Audubon K-8, San Diego CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Audubon K-8

Audubon K-8 is a public school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in San Diego. The school enrolls students across a broad age range, with enrollment distributed fairly evenly across grades. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller Asian, Black, and multiracial populations.

On state assessments, Audubon's proficiency rates are consistently low across tested subjects and grades. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from the low to mid-range across grades three through eight, with no grade reaching proficiency above the mid-thirties. In mathematics, the pattern is similar, with most grades in the low-to-mid twenties and thirties. Science proficiency, tested in grades five and eight, shows particularly weak results in fifth grade. When measured against the broader cohort of districts in San Diego County, Audubon's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile, well below both the county median and the highest-performing schools in the comparison set.

The school serves a population with significant economic need. The housing market in the school's zip code shows residential values at a level above the national benchmark but below the California state median, with median monthly rental costs consuming a substantial share of household income.

San Diego Unified, the district that oversees Audubon, has implemented several system-wide changes relevant to families. The district adopted a standards-based grading policy beginning in 2021-22 for secondary grades, which removes non-academic factors like punctuality and behavior from academic grades, placing them instead in a separate citizenship grade, and allows students opportunities to reassess their learning. Voters approved a major facilities bond in 2022, committing to long-term property-tax funding for school repairs, renovations, security upgrades, and classroom technology. The district also made ethnic studies a high school graduation requirement. These shifts affect how learning is measured, how buildings are maintained and upgraded, and what curriculum students encounter at higher grade levels.

A parent considering Audubon should recognize that the school serves students with substantial economic need and that proficiency outcomes are well below district and state averages across all tested subjects. The school's grade span (K-8) means it does not feed directly into a high school, and families would be navigating that transition at the end of eighth grade. A parent may want to look into further with the school how it is working to raise proficiency rates and what academic supports are available to students, particularly in math and science where the data shows particular challenges.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 55% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 50% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 45% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 44% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 43% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 41% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 319%

School 19% · District 53% · ▼ 34 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 426%

School 26% · District 54% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 58% · ▼ 39 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 55% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 723%

School 23% · District 57% · ▼ 35 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 55% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Science

Grade 511%

School 11% · District 42% · ▼ 31 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 39% · ▼ 13 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 820%

School 20% · District 57% · ▼ 37 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below 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.