Cajon Park Elementary

Cajon Park Elementary is a primary school of high-enrollment scale in Santee, California, part of Santee, enrolling 830 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Cajon Park Elementary sits 78% above that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Santee (6,066 students total), Cajon Park Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Cajon Park Elementary lists that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Cajon Park Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cajon Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 45.3%.

In the area at large, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Cajon Park Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Santee Success Program, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cajon Park Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 1,002 students in 2018 compared to 830 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 today.

On this page, members of the Cajon Park Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.