Is Boone Elementary a good school?

Boone Elementary ranks in the bottom 19.6% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Boone Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 354 students attended Boone Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Boone Elementary?

Students at Boone Elementary are 63% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 10% African American, 9% Two or more races, 3% White, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Boone Elementary attend?

Students who attend Boone Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Bell Middle High : Morse High

Boone Elementary

Summary:

Boone Elementary is a public elementary school in San Diego, California, serving 354 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the San Diego Unified School District, which is ranked 604 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

Boone Elementary faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom quartile of California elementary schools. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 25.27% of Boone students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 54.22% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in mathematics, with only 25.13% of students proficient or better, compared to 43.89% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Boone Elementary also struggles with high chronic absenteeism, which has risen from 10.8% in 2018-2019 to 52.7% in 2021-2022. The school has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 83.9% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

While nearby schools in the San Diego Unified School District, such as Penn Elementary, Encanto Elementary, and Fulton K-8, also struggle academically, some of these schools, like Penn Elementary and Bethune K-8, perform significantly better than Boone Elementary. This suggests that factors beyond just socioeconomic status may be contributing to the differences in academic outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-5

7330 Brookhaven Rd.
San Diego, CA 92114-7115

(619) 344-6000

District: San Diego Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4711^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,539

Students who attend Boone Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Bell Middle
High:	Morse High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.1

Number of students: 354

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

63.0%

Asian:

12.4%

African American:

10.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 83.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Boone Elementary ranks worse than 80.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 97^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 21.51. (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: Hispanic (63%), Asian (12.4%), African American (10.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 83.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Boone Elementary is 22.1. 62 elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Boone Elementary is $8,539, which is the 53^rd highest among 117 elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Boone Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Boone Elementary 4711^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Boone 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 Boone Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Boone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	47.34	2289^th	4809	52.4%
2005	44.06	2480^th	4822	48.6%
2006	31.04	3235^th	4818	32.9%
2007	33.52	3329^th	5113	34.9%
2008	34.39	3302^nd	5113	35.4%
2009	46.89	2667^th	5193	48.6%
2010	56.48	2190^th	5314	58.8%
2011	50.33	2580^th	5377	52.0%
2012	45.58	2911^th	5390	46.0%
2013	49.09	2745^th	5530	50.4%
2015	43.90	2798^th	5611	50.1%
2016	43.89	2840^th	5614	49.4%
2017	28.47	3964^th	5692	30.4%
2018	31.31	3721^st	5662	34.3%
2019	32.79	3709^th	5789	35.9%
2022	26.74	4172^nd	5883	29.1%
2023	27.41	4136^th	5874	29.6%
2024	21.51	4711^th	5862	19.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Boone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	54.68	1051^st	3246	67.6%
2019	69.52	547^th	3275	83.3%
2022	47.62	1326^th	3311	60.0%
2023	48.75	1261^st	3250	61.2%
2024	32.98	2338^th	3160	26.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Boone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	24.80	2122^nd	2634	19.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Boone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.36	3287^th	5084	35.3%
2019	32.77	3662^nd	5173	29.2%
2022	33.15	3570^th	5264	32.2%
2023	31.20	3804^th	5374	29.2%
2024	21.69	4653^rd	5511	15.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Boone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	35.42	256^th	364	29.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Boone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.24	3259^th	5413	39.8%
2019	31.36	3724^th	5492	32.2%
2022	20.61	4669^th	5635	17.1%
2023	27.92	3972^nd	5617	29.3%
2024	26.76	4081^st	5605	27.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Boone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	33.05	1303^rd	2128	38.8%
2019	23.56	2147^th	2585	16.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Boone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.58	4054^th	5431	25.4%
2019	35.24	3380^th	5510	38.7%
2022	34.43	3421^st	5663	39.6%
2023	27.75	3975^th	5650	29.6%
2024	18.10	4898^th	5636	13.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Boone Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.82	3362^nd	4830	30.4%
2019	47.42	2451^st	4963	50.6%
2022	28.63	3824^th	5084	24.8%
2023	30.91	3637^th	5098	28.7%
2024	23.29	4247^th	5102	16.8%

