Design 39 Campus

Located at 17050 Del Sur Ridge Rd., in San Diego, California, Design 39 Campus is a substantial elementary campus that caters to 1,216 students (grades K through 8), part of Poway Unified. That puts it 162% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Poway Unified runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 34,259 students. Design 39 Campus is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Design 39 Campus records that 48% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 29% White, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Design 39 Campus higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Design 39 Campus tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.2%.

Around the school, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Design 39 Campus is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Del Norte High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Design 39 Campus. On composite proficiency, Design 39 Campus comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 72.8%.

Design 39 Campus operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Design 39 Campus has edged up 5%, going from 1,159 students in 2018 to 1,216 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 46% to 29%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 in 2025.

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