Cajon Valley Home

Cajon Valley Home is a K-5 school of rural-scale scale in El Cajon, California, one of the schools within Cajon Valley Union, hosting 117 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 75% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Cajon Valley Union runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 15,974 students. Cajon Valley Home is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cajon Valley Home reports that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 28% White, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Cajon Valley Home is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jamacha Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Cajon Valley Home operates from a residential location. Cajon Valley Home delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

On the community side, the feed for Cajon Valley Home typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.