Borrego Springs Elementary

Set in Borrego Springs, California, Borrego Springs Elementary is a micro-enrollment elementary school, operated by Borrego Springs Unified. It hosts 153 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Borrego Springs Unified, which oversees 3 schools and 344 students, Borrego Springs Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Borrego Springs Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%); the rest reads as 10% White, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Borrego Springs Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.4%; this one delivers 16.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for San Diego County shows median household income runs about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Borrego Springs Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Borrego Springs High, around 2.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Borrego Springs Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Borrego Springs Elementary has contracted 12%, going from 174 students in 2018 to 153 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.