Carrillo Elementary

Carrillo Elementary operates as a roomy primary school in Carlsbad, California, overseen by San Marcos Unified. Current enrollment sits at 725 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 56% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

San Marcos Unified comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 18,837 students; Carrillo Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Carrillo Elementary logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 24% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 11% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Carrillo Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Carrillo Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Carrillo Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.0%; this one delivers 64.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household income runs about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Carrillo Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Poinsettia Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carrillo Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carrillo Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 958 students in 2018 compared to 725 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 64% to 53% over that span.

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