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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060861000882
Vista Square Elementary
540 G St., Chula Vista, CA 91910 · (619) 422-8374 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of California public elementary schools
- C+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.
- BThree-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
22.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
447 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 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
24%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
35.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.5pp since 2014
Math
28.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.4% | 19.2% | 21.7% | 42.8% |
| Math | 10.5% | 17.6% | 26.2% | 45.7% |
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 | 35.5% | 28.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 30.3% |
| 2022-23 | 39.4% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.5% | 20.3% |
| 2018-19 | 46.4% | 32.8% |
| 2017-18 | 45.9% | 31.0% |
| 2016-17 | 42.1% | 32.2% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Square Elementary
Vista Square Elementary's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Square Elementary this school | 554 | 80.7% | 32.4% |
| Old River Elementary Downey | 540 | 80.7% | 50.9% |
| Hawthorne Elementary Ontario | 549 | 82.7% | 34.0% |
| Belvedere Elementary Highland | 557 | 83.7% | 28.5% |
| Revere (Paul) Elementary Anaheim | 622 | 79.7% | 28.6% |
| Westside Union Elementary Los Banos | 573 | 80.8% | 38.9% |
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 Square Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #3,232 of 5,151 | #278 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #3,410 of 5,172 ▼ 364 | #290 of 393 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #3,374 of 5,172 ▼ 186 | #287 of 393 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #1,962 of 5,116 | #122 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #1,813 of 5,915 | #131 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,303 of 5,352 | #134 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.6% | #4,243 of 5,354 | #369 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #2,131 of 5,625 | #105 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #2,022 of 3,837 | #151 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
554
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 554 | 25 | 22.2:1 | 81% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 26 | 21.3:1 | 76% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 27.8 | 20.6:1 | 83% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | 26 | 22.0:1 | 90% (513) |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 30 | 21.7:1 | 88% (572) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 28 | 22.8:1 | 85% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | N/A | N/A | 67% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 723 | 39 | 18.5:1 | 72% (522) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 26 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vista Square Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (652 to 554); teachers down 17% (30 to 25).
About Vista Square Elementary
Vista Square Elementary, located in Chula Vista, California, is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 554 students.
Chula Vista Elementary is made up of 43 schools with 22,235 students in all.
Vista Square Elementary's enrollment is 87% Hispanic. The school is also 5% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 35% Hispanic share among all San Diego County residents. Vista Square Elementary's diversity index is 24%, against a US figure of 70%.
Vista Square Elementary operates with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 22.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Vista Square Elementary reports 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 27 points above the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Vista Square Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Vista Square Elementary would score about 32.3%. It scores 32.4%, within a point of that figure.
According to the American Community Survey, in San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Vista Square Elementary is one of 766 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Davila Day, less than a tenth of a mile away. Vista Square Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Vista Square Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 554, a 3% decrease from 571 in 2020-21.
The Vista Square Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Veterans ElementaryElementary · 832 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
Nearby schools
- Davila Day0.0 mi · 28
- Chula Vista Middle0.1 mi · 678
- Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter0.6 mi · 1,321
- Howard Gardner Community Charter0.7 mi · 178
- Mueller Charter (Robert L.)0.7 mi · 1,542
- Feaster (Mae L.) Charter0.7 mi · 1,095
Frequently asked questions
About Vista Square ElementaryHow large is Vista Square Elementary?
Vista Square Elementary enrolls approximately 554 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Vista Square Elementary serve?
Vista Square Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Vista Square Elementary?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at Vista Square Elementary.
How diverse is Vista Square Elementary?
Vista Square Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 87% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Vista Square Elementary in?
Vista Square Elementary is part of Chula Vista Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.