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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 Boone Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	200	121	532	188	0	n/a	n/a	0	1041
1989	164	144	564	182	1	n/a	n/a	0	1055
1990	145	132	562	178	0	n/a	n/a	0	1017
1991	134	125	596	187	1	n/a	n/a	0	1043
1992	116	102	618	200	4	n/a	n/a	0	1040
1993	118	99	638	200	3	n/a	n/a	0	1058
1994	105	92	624	201	1	n/a	n/a	0	1023
1995	66	90	562	196	4	n/a	n/a	0	918
1996	66	90	562	196	4	n/a	n/a	0	918
1997	56	129	552	202	2	n/a	n/a	0	941
1998	47	135	548	204	4	n/a	n/a	0	938
1999	44	137	512	202	4	n/a	n/a	0	899
2000	46	165	486	210	5	n/a	n/a	0	912
2001	44	161	487	235	5	n/a	n/a	0	932
2002	40	169	465	209	3	n/a	n/a	0	886
2003	40	169	465	209	3	n/a	n/a	0	886
2004	48	148	422	199	3	n/a	n/a	0	820
2005	38	138	361	204	4	n/a	n/a	0	745
2006	35	125	304	229	4	n/a	n/a	0	697
2007	28	109	275	224	4	n/a	n/a	3	643
2008	18	111	218	188	4	n/a	n/a	0	539
2009	28	121	198	208	1	20	0	0	576
2010	19	113	194	246	2	12	25	0	611
2011	18	104	169	225	2	9	35	0	562
2012	27	91	173	231	0	11	45	0	578
2013	32	82	164	222	1	8	47	0	556
2014	31	83	154	230	0	7	52	0	557
2015	36	70	139	234	0	8	36	0	523
2016	35	58	128	233	0	6	35	0	495
2017	24	58	116	237	0	4	34	0	473
2018	31	64	92	227	2	3	37	0	456
2019	31	63	81	228	3	2	32	0	440
2020	31	52	67	212	6	2	34	0	404
2021	23	53	68	198	5	2	29	0	378
2022	18	48	52	199	4	1	28	0	350
2023	12	37	44	223	4	1	33	0	354

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 Boone Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1041	38.2	27.2	n/a
1989	1055	40.2	26.2	n/a
1990	1017	36.7	27.7	n/a
1991	1043	42.2	24.7	n/a
1992	1040	42.9	24.2	47.5
1993	1058	42.2	25.1	46.5
1994	1023	44.0	23.3	52.6
1995	918	37.6	24.4	64.8
1996	918	37.6	24.4	64.8
1997	941	36.0	26.1	64.1
1998	938	42.0	22.3	64.4
1999	899	41.6	21.6	65.5
2000	912	45.0	20.3	66
2001	932	43.3	21.5	58.5
2002	886	44.0	20.1	66.1
2003	886	44.0	20.1	66.1
2004	820	40.0	20.5	62.1
2005	745	39.0	19.1	65.6
2006	697	39.0	17.9	71.3
2007	643	33.5	19.2	74.2
2008	539	34.0	15.9	80.1
2009	576	31.0	17.5	81.4
2010	611	30.6	19.9	86.1
2011	562	n/a	n/a	85.4
2012	578	29.0	19.9	n/a
2013	556	28.6	19.4	99.5
2014	557	21.0	26.5	76.8
2015	523	22.0	23.7	82.6
2016	495	20.0	24.7	81.4
2017	473	20.0	23.6	78
2018	456	19.0	24.0	76.1
2019	440	18.0	24.4	76.4
2020	404	n/a	n/a	79.5
2021	378	17.0	22.2	80.7
2022	350	15.0	23.3	80.9
2023	354	16.0	22.1	83.9

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 Boone Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1041	38.2	27.2	n/a
1989	1055	40.2	26.2	n/a
1990	1017	36.7	27.7	n/a
1991	1043	42.2	24.7	n/a
1992	1040	42.9	24.2	47.5
1993	1058	42.2	25.1	46.5
1994	1023	44.0	23.3	52.6
1995	918	37.6	24.4	64.8
1996	918	37.6	24.4	64.8
1997	941	36.0	26.1	64.1
1998	938	42.0	22.3	64.4
1999	899	41.6	21.6	65.5
2000	912	45.0	20.3	66
2001	932	43.3	21.5	58.5
2002	886	44.0	20.1	66.1
2003	886	44.0	20.1	66.1
2004	820	40.0	20.5	62.1
2005	745	39.0	19.1	65.6
2006	697	39.0	17.9	71.3
2007	643	33.5	19.2	74.2
2008	539	34.0	15.9	80.1
2009	576	31.0	17.5	81.4
2010	611	30.6	19.9	86.1
2011	562	n/a	n/a	85.4
2012	578	29.0	19.9	n/a
2013	556	28.6	19.4	99.5
2014	557	21.0	26.5	76.8
2015	523	22.0	23.7	82.6
2016	495	20.0	24.7	81.4
2017	473	20.0	23.6	78
2018	456	19.0	24.0	76.1
2019	440	18.0	24.4	76.4
2020	404	n/a	n/a	79.5
2021	378	17.0	22.2	80.7
2022	350	15.0	23.3	80.9
2023	354	16.0	22.1	83.9

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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