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.
Porter Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.3% of California elementary schools.
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Students who attend Porter Elementary usually go on to attend:Middle : Knox MiddleHigh : Lincoln High
Students at Porter Elementary are 74% Hispanic, 14% African American, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 2% White, 1% American Indian, 1% Pacific Islander.
In the 2022-23 school year, 626 students attended Porter Elementary.