Wegeforth Elementary

Set in San Diego, California, Wegeforth Elementary is a tight-knit K-5 school, operated by San Diego Unified. It serves 200 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 57% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

San Diego Unified runs 174 schools in total, collectively educating 94,828 students. Wegeforth Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Wegeforth Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 19% Asian, 18% multiracial, 16% White, 8% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wegeforth Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.6%; this one delivers 44.1%.

Zooming out to the county, San Diego County reports that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Wegeforth Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Taft Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wegeforth Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.5%.

Wegeforth Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 197 students in 2018 compared to 200 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 44% to 40% across the same window.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.