Elementary · California

Penn Elementary

Free meals for all

Penn Elementary, a public elementary school in San Diego, California: grades k–5, 366 students, 22.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of San Diego Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
366
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Students per teacher
22.9
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 57% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 69% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Smaller than 60% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

56%proficient

+2.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 69% of elementary schools in California

Median 43% · 5,677 elementary schools compared

181 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

36%proficient

−4.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 52% of elementary schools in California

Median 36% · 5,679 elementary schools compared

182 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with San Diego Unified.

Location

Address
2797 Utica Dr., San Diego, CA 92139
Phone
(619)430-1700
City or town
San Diego

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
K–522726.444%27%
Zamorano ElementaryFree meals for all
K–582324.954%44%
Valley Vista ElementaryFree meals for all
K–651322.358%30%
Bethune K-8Free meals for all
K–852022.659%54%
Perry ElementaryFree meals for all
K–534121.938%34%
Paradise Hills ElementaryFree meals for all
K–521323.734%16%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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