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Howard Gardner Community Charter, Chula Vista, CA

Charter schoolCEP schoolHoward Gardner Community Charter is a public elementary school in Chula Vista, part of Howard Gardner Community Charter District. It enrolled 178 students in 2024-25, with 19.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
178
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Students per teacher
19.8
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.8. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.8
District19.8
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
647 E St., Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone
(619)934-0300
District
Howard Gardner Community Charter District
County
San Diego County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
060152012866
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
129
Reduced-price lunch
1
Free or reduced-price lunch
13073.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
89Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Chula Vista

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.