Is Mason Elementary a good school?

Mason Elementary ranks 2284 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Mason Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 512 students attended Mason Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Mason Elementary?

Students at Mason Elementary are 37% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 16% White, 14% Two or more races, 7% African American, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Mason Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mason Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Wangenheim Middle High : Mira Mesa High

Mason Elementary

Summary:

Mason Elementary is a public elementary school located in San Diego, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 480 students. The school is part of the San Diego Unified School District, which is ranked 604 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Mason Elementary has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 42.72% to 58.71% in recent years, its academic performance, as measured by Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST Science tests, is generally lower than the district and state averages across grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy at Mason Elementary ranged from 43.04% to 60.29%, compared to the district average of 52.54% to 55.3% and the state average of 42.8% to 47.37%. The school's performance in Mathematics and Science was also below the district and state averages.

Additionally, Mason Elementary has experienced relatively high chronic absenteeism rates in recent years, ranging from 7.5% in 2020-2021 to 40.0% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Asian and White students generally performing better than Hispanic and English Language Learner students. Addressing these challenges and learning from the successes of nearby higher-performing schools, such as Park Village Elementary and Hickman Elementary, could be crucial for improving the educational outcomes for the students at Mason Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-5

10340 San Ramon Dr.
San Diego, CA 92126-3235

(858) 271-0410

District: San Diego Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2284^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,121

Students who attend Mason Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Wangenheim Middle
High:	Mira Mesa High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.3

Number of students: 512

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

37.1%

Asian:

24.8%

White:

16.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 58.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mason Elementary ranks better than 61% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 64^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 54.93. (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 Student population at Mason Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (37.1%), Asian (24.8%), White (16.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 58.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mason Elementary is 24.3. 81 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 Mason Elementary is $8,121. 71 elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mason Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Mason Elementary 2284^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Mason Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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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 all students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	77.21	1023^rd	4809	78.7%
2005	74.48	1144^th	4822	76.3%
2006	77.56	1044^th	4818	78.3%
2007	73.36	1230^th	5113	75.9%
2008	75.17	1179^th	5113	76.9%
2009	85.52	732^nd	5193	85.9%
2010	80.95	961^st	5314	81.9%
2011	79.50	1034^th	5377	80.8%
2012	71.00	1473^rd	5390	72.7%
2013	79.57	1083^rd	5530	80.4%
2015	81.99	1035^th	5611	81.6%
2016	78.19	1194^th	5614	78.7%
2017	82.45	1028^th	5692	81.9%
2018	74.79	1370^th	5662	75.8%
2019	73.62	1445^th	5789	75.0%
2022	52.86	2396^th	5883	59.3%
2023	50.27	2522^nd	5874	57.1%
2024	54.93	2284^th	5862	61.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	16.06	593^rd	669	11.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	71.02	519^th	3246	84.0%
2019	82.99	273^rd	3275	91.7%
2022	46.51	1391^st	3311	58.0%
2023	51.46	1111^th	3250	65.8%
2024	42.45	1650^th	3160	47.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	34.95	1430^th	2420	40.9%
2024	22.43	2272^nd	2634	13.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	82.67	578^th	5084	88.6%
2019	79.78	727^th	5173	85.9%
2022	53.41	2070^th	5264	60.7%
2023	48.44	2465^th	5374	54.1%
2024	51.46	2294^th	5511	58.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	71.65	1422^nd	5413	73.7%
2019	80.64	1040^th	5492	81.1%
2022	55.07	2156^th	5635	61.7%
2023	48.94	2464^th	5617	56.1%
2024	52.09	2311^th	5605	58.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	38.88	1119^th	2227	49.8%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	39.25	83^rd	130	36.2%
2023	43.80	82^nd	140	41.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	75.51	1246^th	5431	77.1%
2019	65.48	1703^rd	5510	69.1%
2022	49.12	2492^nd	5663	56.0%
2023	50.57	2423^rd	5650	57.1%
2024	56.32	2140^th	5636	62.0%

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Rank History for Asian students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	59.75	558^th	1071	47.9%
2019	54.44	657^th	1149	42.8%
2022	31.61	885^th	1154	23.3%
2023	40.24	841^st	1190	29.3%
2024	24.97	966^th	1203	19.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	60.41	1604^th	4830	66.8%
2019	70.34	1158^th	4963	76.7%
2022	29.15	3772^nd	5084	25.8%
2023	37.31	3122^nd	5098	38.8%
2024	42.84	2768^th	5102	45.7%

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Rank History for White students at Mason Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.82	1796^th	2737	34.4%
2019	15.11	2506^th	2834	11.6%
2022	38.94	1770^th	2726	35.1%
2023	24.01	2127^th	2662	20.1%
2024	40.63	1690^th	2647	36.2%

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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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by a parent
Thursday, April 12, 2012

