Flora Vista Elementary

Located at 1690 Wandering Rd., in Encinitas, California, Flora Vista Elementary is a low-enrollment primary school that enrolls 377 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Encinitas Union Elementary.

Across the 9 schools in Encinitas Union Elementary (4,298 students total), Flora Vista Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Flora Vista Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder comes out to 16% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Flora Vista Elementary has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 13% of students at Flora Vista Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Flora Vista Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.9%.

Around the school, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Flora Vista Elementary is one.

Diegueno Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Flora Vista Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Flora Vista Elementary's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 460 (now 377). Over the same period, the White share declined from 77% to 67%.

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