Is Porter Elementary a good school?

Porter Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.3% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Porter Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 648 students attended Porter Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Porter Elementary?

Students at Porter Elementary are 71% Hispanic, 14% African American, 6% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Porter Elementary attend?

Students who attend Porter Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Knox Middle High : Lincoln High

Porter Elementary

Summary:

Porter Elementary is a public elementary school in San Diego, California, serving 626 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the San Diego Unified School District, which is ranked 604 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

Porter Elementary faces significant challenges, with high rates of poverty and chronic absenteeism. The school's test scores are consistently lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 21.57% of Porter Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 54.22% in the district and 47.04% statewide. In Mathematics, only 10.9% of Porter Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 43.89% in the district and 35.54% statewide. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student groups, with African American students performing relatively better, but Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds performing much worse.

Interestingly, the nearby schools within the San Diego Unified School District, such as Chollas/Mead Elementary, Baker Elementary, and Horton Elementary, also have relatively low performance compared to the district and state averages, but they generally outperform Porter Elementary. However, Nye Elementary, which is slightly farther away but still within the same district, stands out as a high-performing school, with significantly higher test scores and lower chronic absenteeism rates than Porter Elementary and the other nearby schools.

Detail:

Public K-6

4800 T St.
San Diego, CA 92113-5006

(619) 266-7700

District: San Diego Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5434^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,154

Students who attend Porter Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Knox Middle
High:	Lincoln High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.9

Number of students: 648

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

71.5%

African American:

14.2%

Two or more races:

5.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 95.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Porter Elementary ranks worse than 92.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 115^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 13.45. (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 (71.5%), African American (14.2%), two or more races (5.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 95.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Porter Elementary is 24.9. 95 elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Porter Elementary employs 26 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Porter Elementary is $8,154. 68 elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Porter Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Porter Elementary 5434^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Porter 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 all students at Porter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2007	9.43	4940^th	5113	3.4%
2008	11.55	4844^th	5113	5.3%
2009	19.85	4447^th	5193	14.4%
2010	19.86	4604^th	5314	13.4%
2011	22.36	4517^th	5377	16.0%
2012	12.53	5101^st	5390	5.4%
2013	11.73	5220^th	5530	5.6%
2015	27.20	3917^th	5611	30.2%
2016	26.79	4030^th	5614	28.2%
2017	21.31	4575^th	5692	19.6%
2018	13.64	5213^th	5662	7.9%
2019	13.60	5345^th	5789	7.7%
2022	15.26	5344^th	5883	9.2%
2023	16.94	5160^th	5874	12.2%
2024	13.45	5434^th	5862	7.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Porter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.67	2145^th	3246	33.9%
2019	26.12	2771^st	3275	15.4%
2022	30.12	2595^th	3311	21.6%
2023	39.17	1884^th	3250	42.0%
2024	32.57	2373^rd	3160	24.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Porter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	38.74	1256^th	2420	48.1%
2024	35.23	1544^th	2634	41.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Porter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.41	4518^th	5084	11.1%
2019	19.29	4611^th	5173	10.9%
2022	20.01	4651^st	5264	11.6%
2023	22.75	4477^th	5374	16.7%
2024	18.27	4921^st	5511	10.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Porter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	28.44	286^th	356	19.7%
2023	22.13	308^th	336	8.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Porter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	13.25	5043^rd	5413	6.8%
2019	14.20	5077^th	5492	7.6%
2022	14.34	5241^st	5635	7.0%
2023	17.83	4909^th	5617	12.6%
2024	16.50	5004^th	5605	10.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Porter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	17.85	2061^st	2128	3.1%
2019	18.87	2407^th	2585	6.9%
2022	23.62	1826^th	2227	18.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Porter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	15.13	4957^th	5431	8.7%
2019	14.56	5085^th	5510	7.7%
2022	18.40	4887^th	5663	13.7%
2023	17.46	4957^th	5650	12.3%
2024	11.99	5369^th	5636	4.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Porter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	51.93	280^th	700	60.0%
2019	47.12	338^th	747	54.8%
2022	48.93	272^nd	663	59.0%
2023	46.31	302^nd	662	54.4%
2024	51.59	230^th	593	61.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Porter Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	16.39	4441^st	4830	8.1%
2019	17.84	4516^th	4963	9.0%
2022	19.20	4566^th	5084	10.2%
2023	22.19	4322^nd	5098	15.2%
2024	17.48	4628^th	5102	9.3%

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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

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Enrollment information for Porter Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
2006	8	176	48	419	1	n/a	n/a	0	652
2007	7	178	57	440	1	n/a	n/a	3	686
2008	9	192	65	497	3	n/a	n/a	0	766
2009	10	182	39	515	0	17	0	0	763
2010	7	167	35	516	2	27	6	0	760
2011	13	149	39	557	0	27	13	0	798
2012	12	171	41	785	0	14	16	0	1039
2013	8	183	40	843	0	12	23	0	1109
2014	7	179	32	845	0	17	22	0	1102
2015	14	159	37	809	0	19	26	0	1064
2016	15	133	32	774	3	15	24	0	996
2017	17	151	35	729	4	12	36	0	984
2018	16	137	24	668	16	11	39	0	911
2019	19	129	25	598	14	9	41	0	835
2020	16	100	22	518	8	10	34	0	708
2021	10	93	30	468	8	7	40	0	656
2022	12	96	22	441	6	8	38	0	623
2023	14	87	24	465	7	7	22	0	626
2024	10	92	28	463	5	12	38	0	648

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 Porter Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2006	652	40.0	16.3	92.5
2007	686	37.0	18.5	94
2008	766	46.8	16.4	92.2
2009	763	46.5	15.2	93.1
2010	760	47.0	16.1	93
2011	798	n/a	n/a	93
2012	1039	59.1	17.5	n/a
2013	1109	57.6	19.2	99
2014	1102	44.6	24.7	83.5
2015	1064	42.0	25.3	94.8
2016	996	41.0	24.2	94.4
2017	984	40.0	24.6	94
2018	911	35.0	26.0	93.9
2019	835	32.0	26.0	93.8
2020	708	n/a	n/a	93.9
2021	656	25.0	26.2	88.9
2022	623	26.0	23.9	86.5
2023	626	25.0	25.0	90.4
2024	648	26.0	24.9	95.2

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 Porter Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2006	652	40.0	16.3	92.5
2007	686	37.0	18.5	94
2008	766	46.8	16.4	92.2
2009	763	46.5	15.2	93.1
2010	760	47.0	16.1	93
2011	798	n/a	n/a	93
2012	1039	59.1	17.5	n/a
2013	1109	57.6	19.2	99
2014	1102	44.6	24.7	83.5
2015	1064	42.0	25.3	94.8
2016	996	41.0	24.2	94.4
2017	984	40.0	24.6	94
2018	911	35.0	26.0	93.9
2019	835	32.0	26.0	93.8
2020	708	n/a	n/a	93.9
2021	656	25.0	26.2	88.9
2022	623	26.0	23.9	86.5
2023	626	25.0	25.0	90.4
2024	648	26.0	24.9	95.2

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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