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Porter Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5577^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 5% of California elementary schools

Summary

Porter Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 590 students in the San Diego Unified district, consistently ranking among the lowest-performing elementary schools in California with proficiency rates far below district and state averages.

When compared to nearby schools, Porter's academic challenges are particularly pronounced. For example, while Nye Elementary achieves over 68% proficiency in math, Porter's rate is 11%. More tellingly, schools with very similar student populations, like Chollas/Mead Elementary, show significantly better results in all subjects, indicating that factors beyond demographics are at play. Porter also struggles with a chronic absenteeism rate of 38.1%, which is nearly double the district average and higher than several schools with comparable demographics.

The school's performance has declined over the past decade, and it faces significant post-pandemic recovery challenges. Analysis shows inconsistent results across different grade levels and student groups, suggesting internal variations in curriculum or support. While Porter's per-student spending is lower than some higher-performing neighbors, its outcomes lag behind even schools in the lower-ranked National Elementary district, such as Rancho de la Nacion. This points to specific, systemic challenges that may require targeted intervention.

590

Students ?

23.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,881

Per pupil spending ?

96.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4800 T St.
San Diego, CA 92113-5006

(619) 266-7700

District: San Diego Unified

Students who attend Porter Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Knox Middle
High:	Lincoln High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

69.2%

African American:

16.6%

Two or more races:

6.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2013 → 5th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (14% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (38% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school14%

District avg49%

California avg41%

5,577^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 25 pts since 2015

From bottom 30% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

118^th of 120Elementary Schools in the San Diego Unified

577^th of 1,543San Diego Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.9	5577 of 5857	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.4	5441 of 5869	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.9	5147 of 5859	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.3	5344 of 5883	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.6	5345 of 5789	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.6	5213 of 5662	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	21.3	4575 of 5692	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	26.8	4030 of 5614	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.2	3917 of 5611	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	11.7	5220 of 5530	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	12.5	5101 of 5390	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	22.4	4517 of 5377	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	19.9	4604 of 5314	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	19.8	4447 of 5193	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	11.5	4844 of 5113	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	9.4	4940 of 5113	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.1	407 of 569	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	51.6	230 of 593	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.3	302 of 661	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.9	272 of 663	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.1	338 of 747	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.9	280 of 700	60.0%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	23.6	1826 of 2227	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.9	2407 of 2585	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.8	2061 of 2128	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.6	2375 of 3162	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.2	1882 of 3245	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.1	2595 of 3311	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.1	2771 of 3275	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.7	2145 of 3246	33.9%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	5077 of 5597	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.5	5011 of 5612	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	4902 of 5609	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	5241 of 5635	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.2	5077 of 5492	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.3	5043 of 5413	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	4770 of 5107	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.5	4633 of 5107	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.2	4313 of 5087	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.2	4566 of 5084	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.8	4516 of 4963	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.4	4441 of 4830	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	368 of 429	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.1	307 of 335	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	28.4	286 of 356	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.5	5026 of 5460	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.3	4926 of 5517	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.8	4469 of 5363	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	4651 of 5264	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.3	4611 of 5173	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.4	4518 of 5084	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.2	5473 of 5628	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	5376 of 5643	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.5	4947 of 5638	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.4	4887 of 5663	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.6	5085 of 5510	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.1	4957 of 5431	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.1	2466 of 2847	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.2	1545 of 2635	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.7	1256 of 2420	48.1%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)28th percentile+24 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)25th percentile+18 vs school

Disabled (2022)18th percentile+9 vs school

Homeless (2025)14th percentile+9 vs school

Special Education (2025)13th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)9th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)7th percentile~ school

Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy20%-29 vs state

Mathematics11%-26 vs state

Science9%-24 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Porter Elementary	Public	K-6	4800 T St.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 266-7700	590	25	23.6	96.1%	6 (1.0%)	98 (16.6%)	408 (69.2%)	26 (4.4%)	2 (0.3%)	13 (2.2%)	37 (6.3%)	10.9	5577^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.8%		13.4	5441^st of 5869 public elementary schools	7.3%	136	8.6	8.6	21.9	11.6	27.0		20.0	13.4	4.0	16.1		11.0	97.0			98.0		$21,881	$4,092	$17,789
Rancho de la Nacion	Public	K-6	1830 East Division St.	National City	91950	San Diego County	National Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 336-8100	332	14	23.6	88.9%	3 (0.9%)	6 (1.8%)	285 (85.8%)	22 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	11 (3.3%)	39.5	3253^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	44.5%		36.6	3392^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	42.2%	139	27.5	27.5	53.7	29.4	52.6	30.0	40.0	52.3	32.1	27.5	18.0	32.1						$25,063	$3,158	$21,905
El Toyon Elementary	Public	K-6	2000 East Division St.	National City	91950	San Diego County	National Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 336-8000	381	17	22.4	86.6%	9 (2.4%)	14 (3.7%)	303 (79.5%)	32 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.0%)	31.7	3826^th of 5857 public elementary schools	34.7%		24.3	4428^th of 5869 public elementary schools	24.6%	602	16.4	16.4	20.5	22.6	33.3	49.0	31.3	40.9	31.8	26.2	35.3	32.9						$26,070	$3,135	$22,935
Chollas/Mead Elementary	Public	K-5	401 North 45th St.	San Diego	92102	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 362-3300	534	24	22.2	94.2%	8 (1.5%)	44 (8.2%)	434 (81.3%)	24 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	22 (4.1%)	27.4	4181^st of 5857 public elementary schools	28.6%		30.6	3886^th of 5869 public elementary schools	33.8%	295	22.0	22.0	33.3	22.5	49.2		33.6	32.9	17.3	23.7		24.5	96.6					$26,861	$6,529	$20,332
Baker Elementary	Public	K-5	4041 T St.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-4800	361	15	24.0	97.2%	3 (0.8%)	31 (8.6%)	315 (87.3%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	13.6	5378^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.2%		21	4776^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.6%	602	10.0	10.0	16.7	25.0	30.6		23.9	9.6	14.3	17.7		13.8	92.7		96.4	96.4	96.4	$23,082	$5,209	$17,873
Horton Elementary	Public	K-5	5050 Guymon St.	San Diego	92102	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-3700	386	15	25.7	96.9%	1 (0.3%)	31 (8.0%)	325 (84.2%)	21 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.8%)	13.1	5411^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.6%		10.1	5681^st of 5869 public elementary schools	3.2%	270	8.8	8.8	17.3	25.0	24.6		22.5	22.2	15.0	12.3		16.4						$21,360	$4,165	$17,195
Chavez Elementary	Public	K-5	1404 South 40th St.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 362-3200	361	15	24.0	96.4%	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.2%)	342 (94.7%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	17.6	5045^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.9%		18.9	4943^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	15.8%	102	10.7	10.7	27.8	21.4	38.2		29.1	21.4	16.1	14.3		17.3						$22,237	$3,998	$18,239
Balboa Elementary	Public	K-5	1844 South 40th St.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 362-4100	457	21	21.7	92.1%	12 (2.6%)	18 (3.9%)	397 (86.9%)	19 (4.2%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.9%)	5 (1.1%)	24.8	4424^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.5%		26.2	4269^th of 5869 public elementary schools	27.3%	155	9.1	9.1	26.2	29.8	28.8		28.2	44.6	30.0	18.2		30.9	94.9		97.4	96.2		$24,682	$3,897	$20,785
Valencia Park Elementary	Public	K-5	5880 Skyline Dr.	San Diego	92114	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-3500	393	17	23.1	87.3%	4 (1.0%)	62 (15.8%)	248 (63.1%)	52 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	20 (5.1%)	36	3492^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	40.4%		29.3	3993^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	32.0%	501	20.8	20.8	45.6	23.9	30.0		34.0	55.2	34.8	17.0		36.3						$23,131	$4,791	$18,340
Nye Elementary	Public	K-5	981 Valencia Pkwy.	San Diego	92114	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 430-1200	385	16	24.0	71.7%	21 (5.5%)	79 (20.5%)	116 (30.1%)	121 (31.4%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	44 (11.4%)	89.6	684^th of 5857 public elementary schools	88.3%		89.6	722^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	87.7%	38	64.9	64.9	67.8	72.7	70.2		70.0	61.7	72.7	73.7		68.9	97.2	97.2				$20,516	$3,951	$16,565

Frequently Asked Questions about Porter Elementary

What district is Porter Elementary in?

San Diego Unified

What is the racial makeup of Porter Elementary?

Students at Porter Elementary are 69% Hispanic, 17% African American, 6% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander, 1% White.

Is Porter Elementary a good school?

Porter Elementary ranks in the bottom 4.8% of California elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Porter Elementary attend?

Students who attend Porter Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Knox Middle
High : Lincoln High

How many students attend Porter Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 590 students attended Porter Elementary.

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