📍 1770 Main St., San Diego, San Diego County, 92113
Perkins K-8 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Diego, San Diego County. The school has 363 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Fernando Hernandez. It is part of the San Diego Unified school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
Perkins K-8 enrolls 363 students across grades K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% Black or African American and 3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 308 | 85% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 6.6% |
| White | 11 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 8 | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
337 of the school's 363 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Perkins K-8 is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Perkins K-8 is one of 175 schools in San Diego Unified, based in San Diego, California. The district serves 95,175 students district-wide and employs 4,290 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 363 students, Perkins K-8 is smaller than the district average of about 544 students per school.