Is Fletcher Hills Elementary a good school?

Fletcher Hills Elementary ranks 1074 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Fletcher Hills Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 612 students attended Fletcher Hills Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Fletcher Hills Elementary?

Students at Fletcher Hills Elementary are 52% White, 31% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Fletcher Hills Elementary attend?

Students who attend Fletcher Hills Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Parkway Sports and Health Science Academy High : West Hills High

Fletcher Hills Elementary

Summary:

Fletcher Hills Elementary is a public elementary school located in El Cajon, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 605 students. The school is part of the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, which is ranked 766 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fletcher Hills Elementary consistently performs above the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, 62.31% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 46.51% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, 59.87% of students were proficient or better, compared to 36.79% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school's performance for Hispanic students is particularly strong, ranking 711 out of 5,102 California elementary schools in the 2023-2024 school year, with a 4-star rating. However, the school's performance for multi-racial students is relatively low, ranking 529 out of 669 California elementary schools in the same year, with a 1-star rating.

While Fletcher Hills Elementary outperforms the nearby Murray Manor Elementary and Lemon Avenue Elementary schools in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency, the nearby Benchley/Weinberger Elementary, which is part of the San Diego Unified School District, outperforms Fletcher Hills Elementary in both subjects. Additionally, Fletcher Hills Elementary has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 5.3% in 2018-2019 to 14.3% in 2022-2023, which is an area of concern that may require further attention and intervention.

Detail:

Public K-6

2330 Center Pl.
El Cajon, CA 92020-2809

(619) 668-5820

District: La Mesa-Spring Valley

SchoolDigger Rank:
1074^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $5,434

Students who attend Fletcher Hills Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Parkway Sports and Health Science Academy
High:	West Hills High

Student/teacher ratio: 26.0

Number of students: 612

Racial breakdown:

White:

52.1%

Hispanic:

30.9%

Two or more races:

9.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 33.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Fletcher Hills Elementary ranks better than 81.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks first among 17 ranked elementary schools in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 81.88. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (52.1%), Hispanic (30.9%), two or more races (9.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 33.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fletcher Hills Elementary is 26. 11 elementary schools in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Fletcher Hills Elementary employs 23.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fletcher Hills Elementary is $5,434. 16 elementary schools in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fletcher Hills Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Fletcher Hills Elementary 1074^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Fletcher Hills Elementary in the ranking list.)

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La Mesa-Spring Valley:

SchoolDigger ranks La Mesa-Spring Valley 766^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Fletcher Hills Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Fletcher Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	93.49	305^th	4809	93.7%
2005	89.90	490^th	4822	89.8%
2006	84.29	770^th	4818	84.0%
2007	86.77	681^st	5113	86.7%
2008	91.91	377^th	5113	92.6%
2009	86.43	683^rd	5193	86.8%
2010	80.31	996^th	5314	81.3%
2011	78.77	1069^th	5377	80.1%
2012	85.36	705^th	5390	86.9%
2013	80.47	1021^st	5530	81.5%
2015	79.00	1145^th	5611	79.6%
2016	89.13	666^th	5614	88.1%
2017	91.49	547^th	5692	90.4%
2018	92.03	512^th	5662	91.0%
2019	89.04	701^st	5789	87.9%
2022	79.50	1208^th	5883	79.5%
2023	80.15	1166^th	5874	80.1%
2024	81.88	1074^th	5862	81.7%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Fletcher Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	28.49	529^th	669	20.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Fletcher Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	47.36	978^th	2420	59.6%
2024	51.78	921^st	2634	65.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fletcher Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	88.86	331^st	5084	93.5%
2019	74.24	963^rd	5173	81.4%
2022	80.20	751^st	5264	85.7%
2023	72.60	1091^st	5374	79.7%
2024	69.91	1268^th	5511	77.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Fletcher Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	92.98	369^th	5413	93.2%
2019	86.38	754^th	5492	86.3%
2022	78.92	1159^th	5635	79.4%
2023	79.13	1133^rd	5617	79.8%
2024	74.89	1292^nd	5605	76.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Fletcher Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	82.18	255^th	2128	88.0%
2022	61.79	564^th	2227	74.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Fletcher Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	89.78	582^nd	5431	89.3%
2019	88.51	660^th	5510	88.0%
2022	76.87	1252^nd	5663	77.9%
2023	77.80	1180^th	5650	79.1%
2024	85.48	850^th	5636	84.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Fletcher Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	92.77	200^th	4830	95.9%
2019	90.00	305^th	4963	93.9%
2022	78.66	789^th	5084	84.5%
2023	86.97	474^th	5098	90.7%
2024	80.35	711^th	5102	86.1%

