Toler Elementary, San Diego CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Toler Elementary

Toler Elementary is a small kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school in San Diego, serving a community of about two hundred students. The enrollment leans moderately multiethnic, with roughly equal shares of white and Hispanic students, and a remainder of Asian, multiracial, and Black students in smaller proportions. Just over half the school qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a working-to-moderate-income student body.

On state testing, Toler's results run below the midpoint when compared to other schools in San Diego County. In English language arts across grades three through five, the proficiency rate stands at about midrange, though there is volatility by grade: grade-four students show notably weaker performance while grade-five students perform better. In math, proficiency is just under half across the tested grades, with some variation between grade levels. Fifth-grade science proficiency is roughly aligned with the math results. Overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint for the county's schools, though the data show uneven performance by grade level, a pattern a parent may want to discuss directly with the school to understand whether particular grades or cohorts are receiving focused support.

The school appears to draw primarily from its immediate neighborhood in the Baker Street area of San Diego, where the housing market is substantial. Median home values in the zip code are well above the state average, and rents reflect a similarly high-cost market, making this a neighborhood where housing is a meaningful investment or budget item for families. The community economic context shows stable median household income and moderate unemployment, typical of a mid-to-upper-middle-class San Diego neighborhood.

Toler sits within San Diego Unified, a large urban district that has implemented district-wide changes families should know about. The district adopted a standards-based grading approach for secondary grades, which removes non-academic factors like late work from academic grades and creates separate citizenship marks; that shift began in 2021-22 and affects middle and high school but not elementary. The district also approved a long-term school facilities bond and made Ethnic Studies a high school graduation requirement. For a family with a child at Toler now, the high school policies are future considerations, but they reflect the district's pedagogical direction.

The school's small size and its early-grade focus mean it offers the peer environment and instructional pace typical of an elementary campus in a stable, established neighborhood. Strengths and gaps in the test data appear grade-specific rather than systemic, suggesting that understanding Toler's instructional approach in particular grades and asking about remediation and enrichment strategies would help a parent decide whether this school's current academic profile matches their child's needs and learning trajectory.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 55% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 446%

School 46% · District 50% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 45% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 355%

School 55% · District 53% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 54% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 58% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Science

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 42% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 18 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 5Lower-income61%Higher-income81%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income69%30 pp gap