Hannalei Elementary

Hannalei Elementary is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in Vista, California, one of the schools within Vista Unified, with 480 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Vista Unified runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 18,969 students. Hannalei Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hannalei Elementary reports that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 11% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 74% of students are eligible 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 noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Hannalei Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.7%; this one delivers 25.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Hannalei Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dual Language Immersion North County, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hannalei Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 31.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 614 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 77% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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