Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology

Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology operates as a well-populated K-5 school in Vista, California, one of the schools within Vista Unified. Current enrollment sits at 744 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 60% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Vista Unified runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 18,969 students. Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 37% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology higher than the state norm the norm. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.3%; this one delivers 68.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Diego County put the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Bella Mente Montessori Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology's enrollment has expanded 27% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 744). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 55% to 48% over that span.

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