Zamorano Elementary

Zamorano Elementary is a well-populated elementary campus in San Diego, California, one of the schools within San Diego Unified. The school instructs 823 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 77% larger than typical.

Across the 174 schools in San Diego Unified (94,828 students total), Zamorano Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Zamorano Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 26% Asian, 15% multiracial, 11% Black, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, Zamorano Elementary lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Zamorano Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.2%, the actual is 51.2%, a residual of +14.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Diego County) records that median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Zamorano Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Bell Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Zamorano Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Zamorano Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Zamorano Elementary's enrollment has contracted 26% since 2018, when it stood at 1,111 (now 823).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.