Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005564
Vista Grande Elementary
5606 Antigua Blvd., San Diego, CA 92124 · (858) 496-8290 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% 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.
- 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.
- CThree-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
24.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
156 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 91 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 63% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
73%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
61.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.3pp since 2014
Math
56.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 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 are up about 5 points 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 | 35.5% | 25.8% | 23.2% | 15.5% |
| Math | 32.9% | 23.9% | 34.8% | 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 | 61.3% | 56.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 63.8% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 62.5% |
| 2021-22 | 58.1% | 64.0% |
| 2018-19 | 69.4% | 75.1% |
| 2017-18 | 74.9% | 78.7% |
| 2016-17 | 72.4% | 74.9% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Vista Grande Elementary
Vista Grande Elementary's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Grande Elementary this school | 364 | 42.9% | 62.1% |
| Ayers Elementary Concord | 394 | 40.4% | 45.2% |
| Riverside Drive Charter Sherman Oaks | 392 | 46.2% | 57.7% |
| David Lubin Elementary Sacramento | 454 | 40.3% | 61.0% |
| Blanche Sprentz Elementary Folsom | 348 | 39.9% | 51.1% |
| John Muir Elementary Martinez | 423 | 38.3% | 48.7% |
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 Vista Grande Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #1,024 of 5,151 | #113 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #1,213 of 5,172 ▼ 355 | #133 of 393 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #1,237 of 5,172 ▼ 313 | #141 of 393 ▼ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #1,234 of 5,116 | #111 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #4,141 of 5,915 | #328 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,945 of 5,352 | #292 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #321 of 5,354 | #26 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #4,216 of 5,625 | #289 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #2,792 of 3,837 | #198 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
364
-61 (-14%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 364 | 15 | 24.3:1 | 43% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 16 | 24.5:1 | 43% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 17 | 21.1:1 | 42% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 17 | 25.0:1 | 36% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 15.8 | 25.5:1 | 44% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 18 | 23.7:1 | 49% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | N/A | N/A | 57% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 31 | 19.3:1 | 37% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 19 | 28.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vista Grande Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (401 to 364); teachers down 5% (15.8 to 15).
About Vista Grande Elementary
Families in San Diego, California, are served by Vista Grande Elementary, a small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 364 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 22% below that mark.
In San Diego Unified, 174 schools enroll a combined 94,828 students.
About 37% of students at Vista Grande Elementary are White, the largest single group. It is also 30% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 4% Black. San Diego County's residents are about 48% White, 11 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Vista Grande Elementary are from different groups.
The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.3:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 156 students, or 43%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in San Diego County average 54%.
Vista Grande Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 75% of California public elementary schools.
Vista Grande Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.1% and a predicted 54.4%.
In San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. San Diego County has 766 public schools with about 467,437 students, including Vista Grande Elementary.
Vista Grande Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Canyon Hills High, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Vista Grande Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Vista Grande Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 364, from 425 in 2020-21.
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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
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Other Vista Grande Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Vista Grande Elementary. Vista Grande Elementary is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Vista Grande ElementaryEl Cajon, CA · 633 students
- Vista Grande ElementaryDanville, CA · 544 students
- Vista Grande ElementaryOntario, CA · 358 students
- Vista Grande ElementaryRancho Palos Verdes, CA · 355 students
- VISTA GRANDE ELEMENTARYRIO RANCHO, NM · 786 students
Nearby schools
- Canyon Hills High0.6 mi · 1,183
- Tierrasanta Elementary0.8 mi · 500
- San Diego Mission Academy0.9 mi · 289
- De Portola Middle1.1 mi · 680
- Farb Middle1.1 mi · 443
- Kumeyaay Elementary1.1 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About Vista Grande ElementaryHow large is Vista Grande Elementary?
Vista Grande Elementary enrolls approximately 364 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Vista Grande Elementary serve?
Vista Grande Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vista Grande Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vista Grande Elementary is approximately 24.3:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Vista Grande Elementary?
Student demographics at Vista Grande Elementary are roughly 37% White, 30% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Who oversees Vista Grande Elementary?
Vista Grande Elementary is overseen by San Diego Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.