Is Bay Park Elementary a good school?

Bay Park Elementary ranks 865 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Bay Park Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 526 students attended Bay Park Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Bay Park Elementary?

Students at Bay Park Elementary are 68% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Bay Park Elementary attend?

Students who attend Bay Park Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Marston Middle High : Clairemont High

Bay Park Elementary

Summary:

Bay Park Elementary is a public elementary school in San Diego, California, serving 501 students in grades K-5 and part of the San Diego Unified School District.

Bay Park Elementary is a high-performing school, consistently ranking in the top 15% of California elementary schools over the past 10 years. The school's academic performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments is significantly higher than the San Diego Unified and California state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, 64.92% of Bay Park students were proficient or better in ELA End of Course, compared to 54.22% for San Diego Unified and 47.04% for California. The school also performs exceptionally well for its White and Hispanic student subgroups, ranking in the top 10-20% of California elementary schools. However, the school's performance for its Multi-racial student subgroup is an outlier, ranking in the bottom 10% of California elementary schools.

While Bay Park Elementary outperforms nearby schools in the San Diego Unified District, such as Barnard Elementary and Holmes Elementary, the school has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, from 7.0% in 2020-2021 to 22.8% in 2021-2022. Additionally, the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Bay Park Elementary has increased from 17.57% in 2021-2022 to 24.15% in 2022-2023, which may indicate a shift in the school's demographic and socioeconomic composition.

Detail:

Public K-5

2433 Denver St.
San Diego, CA 92110-3338

(619) 605-1100

District: San Diego Unified

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,802

Students who attend Bay Park Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Marston Middle
High:	Clairemont High

Student/teacher ratio: 26.1

Number of students: 526

Racial breakdown:

White:

68.4%

Hispanic:

18.3%

Two or more races:

10.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 23%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Bay Park Elementary ranks better than 85.2% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 30^th among 117 ranked elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 86.95. (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 (68.4%), Hispanic (18.3%), two or more races (10.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 23% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bay Park Elementary is 26.1. 110 elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Bay Park Elementary employs 20.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bay Park Elementary is $6,802. 111 elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bay Park Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Bay Park Elementary 865^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Bay Park Elementary in the ranking list.)

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San Diego Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Diego Unified 604^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Bay Park Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Bay Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	53.43	1990^th	4809	58.6%
2005	43.97	2482^nd	4822	48.5%
2006	54.81	1969^th	4818	59.1%
2007	51.67	2222^nd	5113	56.5%
2008	55.51	2079^th	5113	59.3%
2009	77.41	1115^th	5193	78.5%
2010	80.15	1003^rd	5314	81.1%
2011	82.76	857^th	5377	84.1%
2012	76.72	1187^th	5390	78.0%
2013	82.69	906^th	5530	83.6%
2015	88.63	688^th	5611	87.7%
2016	93.64	407^th	5614	92.8%
2017	92.79	464^th	5692	91.8%
2018	86.79	807^th	5662	85.7%
2019	90.02	643^rd	5789	88.9%
2022	89.05	743^rd	5883	87.4%
2023	88.35	804^th	5874	86.3%
2024	86.95	865^th	5862	85.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Bay Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	23.37	558^th	669	16.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Bay Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	63.85	579^th	2420	76.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bay Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	79.77	694^th	5084	86.3%
2019	91.43	252^nd	5173	95.1%
2022	76.71	879^th	5264	83.3%
2023	82.08	694^th	5374	87.1%
2024	65.59	1467^th	5511	73.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Bay Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	85.81	779^th	5413	85.6%
2019	91.44	473^rd	5492	91.4%
2022	84.74	883^rd	5635	84.3%
2023	89.33	670^th	5617	88.1%
2024	86.32	814^th	5605	85.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Bay Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	82.84	944^th	5431	82.6%
2019	86.28	771^st	5510	86.0%
2022	89.88	631^st	5663	88.9%
2023	83.41	948^th	5650	83.2%
2024	83.79	931^st	5636	83.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bay Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	87.24	404^th	4830	91.6%
2019	92.38	211^th	4963	95.7%
2022	86.44	492^nd	5084	90.3%
2023	73.85	1004^th	5098	80.3%
2024	67.07	1310^th	5102	74.3%

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Rank History for White students at Bay Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	78.75	496^th	2737	81.9%
2019	75.38	619^th	2834	78.2%
2022	77.02	559^th	2726	79.5%
2023	77.00	539^th	2662	79.8%
2024	78.79	468^th	2647	82.3%

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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

