📍 6835 Benjamin Holt Rd., San Diego, San Diego County, 92114
Bethune K-8 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Diego, San Diego County. The school has 516 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Elena De La Rosa. It is part of the San Diego Unified school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
Bethune K-8 enrolls 516 students across grades K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Asian, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Asian | 298 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 103 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 57 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 36 | 7% |
| White | 15 | 2.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
319 of the school's 516 students (62%) 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.
Bethune 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.
Bethune 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 516 students, Bethune K-8 is close to the district average of about 544 students per school.