Jamacha Elementary

Jamacha Elementary is a primary school of moderately sized scale in El Cajon, California, part of Cajon Valley Union, enrolling 415 students in grades K through 5.

Cajon Valley Union comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 15,974 students; Jamacha Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Jamacha Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. Compared to San Diego County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Jamacha Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 74% of students at Jamacha Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jamacha Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 40.5%, a residual of +5.0 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Diego County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Jamacha Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cajon Valley Home, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jamacha Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 415 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 58% to 49% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

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