Is Ibarra Elementary a good school?

Ibarra Elementary ranks 3877 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ibarra Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 392 students attended Ibarra Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Ibarra Elementary?

Students at Ibarra Elementary are 69% Hispanic, 18% African American, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Ibarra Elementary attend?

Students who attend Ibarra Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Mann Middle High : Crawford High

Ibarra Elementary

Summary:

Ibarra Elementary is a public elementary school in San Diego, California, serving 378 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the San Diego Unified School District, which has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ibarra Elementary faces significant challenges, including a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 16.4% in 2017-2018 to 63.0% in 2021-2022, which is much higher than the district and state averages. The school's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are consistently lower than the San Diego Unified School District and California state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 35.66% of Ibarra Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 54.22% for the district and 47.04% for the state. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 87.99% to 96.2% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages.

When comparing Ibarra Elementary to nearby schools, such as Marshall Elementary, Rosa Parks Elementary, and Euclid Elementary, they all face similar demographic challenges, with high percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. While the nearby schools generally perform better than Ibarra Elementary in terms of test scores, there is still room for improvement across the board, with all schools scoring below the district and state averages in many subject areas. Additionally, the nearby schools also struggle with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 34.0% to 46.3%, which may be contributing to their academic performance challenges.

Detail:

Public K-5

4877 Orange Ave.
San Diego, CA 92115-4947

(619) 641-5400

District: San Diego Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3877^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,531

Students who attend Ibarra Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Mann Middle
High:	Crawford High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.5

Number of students: 392

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

68.9%

African American:

17.9%

Asian:

8.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 93.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ibarra Elementary ranks worse than 66.1% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 87^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 30.7. (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 (68.9%), African American (17.9%), Asian (8.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 93.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ibarra Elementary is 24.5. 88 elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ibarra Elementary employs 16 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ibarra Elementary is $8,531, which is the 55^th highest among 117 elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ibarra Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Ibarra Elementary 3877^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Ibarra 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 Ibarra Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Ibarra Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2007	16.87	4508^th	5113	11.8%
2008	21.85	4204^th	5113	17.8%
2009	23.37	4179^th	5193	19.5%
2010	15.94	4853^rd	5314	8.7%
2011	11.71	5139^th	5377	4.4%
2012	17.79	4792^nd	5390	11.1%
2013	27.95	4202^nd	5530	24.0%
2015	29.56	3734^th	5611	33.5%
2016	24.91	4187^th	5614	25.4%
2017	41.01	3041^st	5692	46.6%
2018	28.39	3956^th	5662	30.1%
2019	30.64	3886^th	5789	32.9%
2022	31.71	3732^nd	5883	36.6%
2023	35.22	3483^rd	5874	40.7%
2024	30.70	3877^th	5862	33.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ibarra Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.67	1731^st	3246	46.7%
2019	42.31	1652^nd	3275	49.6%
2022	43.52	1566^th	3311	52.7%
2023	44.62	1512^th	3250	53.5%
2024	36.30	2085^th	3160	34.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ibarra Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	56.08	809^th	2634	69.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ibarra Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.84	2960^th	5084	41.8%
2019	46.46	2650^th	5173	48.8%
2022	44.62	2632^nd	5264	50.0%
2023	48.75	2451^st	5374	54.4%
2024	39.44	3177^th	5511	42.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Ibarra Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.40	2991^st	5413	44.7%
2019	44.31	2845^th	5492	48.2%
2022	35.87	3271^st	5635	42.0%
2023	36.29	3275^th	5617	41.7%
2024	24.81	4263^rd	5605	23.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Ibarra Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	17.68	2077^th	2128	2.4%
2019	19.02	2399^th	2585	7.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Ibarra Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.17	4561^st	5431	16.0%
2019	21.75	4495^th	5510	18.4%
2022	28.76	3897^th	5663	31.2%
2023	35.10	3406^th	5650	39.7%
2024	38.49	3177^th	5636	43.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Ibarra Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	14.63	953^rd	1071	11.0%
2019	27.10	923^rd	1149	19.7%
2023	43.35	811^th	1190	31.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Ibarra Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	51.52	286^th	700	59.1%
2019	55.06	277^th	747	62.9%
2022	67.92	141^st	663	78.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ibarra Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.51	3237^th	4830	33.0%
2019	37.03	3165^th	4963	36.2%
2022	32.75	3460^th	5084	31.9%
2023	36.25	3203^rd	5098	37.2%
2024	35.40	3326^th	5102	34.8%

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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 Ibarra Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
2006	9	73	74	423	0	n/a	n/a	0	579
2007	8	76	88	455	1	n/a	n/a	1	629
2008	2	86	96	404	1	n/a	n/a	0	589
2009	4	95	100	372	0	0	0	0	571
2010	4	87	92	355	0	0	0	0	538
2011	4	106	96	365	0	0	5	0	576
2012	7	90	98	332	0	0	7	0	534
2013	5	74	102	316	0	2	10	0	509
2014	4	101	100	320	0	0	6	0	531
2015	5	88	97	318	0	0	13	0	521
2016	7	106	91	322	3	2	10	0	541
2017	13	103	78	285	3	3	20	0	505
2018	11	107	71	262	5	3	16	0	475
2019	6	95	71	242	5	5	28	0	452
2020	6	116	66	242	6	4	33	0	473
2021	5	97	52	229	5	6	27	0	421
2022	1	80	38	216	1	6	16	0	358
2023	1	66	50	246	1	4	10	0	378
2024	2	70	33	270	1	3	13	0	392

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 Ibarra Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2006	579	31.0	18.7	88.9
2007	629	36.5	17.2	95.9
2008	589	36.9	16.0	96.6
2009	571	34.1	15.8	96
2010	538	28.5	18.8	95.9
2011	576	n/a	n/a	96
2012	534	30.5	17.5	n/a
2013	509	29.0	17.5	99.4
2014	531	20.0	26.5	95.1
2015	521	20.0	26.0	96.9
2016	541	22.0	24.5	98.2
2017	505	22.0	22.9	98.6
2018	475	18.0	26.3	94.3
2019	452	18.0	25.1	98
2020	473	n/a	n/a	96.6
2021	421	20.0	21.0	96.2
2022	358	18.0	19.8	88
2023	378	15.0	25.2	93.9
2024	392	16.0	24.5	93.4

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 Ibarra Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2006	579	31.0	18.7	88.9
2007	629	36.5	17.2	95.9
2008	589	36.9	16.0	96.6
2009	571	34.1	15.8	96
2010	538	28.5	18.8	95.9
2011	576	n/a	n/a	96
2012	534	30.5	17.5	n/a
2013	509	29.0	17.5	99.4
2014	531	20.0	26.5	95.1
2015	521	20.0	26.0	96.9
2016	541	22.0	24.5	98.2
2017	505	22.0	22.9	98.6
2018	475	18.0	26.3	94.3
2019	452	18.0	25.1	98
2020	473	n/a	n/a	96.6
2021	421	20.0	21.0	96.2
2022	358	18.0	19.8	88
2023	378	15.0	25.2	93.9
2024	392	16.0	24.5	93.4

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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