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Rank History for White students at Fletcher Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	80.96	423^rd	2737	84.5%
2019	75.59	611^th	2834	78.4%
2022	64.77	994^th	2726	63.5%
2023	59.46	1134^th	2662	57.4%
2024	71.24	775^th	2647	70.7%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Fletcher Hills Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	486	13	11	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	534
1989	479	5	15	18	1	n/a	n/a	0	518
1990	485	13	12	20	1	n/a	n/a	0	531
1991	491	16	9	28	2	n/a	n/a	0	546
1992	468	9	12	40	1	n/a	n/a	0	530
1993	438	7	8	31	2	n/a	n/a	0	486
1994	438	14	10	53	2	n/a	n/a	0	517
1995	444	16	8	48	2	n/a	n/a	0	518
1996	444	16	8	48	2	n/a	n/a	0	518
1997	467	15	17	55	1	n/a	n/a	0	555
1998	462	13	15	56	1	n/a	n/a	0	547
1999	457	8	17	60	6	n/a	n/a	10	558
2000	452	4	14	54	5	n/a	n/a	22	551
2001	444	8	16	59	3	n/a	n/a	40	570
2002	412	17	27	62	7	n/a	n/a	42	567
2003	412	17	27	62	7	n/a	n/a	42	567
2004	414	15	23	64	5	n/a	n/a	50	571
2005	411	19	23	64	5	n/a	n/a	60	582
2006	378	14	25	70	4	n/a	n/a	68	559
2007	380	16	27	66	3	n/a	n/a	57	549
2008	351	8	21	61	2	n/a	n/a	0	443
2009	355	9	17	54	0	3	127	0	565
2010	375	9	12	99	0	5	41	0	541
2011	360	16	11	138	0	5	40	0	570
2012	420	20	12	142	0	4	42	0	640
2013	418	20	15	160	0	4	49	0	666
2014	440	28	18	160	0	4	64	0	714
2015	424	19	23	159	0	4	55	0	684
2016	420	11	21	166	0	2	52	0	672
2017	410	15	32	148	0	5	50	0	660
2018	414	16	24	157	0	2	50	0	663
2019	406	9	27	164	0	2	48	0	656
2020	392	10	23	181	0	2	43	0	651
2021	363	11	28	180	0	2	42	0	626
2022	303	16	24	164	0	4	47	0	558
2023	337	15	24	172	0	6	51	0	605
2024	319	18	24	189	1	4	57	0	612

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Fletcher Hills Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	534	22.4	23.8	n/a
1989	518	20.6	25.1	n/a
1990	531	22.4	23.7	n/a
1991	546	24.2	22.5	n/a
1992	530	24.6	21.5	7.7
1993	486	22.6	21.5	0
1994	517	21.8	23.7	13
1995	518	21.8	23.8	18.5
1996	518	21.8	23.8	18.5
1997	555	26.0	21.3	20.7
1998	547	28.2	19.4	18.5
1999	558	29.4	19.0	17
2000	551	26.9	20.5	20
2001	570	26.7	21.3	17.9
2002	567	26.7	21.2	13.5
2003	567	26.7	21.2	13.5
2004	571	26.7	21.4	15.2
2005	582	27.7	21.0	18.4
2006	559	27.9	20.0	19.6
2007	549	28.5	19.3	16.5
2008	443	34.0	13.0	21.7
2009	565	30.5	17.3	17.7
2010	541	26.0	20.8	19.2
2011	570	n/a	n/a	21.9
2012	640	21.0	30.4	n/a
2013	666	22.1	30.0	17.7
2014	714	24.0	29.7	20.3
2015	684	24.0	28.5	21.9
2016	672	24.0	28.0	25.9
2017	660	24.0	27.5	20.9
2018	663	24.0	27.6	25.2
2019	656	24.0	27.3	22.4
2020	651	n/a	n/a	22.6
2021	626	24.5	25.5	18.2
2022	558	20.5	27.2	31.7
2023	605	22.5	26.8	31.7
2024	612	23.5	26.0	33.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Fletcher Hills Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	534	22.4	23.8	n/a
1989	518	20.6	25.1	n/a
1990	531	22.4	23.7	n/a
1991	546	24.2	22.5	n/a
1992	530	24.6	21.5	7.7
1993	486	22.6	21.5	0
1994	517	21.8	23.7	13
1995	518	21.8	23.8	18.5
1996	518	21.8	23.8	18.5
1997	555	26.0	21.3	20.7
1998	547	28.2	19.4	18.5
1999	558	29.4	19.0	17
2000	551	26.9	20.5	20
2001	570	26.7	21.3	17.9
2002	567	26.7	21.2	13.5
2003	567	26.7	21.2	13.5
2004	571	26.7	21.4	15.2
2005	582	27.7	21.0	18.4
2006	559	27.9	20.0	19.6
2007	549	28.5	19.3	16.5
2008	443	34.0	13.0	21.7
2009	565	30.5	17.3	17.7
2010	541	26.0	20.8	19.2
2011	570	n/a	n/a	21.9
2012	640	21.0	30.4	n/a
2013	666	22.1	30.0	17.7
2014	714	24.0	29.7	20.3
2015	684	24.0	28.5	21.9
2016	672	24.0	28.0	25.9
2017	660	24.0	27.5	20.9
2018	663	24.0	27.6	25.2
2019	656	24.0	27.3	22.4
2020	651	n/a	n/a	22.6
2021	626	24.5	25.5	18.2
2022	558	20.5	27.2	31.7
2023	605	22.5	26.8	31.7
2024	612	23.5	26.0	33.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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