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Loma Portal Elementary · San Diego

Loma Portal Elementary: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Loma Portal is an elementary school in San Diego. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

How every group of students does here

At Loma Portal Elementary in San Diego, 33.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 42.6% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Loma Portal Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 9.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (35.3% Math proficient); White students (67.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 27.7 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 33 students tested.

All students at this school: 60% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 60%, district —, state 43%60%
WhiteWhite: this school 70%, district 71%, state 56%70% · +10 vs school
MaleMale: this school 62%, district 50%, state 42%62% · +2 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 58%, district 51%, state 44%58% · −3 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 34%, district 36%, state 32%34% · −26 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 37%, district 35%, state 32%37% · −23 vs school

9 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

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Subgroup growth by grade

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.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path

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

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 26:1, district 23:126:1
Teaching staff19 teachers
Avg. experience16.1 years
Fully credentialed100%
First-year teachers5%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$55,375 – $124,275
Principal salary$0 – $187,294
Superintendent salary$300,404

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $18,895, CA average $14,815$18,895 · spent at this school

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

Federal share$385 per student

$385 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,967 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction63%
Instruction support12%
Student services12%
Administration5%
Buildings & maintenance7%
Other1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$15,976 per pupil
2019$14,540 per pupil
2018$14,457 per pupil
2017$11,416 per pupil
2016$11,708 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

White57.6%
District 22.9% · CA 19.9%
Hispanic28.1%
District 47.0% · CA 56.1%
Other9.4%
District 13.8% · CA 9.0%
Asian3.1%
District 8.7% · CA 10.2%
Black1.8%
District 7.5% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 30.4% (33pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$143K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.52M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+63% · CA 35%
ZIP population21,651
Median age37 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


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