666 of 5,116 | #41 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #2,436 of 5,915 | #184 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.8:1 | #4,768 of 5,352 | #380 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #964 of 5,354 | #83 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #4,709 of 5,625 | #343 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #3,773 of 3,837 | #270 of 279 |
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
500
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 709
Student : Teacher
25.8:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 500 | 19.4 | 25.8:1 | 31% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 22 | 22.6:1 | 28% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 531 | 23 | 23.1:1 | 24% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 21 | 23.9:1 | 28% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 20 | 25.2:1 | 41% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 19 | 24.9:1 | 41% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | N/A | N/A | 38% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 642 | 35 | 18.3:1 | 27% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 709 | 27 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tierrasanta Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (504 to 500); teachers down 3% (20 to 19.4).
About Tierrasanta Elementary
Tierrasanta Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in San Diego, California. The school counted 500 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
San Diego Unified has 94,828 students in 174 schools, and Tierrasanta Elementary is one of those schools.
About 43% of students at Tierrasanta Elementary are White, the largest single group. The school is also 34% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 2% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Tierrasanta Elementary has 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 25.8:1. The school's 25.8:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 31%. That is lower than the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
On the allk12 Grade, Tierrasanta Elementary lands at A, ahead of 92% of California public elementary schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 61.3%. Tierrasanta Elementary scores 68.9%.
In San Diego County, home to about 3,288,774 people, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Tierrasanta Elementary shares San Diego County with 765 other public schools.
The closest school to Tierrasanta Elementary is De Portola Middle, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Tierrasanta Elementary. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Tierrasanta Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Tierrasanta Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Tierrasanta Elementary enrolled 502; in 2024-25, 500. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.9:1 in 2020-21, and 25.8:1 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Tierrasanta ElementaryHow large is Tierrasanta Elementary?
Tierrasanta Elementary enrolls approximately 500 students in grades KG-05.
Is Tierrasanta Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tierrasanta Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tierrasanta Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tierrasanta Elementary is approximately 25.8:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tierrasanta Elementary?
At Tierrasanta Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 34% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Tierrasanta Elementary public or private?
Tierrasanta Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Diego Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.