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Paradise Hills Elementary

San Diego Unified San Diego San Diego County 92139
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
360 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
220 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
24:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
76%
Teachers
9 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 66.8%
White 5.5%
Asian 0.5%
Black 6.4%
Other 20.9%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Paradise Hills Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard8.8%
Met Standard17.2%
Below Standard74.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "26% proficient" for Paradise Hills Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

8.8% of students exceeded standard while 17.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 12.2 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 16.5 points below the San Diego Unified district average of 25.3%. The 29 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 15.0% exceeded — 6.2 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 8.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 32.9%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
8.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
26.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-8.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
32.9%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
360
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 21 9.5% 28.6% 33.3% 28.6% 38.1%
4th 32 15.6% 9.4% 25.0% 50.0% 25.0%
5th 35 14.3% 25.7% 28.6% 31.4% 40.0%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 22 4.5% 27.3% 27.3% 40.9% 31.8%
4th 34 0.0% 8.8% 47.1% 44.1% 8.8%
5th 36 8.3% 5.6% 8.3% 77.8% 13.9%