Kumeyaay Elementary, San Diego CA

Original Research by School Decision on Kumeyaay Elementary

Kumeyaay Elementary is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in the Antigua neighborhood of San Diego. It enrolls a small, diverse student body spread fairly evenly across its six grades, with substantial representation from white families alongside Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting a mixed-income neighborhood with some economic vulnerability present.

In state testing, Kumeyaay's proficiency results show a steady performance profile. In English language arts across all tested grades, students average proficiency in the low-to-mid range, with fourth grade performing strongest and third grade somewhat lower. Math proficiency tracks slightly higher overall, with third grade at the top and a gentle decline through fifth grade. Science proficiency in fifth grade, the only tested grade, falls somewhat below the math and ELA average. These patterns are typical of schools in transition through the elementary grades. Placed against other schools in San Diego County that serve similar grade bands, Kumeyaay's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among the comparison group.

The school offers several clubs and activities open to students, including gardening, knitting, running, and spirit club participation. Beyond this, the data provided does not detail classroom curriculum, special programs, learning support structures, or staffing depth, so a parent interested in instruction style, intervention availability, or specialized offerings would want to explore directly with the school.

The neighborhood sits in a high-cost San Diego zip code. Housing values are substantial, and monthly rental costs are notably elevated, with rent-to-income pressure meaningful for many families. This is a neighborhood where professional households predominate, though the school's enrollment mix and free-lunch qualification rate indicate that working and lower-income families live nearby as well.

San Diego Unified, the parent district, recently overhauled its secondary grading system to use standards-based reporting, removing non-academic factors from academic grades; this applies to grades six and beyond, so Kumeyaay students will eventually enter that system. The district also approved a major facilities bond and made ethnic studies a high school graduation requirement. For an elementary family, the standards-based grading shift is most relevant to watch as their child advances.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 55% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 471%

School 71% · District 50% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 568%

School 68% · District 45% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 366%

School 66% · District 53% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 54% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 58% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Science

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 42% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

This schoolSan Diego Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income46%Higher-income72%26 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income57%Higher-income83%26 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income57%Higher-income80%23 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income64%Higher-income73%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income64%Higher-income69%6 pp gap