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What do you wish you knew before starting at Juniper Elementary?
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Enrollment
588
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCONDIDO UNION·NCES 061288001458
Juniper Elementary
1809 South Juniper St., Escondido, CA 92025 · (760) 432-2462 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
512 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 166 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (166) is 77% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
28.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.9pp since 2014
Math
35.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.2% | 18.8% | 24.2% | 46.9% |
| Math | 14.0% | 21.4% | 23.7% | 40.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.9% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.3% | 25.7% |
| 2022-23 | 27.1% | 26.8% |
| 2021-22 | 30.3% | 25.5% |
| 2018-19 | 33.1% | 23.3% |
| 2017-18 | 34.5% | 23.0% |
| 2016-17 | 31.4% | 21.4% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 16.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Juniper Elementary
Juniper Elementary's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Elementary this school | 588 | 87.1% | 29.8% |
| Dos Palos Elementary Dos Palos | 579 | 88.1% | N/A |
| Thomas Law Reed Elementary Reedley | 558 | 85.7% | 44.8% |
| Ward (E. W.) Elementary Downey | 543 | 87.3% | 39.7% |
| California Avenue Elementary Riverbank | 540 | 85.9% | 13.9% |
| Valley View Elementary Nuevo | 554 | 87.7% | 31.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Juniper Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #3,539 of 5,151 | #299 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #2,704 of 5,172 ▲ 846 | #241 of 393 ▲ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #4,084 of 5,172 ▼ 233 | #332 of 393 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #1,904 of 5,116 | #118 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #1,498 of 5,915 | #108 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #685 of 5,352 | #37 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #4,126 of 5,354 | #360 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #1,462 of 5,625 | #68 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #2,755 of 3,837 | #195 of 279 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
588
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 22.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 588 | 30.3 | 19.4:1 | 87% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 31 | 18.1:1 | 89% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 31.2 | 18.5:1 | 91% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 26 | 22.5:1 | 84% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 650 | 27 | 24.1:1 | 90% (583) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 27 | 24.6:1 | 80% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 807 | N/A | N/A | 86% (690) |
| 2000-01 | 849 | 43 | 19.7:1 | 68% (574) |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 25 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juniper Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (650 to 588); teachers up 12% (27 to 30.3).
About Juniper Elementary
Juniper Elementary is an elementary school in Escondido, California, according to federal school records. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 588 students. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Escondido Union, which runs Juniper Elementary, has 24 schools and 13,920 students.
Juniper Elementary's enrollment is 86% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 7% White and 4% multiracial. San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 26% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.4:1. That is 2.9 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Juniper Elementary reports 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
allk12 grades Juniper Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Juniper Elementary scores 29.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.5%.
Among San Diego County residents, the median household income is $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Juniper Elementary is one of 766 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Felicita Elementary is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Juniper Elementary. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Juniper Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Juniper Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 586 to 588, a small change. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 22.5:1 to 19.4:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Escondido Union
- Bear Valley MiddleMiddle · 923 students
- Mission MiddleMiddle · 855 students
- Del Dios Academy of Arts and SciencesMiddle · 788 students
- Rincon MiddleMiddle · 772 students
- Hidden Valley MiddleMiddle · 733 students
- L. R. Green ElementaryElementary · 717 students
Other schools in Escondido
- San Pasqual HighHigh · 1,846 students
- Orange Glen HighHigh · 1,788 students
- Escondido HighHigh · 1,656 students
- Classical AcademyElementary · 1,581 students
- Heritage K-8 CharterElementary · 1,345 students
- Classical Academy HighHigh · 1,336 students
Other Juniper Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Juniper Elementary. Juniper Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Juniper ElementaryHesperia, CA · 761 students
- Juniper ElementaryAtwater, CA · 495 students
- Juniper ElementaryFontana, CA · 446 students
- Juniper Elementary SchoolBend, OR · 432 students
Nearby schools
- Felicita Elementary0.9 mi · 478
- Miller Elementary0.9 mi · 378
- Central Elementary1.1 mi · 575
- L. R. Green Elementary1.5 mi · 717
- Classical Academy High1.5 mi · 1,336
- Bear Valley Middle1.6 mi · 923
Frequently asked questions
About Juniper ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Juniper Elementary?
Juniper Elementary enrolls approximately 588 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Juniper Elementary serve?
Juniper Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Juniper Elementary?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Juniper Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Juniper Elementary?
At Juniper Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 86% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Juniper Elementary?
Juniper Elementary is overseen by Escondido Union in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.