Scripps Elementary, San Diego CA

Original Research by School Decision on Scripps Elementary

Scripps Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in the northern portion of San Diego, in a neighborhood where home values run well above state and national medians and rental costs reflect the same premium market. The school serves a mid-sized student body drawn from a community that is majority Asian, with substantial White and multiethnic representation and a smaller Hispanic enrollment. About fifteen percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a population with mixed socioeconomic profiles within a generally affluent area.

The school's state assessment results show solid performance across the tested grades. In mathematics, students in third grade reach proficiency at a high rate, with proficiency declining modestly as students move into fourth and fifth grades. English language arts proficiency holds steady across grades three, four, and five at strong levels. Science proficiency, measured in fifth grade, sits at a somewhat lower rate than the two core subjects. Across the three tested subjects and grades, Scripps' overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among schools in San Diego County, reflecting consistent achievement across its population.

The school's enrollment is evenly distributed across grades, with slightly larger cohorts in kindergarten and fifth grade. Staffing and attendance data were not available. The school offers instruction in dance and music, positioning arts and music as part of the regular program, though the scope and depth of those offerings lie beyond what the available data shows.

Scripps is a regular public school within San Diego Unified School District, which in recent years has implemented two significant shifts that would affect any student in the district. The district adopted standards-based grading in secondary schools, removing non-academic factors like late work from academic grades and creating separate citizenship grades; this affects students once they reach middle school. The district also made ethnic studies a graduation requirement for high schoolers, effective with the class of 2024. Additionally, voters approved a major facilities bond in 2022 intended to fund repairs, renovations, new construction, security upgrades, and classroom technology across the district, supported by an extension of the current property-tax rate on assessed value.

For families in this neighborhood, Scripps represents a school where most students are meeting grade-level proficiency benchmarks in core subjects, with particular strength in the upper elementary grades in reading and writing. The community and housing market context suggests a neighborhood of higher household income and educational background, reflected in both the student demographics and the assessment outcomes. A parent should ask the school directly about the specific scope of arts offerings, special education services, English learner support, and the school's approach to serving students working below proficiency, as those details were not in the available data.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 392%

School 92% · District 55% · ▲ 37 pts above district

▲ 49 pts above state median · ▲ 44 pts above county median

Grade 486%

School 86% · District 50% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 43 pts above county median

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 45% · ▲ 36 pts above district

▲ 51 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 387%

School 87% · District 53% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 488%

School 88% · District 54% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 584%

School 84% · District 58% · ▲ 27 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 42% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 35 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-income67%Higher-income91%24 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income75%Higher-income91%16 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income70%Higher-income87%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income78%Higher-income95%17 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income69%Higher-income89%20 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income65%Higher-income84%19 pp gap