Del Mar Elementary

Set in Santa Cruz, California, Del Mar Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school, operated by Live Oak Elementary. It hosts 322 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Del Mar Elementary sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.

Live Oak Elementary comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,666 students; Del Mar Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Del Mar Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 34% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 62% of students at Del Mar Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Santa Cruz County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Del Mar Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.3%; this one delivers 39.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Santa Cruz County) reports that median household income runs about $111,093, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Cruz County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,316 students), Del Mar Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Shoreline Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Del Mar Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 43.3%.

Del Mar Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 20%: 402 students in 2018 compared to 322 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

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