De Anza Magnet

De Anza Magnet, a medium-sized elementary-level community in El Centro, California, operated by El Centro Elementary, educates 504 students, covering grades K through 8.

Within El Centro Elementary, which oversees 12 schools and 5,157 students, De Anza Magnet is one campus in the system.

Demographically, De Anza Magnet logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). The remainder breaks down as 4% White. By comparison, Imperial County as a whole is about 86% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, De Anza Magnet shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Imperial County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, De Anza Magnet performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.6%, the actual is 40.2%, a residual of +1.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Imperial County shows median household earnings sit near $57,681, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Imperial County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students), De Anza Magnet is one campus in the mix.

Southwest High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, De Anza Magnet comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. De Anza Magnet's enrollment has edged up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 460 (now 504). Class-load math has tightened: from 27.1:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for De Anza Magnet typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.