Summary:
San Ysidro Elementary includes seven schools—five elementary and two middle schools—with enrollments ranging from 382 to 1,020. In 2025–2026, the schools’ average all-grades proficiency was about 35% in English language arts (ELA), 27% in math and 21% in science, compared with state averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. Results also vary considerably from school to school. The most important finding is that area averages fall below state results in every subject, while differences between individual schools are large.
Ocean View Hills and Vista Del Mar stand out, but in different subjects: Ocean View Hills leads in math at 47% and science at 35%, while Vista Del Mar leads in ELA at 56%. Ocean View Hills is also near the state science result of 36%; Vista Del Mar’s science result is 26%. At the other end, Smythe Elementary has the lowest ELA result at 22%, San Ysidro Middle the lowest math at 14%, and Willow Elementary the lowest science at 10%. The gap between the highest and lowest school is about 35 percentage points in ELA, 33 in math and 25 in science.
Recent changes are mixed, with science a particular concern: the seven-school science average fell about 4 percentage points between the two test years, while the state result rose about 3 points. Ocean View Hills’ science result dropped 14 points, while Vista Del Mar improved 7 points in ELA; La Mirada Elementary’s SchoolDigger ranking fell from the 29th to the 19th percentile over three years. For context, all schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025, ranging from 30% to 67%; among schools near 62%–67%, Sunset Elementary had the highest ELA and math results. Chronic absenteeism averaged 29% in 2025–2026, compared with 18% statewide; it was lower at Ocean View Hills and Vista Del Mar than at most other schools. Because schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are best treated as a broad overview.
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