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Enrollment
832
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060861011127
Veterans Elementary
1550 Magdalena Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91913 · (619) 216-1226 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL832 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
22.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
356 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (116).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
63.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
56.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.2% | 29.5% | 18.8% | 17.5% |
| Math | 30.7% | 26.0% | 25.4% | 17.9% |
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 | 63.7% | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 64.2% |
| 2022-23 | 67.7% | 59.6% |
| 2021-22 | 66.5% | 57.8% |
| 2018-19 | 72.0% | 63.8% |
| 2017-18 | 74.5% | 69.6% |
| 2016-17 | 79.7% | 75.8% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Veterans Elementary
Veterans Elementary's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Elementary this school | 832 | 42.8% | 63.5% |
| Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary Chula Vista | 889 | 37.8% | 64.2% |
| McMillin (Corky) Elementary Chula Vista | 691 | 46.0% | 67.5% |
| Heritage Elementary Chula Vista | 732 | 38.3% | 66.5% |
| Hedenkamp (Anne and William) Elementary Chula Vista | 855 | 41.2% | 57.4% |
| Bayside Academy San Mateo | 840 | 43.2% | 39.5% |
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 Veterans Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #949 of 5,151 | #110 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #1,217 of 5,172 ▼ 379 | #134 of 393 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #1,103 of 5,172 ▼ 384 | #128 of 393 ▼ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.9pp | #1,243 of 5,116 | #114 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 832 | #299 of 5,915 | #25 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,905 of 5,352 | #196 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #1,492 of 5,354 | #152 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.8% | #4,220 of 5,625 | #290 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #2,851 of 3,837 | #201 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
832
0 (0%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 832 | 36.3 | 22.9:1 | 43% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 814 | 39.6 | 20.6:1 | 35% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 792 | 36.3 | 21.9:1 | 26% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 832 | 37 | 22.5:1 | 27% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 911 | 37 | 24.6:1 | 23% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 910 | 37 | 24.6:1 | 21% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 783 | N/A | N/A | 16% (122) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Veterans Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (911 to 832); teachers down 2% (37 to 36.3).
About Veterans Elementary
Veterans Elementary is a large elementary school in Chula Vista, California, one of the schools in Chula Vista Elementary. In all, 832 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. The school is 79% above the average for elementary schools in California.
The district for Veterans Elementary is Chula Vista Elementary, with 43 schools and 22,235 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Veterans Elementary is 56%, a majority. The remaining students are 20% Asian, 8% multiracial, 8% Black, and 7% White. Census figures show San Diego County is about 35% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 22.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Veterans Elementary, which has 36.3. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 43%. The rate at public schools in San Diego County averages 54%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Veterans Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 77% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Veterans Elementary's results are 9.0 points above predicted: 63.5% against 54.5%.
Looking at the county, San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Veterans Elementary, San Diego County has 766 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Veterans Elementary is closest to McMillin (Corky) Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Veterans Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Veterans Elementary at 6th of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 832 to 832.
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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 Chula Vista Elementary
- Wolf Canyon ElementaryElementary · 954 students
- Camarena (Enrique S.) ElementaryElementary · 889 students
- Hedenkamp (Anne and William) ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Salt Creek ElementaryElementary · 835 students
- Muraoka (Saburo) ElementaryElementary · 832 students
- Lauderbach (J. Calvin) ElementaryElementary · 763 students
Other schools in Chula Vista
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Chula Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,864 students
- Hilltop Senior HighHigh · 1,771 students
Other Veterans Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Veterans Elementary. Veterans Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Veterans ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 1,002 students
- Veterans ElementaryEllicott City, MD · 883 students
- Veterans Elementary SchoolMacon, GA · 715 students
- VETERANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWESLEY CHAPEL, FL · 638 students
- VETERANS ELEM.HANNIBAL, MO · 403 students
Nearby schools
- McMillin (Corky) Elementary0.7 mi · 691
- Otay Ranch Senior High0.8 mi · 2,440
- Wolf Canyon Elementary0.9 mi · 954
- Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary1.1 mi · 832
- Olympian High1.1 mi · 2,289
- Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary1.1 mi · 889
Frequently asked questions
About Veterans ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Veterans Elementary?
Veterans Elementary enrolls approximately 832 students in grades KG-06.
Is Veterans Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Veterans Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Veterans Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Veterans Elementary is approximately 22.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Veterans Elementary?
Veterans Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 56% Hispanic, 8% Black, 20% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Veterans Elementary?
Veterans Elementary is overseen by Chula Vista Elementary in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.