My daughter went to Mason until we moved . She loved it especially Mrs. Mercado, she is a wonderful teacher very dedicated to her students. The school encourages parents to volunteer at the school, just helping the teacher out, by cutting or sorting organizing things for the class. I enjoyed doing this and I wanted to show my daughter that school is something important. I was skeptical at first, because the school was rated 3 starts out of 5, but in my opinion the kids, for being just in kindergarten were learning how to read or were able to read by the end of the year was pretty impressive. This is a whole year round school no long summer vacation. They have one month of vacation in Christmas spring and summer. What I think was great that math and reading where link online and you can learn with your child at home. I loved this school and I would go to this school again, if we ever move back here. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Mason Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	540	31	375	78	5	n/a	n/a	0	1029
1989	483	39	386	68	5	n/a	n/a	0	981
1990	511	52	389	61	6	n/a	n/a	0	1019
1991	506	57	428	92	8	n/a	n/a	0	1091
1992	505	51	477	102	7	n/a	n/a	0	1142
1993	456	44	533	99	7	n/a	n/a	0	1139
1994	389	54	531	86	6	n/a	n/a	0	1066
1995	336	64	569	108	3	n/a	n/a	0	1080
1996	336	64	569	108	3	n/a	n/a	0	1080
1997	294	58	550	110	3	n/a	n/a	0	1015
1998	266	72	561	88	2	n/a	n/a	0	989
1999	235	74	474	92	6	n/a	n/a	0	881
2000	247	82	476	119	8	n/a	n/a	0	932
2001	273	101	467	152	5	n/a	n/a	0	998
2002	286	113	449	179	3	n/a	n/a	0	1030
2003	286	113	449	179	3	n/a	n/a	0	1030
2004	282	116	419	187	6	n/a	n/a	0	1010
2005	263	116	396	177	6	n/a	n/a	0	958
2006	204	113	398	166	9	n/a	n/a	0	890
2007	200	90	350	168	7	n/a	n/a	22	837
2008	163	97	342	172	6	n/a	n/a	0	780
2009	162	79	351	194	8	17	0	0	811
2010	140	60	317	206	9	8	51	0	791
2011	133	48	303	220	7	7	57	0	775
2012	136	56	307	223	8	16	65	0	811
2013	137	45	320	262	0	14	77	0	855
2014	126	39	358	230	3	14	99	0	869
2015	113	34	342	231	2	8	94	0	824
2016	81	37	228	179	3	7	69	0	604
2017	86	33	201	174	5	5	66	0	570
2018	91	27	175	173	7	4	63	0	540
2019	80	20	176	173	6	4	55	0	514
2020	70	27	149	193	8	2	64	0	513
2021	75	34	144	179	7	2	66	1	508
2022	74	45	118	165	6	4	53	0	465
2023	79	41	123	167	3	6	61	0	480
2024	83	35	127	190	1	6	70	0	512

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 Mason Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1029	36.2	28.4	n/a
1989	981	37.2	26.3	n/a
1990	1019	35.2	28.9	n/a
1991	1091	38.2	28.5	n/a
1992	1142	38.8	29.4	25.6
1993	1139	41.9	27.2	26.1
1994	1066	40.0	26.6	32.2
1995	1080	42.0	25.7	40.6
1996	1080	42.0	25.7	40.6
1997	1015	42.5	23.9	44.5
1998	989	46.8	21.1	38.3
1999	881	46.8	18.8	39.7
2000	932	51.0	18.3	45.2
2001	998	52.5	19.0	36.1
2002	1030	50.6	20.4	51.6
2003	1030	50.6	20.4	51.6
2004	1010	48.0	21.0	46.4
2005	958	44.0	21.8	50.8
2006	890	48.0	18.5	50.8
2007	837	45.0	18.6	54.6
2008	780	42.7	18.3	52.3
2009	811	40.5	19.2	58
2010	791	39.4	20.0	60.2
2011	775	n/a	n/a	63.7
2012	811	36.9	21.9	n/a
2013	855	38.2	22.3	57.3
2014	869	30.5	28.4	53.9
2015	824	32.0	25.7	51
2016	604	24.0	25.1	59.6
2017	570	24.0	23.7	56
2018	540	21.0	25.7	56.3
2019	514	20.6	24.9	60.1
2020	513	n/a	n/a	60.4
2021	508	22.0	23.0	42.7
2022	465	20.0	23.2	58.7
2023	480	20.0	24.0	58.1
2024	512	21.0	24.3	58.4

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 Mason Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1029	36.2	28.4	n/a
1989	981	37.2	26.3	n/a
1990	1019	35.2	28.9	n/a
1991	1091	38.2	28.5	n/a
1992	1142	38.8	29.4	25.6
1993	1139	41.9	27.2	26.1
1994	1066	40.0	26.6	32.2
1995	1080	42.0	25.7	40.6
1996	1080	42.0	25.7	40.6
1997	1015	42.5	23.9	44.5
1998	989	46.8	21.1	38.3
1999	881	46.8	18.8	39.7
2000	932	51.0	18.3	45.2
2001	998	52.5	19.0	36.1
2002	1030	50.6	20.4	51.6
2003	1030	50.6	20.4	51.6
2004	1010	48.0	21.0	46.4
2005	958	44.0	21.8	50.8
2006	890	48.0	18.5	50.8
2007	837	45.0	18.6	54.6
2008	780	42.7	18.3	52.3
2009	811	40.5	19.2	58
2010	791	39.4	20.0	60.2
2011	775	n/a	n/a	63.7
2012	811	36.9	21.9	n/a
2013	855	38.2	22.3	57.3
2014	869	30.5	28.4	53.9
2015	824	32.0	25.7	51
2016	604	24.0	25.1	59.6
2017	570	24.0	23.7	56
2018	540	21.0	25.7	56.3
2019	514	20.6	24.9	60.1
2020	513	n/a	n/a	60.4
2021	508	22.0	23.0	42.7
2022	465	20.0	23.2	58.7
2023	480	20.0	24.0	58.1
2024	512	21.0	24.3	58.4

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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