Carmel Del Mar Elementary

Carmel Del Mar Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in San Diego, California, one of the schools within Del Mar Union Elementary. The school serves 562 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 21% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Del Mar Union Elementary, which oversees 9 schools and 3,496 students, Carmel Del Mar Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carmel Del Mar Elementary reports that 43% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 38% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Carmel Del Mar Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.3%, the actual is 84.8%, a residual of +11.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate 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%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Carmel Del Mar Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Carmel Valley Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carmel Del Mar Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 81.0%.

Carmel Del Mar Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carmel Del Mar Elementary has increased 7%, going from 527 students in 2018 to 562 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment climbed from 31% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Carmel Del Mar Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.