Summary
Scripps Elementary is a K–5 school in San Diego, serving 733 students in San Diego Unified. Compared with nearby K–5 schools, its results stand out for high achievement and especially low chronic absenteeism. Most importantly, in 2025–26 it had the strongest ELA proficiency among nearby schools and scored well above both the state and district in all three tested subjects.
Scripps’s 2025–26 proficiency was 85% in ELA, 86% in math and 76% in science—about 31, 40 and 34 percentage points above the district, and 35, 47 and 40 points above the state, respectively. It led nearby schools in ELA, tied for second in math and placed third in science. Dingeman and Jerabek were ahead in science; Dingeman also had the top math score. So science is comparatively less dominant against nearby peers, not a weakness against state or district results.
Scores have eased from earlier highs: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, ELA fell about 2 points, math 4 and science 8, though science rebounded 6 points in the latest year. SchoolDigger ranks Scripps 70th of 5,804 California schools, in the 99th percentile with five stars. Its student–teacher ratio was 28.1 in 2024–25, the highest among nearby schools. That year, 14.5% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, or about 15%, versus a nearby-school average of about 30%—context, not an explanation for results. Chronic absenteeism was about 2% in 2025–26, below the district’s 17%, the state’s 18% and every nearby school’s rate. SchoolDigger’s rankings for White students (84th percentile) and multiracial students (82nd) were below the school’s overall 99th-percentile standing, indicating lower relative statewide standing in how well it serves those groups.
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