Boulder Oaks Elementary

Set in Alpine, California, Boulder Oaks Elementary is a small primary school, part of Alpine Union Elementary. It serves 367 students across grades 1 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 21% smaller than typical.

Alpine Union Elementary comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,440 students; Boulder Oaks Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Boulder Oaks Elementary logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 25% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 40% of students at Boulder Oaks Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Boulder Oaks Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.8%; actual is 38.6%, a gap of -17.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Diego County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Boulder Oaks Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Joan MacQueen Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Boulder Oaks Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Boulder Oaks Elementary has increased 24%, going from 295 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

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