Ibarra Elementary, San Diego CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ibarra Elementary

Ibarra Elementary sits in a neighborhood with substantial economic need. A very large share of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and the school serves families across a range of backgrounds—most students are Hispanic, with meaningful representation from Black, Asian, and other groups. Enrollment is small, at roughly four hundred students across kindergarten through fifth grade, with slightly smaller cohorts in the upper elementary grades.

On state assessments, the school's performance is well below the middle range among comparable schools in San Diego County. In English language arts, overall proficiency across the tested grades sits in the bottom quartile for county schools. Fifth-graders perform better than third and fourth graders in reading, with proficiency approaching four in ten, but third and fourth grade reading proficiency runs closer to a quarter of students. In mathematics, proficiency is notably lower across all grades, ranging from around one in seven students in fifth grade up to around one in four in third grade. Fifth grade science proficiency, the only grade tested in that subject, is also low. These are areas where a parent may want to look into what classroom and intervention supports the school has in place, and what the school's own improvement plans are focused on.

The San Diego housing market around the school's location in the Kensington area reflects regional patterns: home values are substantially above the national average, and monthly rent for typical properties is in the mid-range for the county. Affordability is tight; the calculation of monthly mortgage payment relative to regional median income is considerably higher than the national benchmark.

The school is part of San Diego Unified, which recently made several district-wide changes families should know about. The district adopted standards-based grading at the secondary level, moving away from yearly averages and removing late work and behavior from academic grades in favor of a separate citizenship grade; this began rolling out across grades six through twelve in the 2021-22 school year and affects how older siblings' work is evaluated. Voters approved Measure U in 2022, a substantial bond measure for facilities repairs, renovations, new construction, and security upgrades across the district, funded by extending an existing property tax rate on assessed value rather than raising it. At the high school level, the district made ethnic studies a graduation requirement beginning with the Class of 2024. None of these changes directly apply to Ibarra Elementary, which serves only younger grades, but they reflect the district's broader direction.

Ibarra is a regular public elementary school with no specialized program designation. State assessment data on English learner status and special education enrollment were not available in the records.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 326%

School 26% · District 55% · ▼ 29 pts below district

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

Grade 422%

School 22% · District 50% · ▼ 28 pts below district

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

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 45% · ▼ 30 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 323%

School 23% · District 53% · ▼ 30 pts below district

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

Grade 428%

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

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

Grade 539%

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

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

Science

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 42% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 16 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.