Grant K-8: Two in five kids exceed the standard. But this year's 5th graders test below its 3rd graders.
Grant K-8 is one of the strongest elementary schools in San Diego by raw achievement. The catch worth understanding: the cohort doesn't gain ground year-over-year.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61 | 46% | 76% | -9.4 | 13.5% | 0.9% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Grant K-8 scores 61 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 84th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🏫 Solid Base — Ask what the school does for a kid who's already meeting the standard with room to spare — steady proficiency across the board doesn't tell you whether the strongest kids are being pushed further.
Most rating sites would stop at “76% proficient” and call it done. Grant K-8 deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Diego, where one in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 45.6% of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 21.3%.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 84th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 76% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 73% | 66% | 80% | 73% | 80% |
| Grade 4 | 64% | 68% | 65% | 66% | 76% |
| Grade 5 | 77% | 56% | 74% | 70% | 72% |
| Grade 6 | 69% | 66% | 54% | 72% | 73% |
| Grade 7 | 74% | 72% | 75% | 68% | 74% |
| Grade 8 | 81% | 68% | 71% | 75% | 58% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 79% | 68% | 86% | 83% | 80% |
| Grade 4 | 82% | 63% | 86% | 82% | 77% |
| Grade 5 | 76% | 58% | 67% | 74% | 70% |
| Grade 6 | 56% | 62% | 52% | 64% | 58% |
| Grade 7 | 51% | 61% | 64% | 48% | 65% |
| Grade 8 | 61% | 54% | 52% | 51% | 45% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 21.3%.
proficiency runs 80% in this year's grade 3 against 71% in its grade 5. The state average rises by +4.5pp over the same span.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 8.0pp across grades; the floor slips 8.0pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. The school's 5th graders aren't posting a wider lead than its 3rd graders. One question worth asking on a tour: are the strongest students being pushed, or coasting? A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask the principal what changes between grade 3 and grade 5. Ask who teaches the older grades, and what the school does when a child starts falling behind.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Grant K-8 in San Diego, 46.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 42.6% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Grant K-8 outperforms its district average for low-income students by 4.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (37.5% Math proficient); White students (81.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 45.5 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 154 students tested.
7 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 13.5pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +5.6pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$1,001 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 743 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 53% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 64
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 38
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 92 | 54% | 26% | 9% | 11% | 80% | +37 |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 47% | 29% | 14% | 10% | 76% | +31 |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 46% | 26% | 13% | 14% | 72% | +25 |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 40% | 32% | 21% | 6% | 73% | +26 |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 35% | 39% | 13% | 13% | 74% | +27 |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 29% | 28% | 31% | 12% | 58% | +12 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 92 | 49% | 32% | 13% | 7% | 80% | +35 |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 39% | 38% | 22% | 1% | 77% | +35 |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 38% | 32% | 26% | 4% | 70% | +34 |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 44% | 14% | 22% | 19% | 58% | +23 |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 38% | 27% | 20% | 15% | 65% | +31 |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 17% | 28% | 24% | 31% | 45% | +12 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 154 | 30% | 23% | 44% | 4% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 154 | 46.8% | +4 | +9 |
| White | 238 | 81.9% | +7 | +20 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 153 | 57.5% | +16 | +19 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant K-8 ← | — | 61 | 45.6% | 75.9% | −9.4 | 0.9% |
| Birney Elementary | 1.6 mi | 74 | 45.7% | 76.2% | +14.0 | 2.1% |
| Bay Park Elementary | 3 mi | 59 | 34.6% | 66.3% | −6.6 | 0.3% |
| Longfellow K-8 | 2.5 mi | 58 | 40.0% | 69.7% | −16.1 | 2.2% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 71 | 91 | #490 | 46.8% | 75.2% | 7.5% | 2.9% | +0.7pp |
| 2022 | 52 | 80 | #1156 | 39.1% | 63.0% | 34.7% | 1.0% | -9.8pp |
| 2023 | 62 | 87 | #763 | 46.0% | 76.3% | 22.7% | 0.8% | -12.9pp |
| 2024 | 71 | 92 | #434 | 47.7% | 74.6% | 15.7% | 2.0% | -5.7pp |
| 2025 | 61 | 84 | #929 | 45.6% | 75.9% | 13.5% | 0.9% | -9.4pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 7.2% | 12.5% | +5.3pp |
| Male | 7.9% | 13.8% | +5.9pp |
| Asian | 7.4% | 4.0% | -3.4pp |
| Black/African American | 8.6% | 5.0% | -3.6pp |
| White | 14.3% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 11.5% | 24.6% | +13.1pp |
| Two or More Races | 2.9% | 10.3% | +7.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 12.0% | 21.4% | +9.4pp |
| English Learners | 11.9% | 19.6% | +7.7pp |
| Homeless | 18.8% | 40.9% | +22.1pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 10.8% | 27.8% | +17.0pp |
| All Students | 7.5% | 13.2% | +5.7pp |
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