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a parent
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Bay Park is a great neighborhood school that is also very welcoming of families from outside of the neighborhood. I have had children here for 4+ years and have been very happy. The staff (both teachers and support staff) is incredibly dedicated to the students and the parents are a huge asset to this school. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Bay Park Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	279	25	53	81	1	n/a	n/a	0	439
1989	303	20	64	71	1	n/a	n/a	0	459
1990	305	14	71	69	0	n/a	n/a	0	459
1991	310	17	69	74	5	n/a	n/a	0	475
1992	333	14	63	78	3	n/a	n/a	0	491
1993	328	8	56	81	3	n/a	n/a	0	476
1994	316	11	54	77	4	n/a	n/a	0	462
1995	363	44	39	62	1	n/a	n/a	0	509
1996	363	44	39	62	1	n/a	n/a	0	509
1997	337	26	38	68	1	n/a	n/a	0	470
1998	346	36	45	84	0	n/a	n/a	0	511
1999	302	33	35	81	2	n/a	n/a	0	453
2000	308	26	34	78	5	n/a	n/a	0	451
2001	317	24	38	91	4	n/a	n/a	0	474
2002	280	29	42	93	1	n/a	n/a	0	445
2003	280	29	42	93	1	n/a	n/a	0	445
2004	302	32	45	95	1	n/a	n/a	0	475
2005	295	35	37	98	2	n/a	n/a	0	467
2006	285	26	33	81	0	n/a	n/a	0	425
2007	284	27	37	96	4	n/a	n/a	2	450
2008	276	27	42	102	5	n/a	n/a	0	452
2009	294	26	39	112	4	6	0	0	481
2010	277	16	41	120	1	2	23	0	480
2011	285	18	33	130	4	1	29	0	500
2012	251	19	21	111	1	2	36	0	441
2013	249	13	18	111	1	2	41	0	435
2014	251	10	19	113	3	2	45	0	443
2015	251	8	18	112	2	1	41	0	433
2016	248	12	16	123	2	0	43	0	444
2017	268	9	13	116	1	0	45	0	452
2018	281	9	15	121	1	0	49	0	476
2019	302	5	11	126	1	0	57	0	502
2020	333	3	15	129	0	1	59	0	540
2021	328	3	13	120	0	1	56	0	521
2022	313	3	4	110	0	1	47	0	478
2023	337	3	12	96	0	0	53	0	501
2024	360	5	9	96	0	0	56	0	526

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 Bay Park Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	439	18.1	24.2	n/a
1989	459	18.1	25.3	n/a
1990	459	18.1	25.3	n/a
1991	475	19.1	24.8	n/a
1992	491	19.4	25.3	36.9
1993	476	21.1	22.6	33.2
1994	462	20.0	23.1	42.9
1995	509	24.0	21.2	43
1996	509	24.0	21.2	43
1997	470	20.2	23.3	37.9
1998	511	24.3	21.0	37.6
1999	453	21.0	21.6	43.7
2000	451	24.0	18.8	41.7
2001	474	22.0	21.5	35
2002	445	23.8	18.7	35.5
2003	445	23.8	18.7	35.5
2004	475	25.0	19.0	35.6
2005	467	27.3	17.1	37.3
2006	425	24.3	17.5	44.2
2007	450	25.3	17.8	40.2
2008	452	25.0	18.1	39.2
2009	481	23.0	20.0	37
2010	480	24.0	20.0	39
2011	500	n/a	n/a	42.4
2012	441	24.0	18.3	n/a
2013	435	22.0	19.7	34
2014	443	15.8	28.0	28.4
2015	433	17.0	25.4	26.1
2016	444	17.0	26.1	25.9
2017	452	17.3	26.1	24.1
2018	476	18.4	25.8	24.2
2019	502	19.6	25.6	23.1
2020	540	n/a	n/a	20.9
2021	521	20.1	25.9	18.8
2022	478	20.0	23.9	17.6
2023	501	20.2	24.8	24.2
2024	526	20.1	26.1	23

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 Bay Park Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	439	18.1	24.2	n/a
1989	459	18.1	25.3	n/a
1990	459	18.1	25.3	n/a
1991	475	19.1	24.8	n/a
1992	491	19.4	25.3	36.9
1993	476	21.1	22.6	33.2
1994	462	20.0	23.1	42.9
1995	509	24.0	21.2	43
1996	509	24.0	21.2	43
1997	470	20.2	23.3	37.9
1998	511	24.3	21.0	37.6
1999	453	21.0	21.6	43.7
2000	451	24.0	18.8	41.7
2001	474	22.0	21.5	35
2002	445	23.8	18.7	35.5
2003	445	23.8	18.7	35.5
2004	475	25.0	19.0	35.6
2005	467	27.3	17.1	37.3
2006	425	24.3	17.5	44.2
2007	450	25.3	17.8	40.2
2008	452	25.0	18.1	39.2
2009	481	23.0	20.0	37
2010	480	24.0	20.0	39
2011	500	n/a	n/a	42.4
2012	441	24.0	18.3	n/a
2013	435	22.0	19.7	34
2014	443	15.8	28.0	28.4
2015	433	17.0	25.4	26.1
2016	444	17.0	26.1	25.9
2017	452	17.3	26.1	24.1
2018	476	18.4	25.8	24.2
2019	502	19.6	25.6	23.1
2020	540	n/a	n/a	20.9
2021	521	20.1	25.9	18.8
2022	478	20.0	23.9	17.6
2023	501	20.2	24.8	24.2
2024	526	20.1	26.1	23

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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