Balboa Elementary School
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Balboa Elementary School is an elementary school
Elementary school
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 serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade in the San Diego
San Diego, California
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, California
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, United States
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, as part of the San Diego City Schools
San Diego City Schools
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.

Awards and recognition

Balboa Elementary School was recognized as one of six nationwide winners of the 2007 Intel Schools of Distinction
Intel Schools of Distinction
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 awards, for excellence in math education in an elementary school program.
Ethnic groups contain mostly Caucasians (38.6%) and Asians (36%). Latinos (17.8%), African Americans (2.2%), and other ethnicities (5.5%) make up the remaining student population.
Enrollment: 642 Student-Teacher ratio: 23:1 API Rank: 10/10 Diversity rank: 10/10

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