L. R. Green Elementary

L. R. Green Elementary is an elementary-level community of big scale in Escondido, California, operated by Escondido Union, teacheing 717 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so L. R. Green Elementary sits 54% above that benchmark.

Within Escondido Union, which oversees 24 schools and 13,920 students, L. R. Green Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, L. R. Green Elementary reports that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 33% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, L. R. Green Elementary reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting L. R. Green Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 53% of students at L. R. Green Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, L. R. Green Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.2%, the actual is 57.7%, a residual of +9.5 points.

Around the school, census data for San Diego County shows median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which L. R. Green Elementary is one.

Bear Valley Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, L. R. Green Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at L. R. Green Elementary has contracted 8%, going from 783 students in 2018 to 717 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 43% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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