- 4345 Campus Ave.
- San Diego, CA 92103
- (619) 497-3500
Magnet | Grades K-5 | San Diego Unified School District
About Birney Elementary School
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Birney Elementary School is located in San Diego, CA and is one of 143 elementary schools in San Diego Unified School District. It is a magnet school that serves 338 students in grades K-5.
Magnet schools are public schools that offer a specialized curriculum or educational philosophy, often with a specific focus or theme. Magnet schools promote student diversity because they are open to students outside the normal school district boundaries and often attract high caliber students through competitive programs.
Birney Elementary School made AYP in 2009. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Birney Elementary School's test results to learn more about school performance.
A school's Academic Performance Index (API) is a scale that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the school's performance in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet.
Birney Elementary School had an API growth score of 806 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Birney Elementary School's 2009 base score was 714 and the school did meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
Birney Elementary School Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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Hispanic
51 %
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White
24 %
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Black
18 %
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Asian/Pacific Islander
6 %
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American Indian/Alaskan Native
1 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Male 56%
- Female 44%
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- Median Household Income $45,733
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- % Owning / % Renting 50% / 50%
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