La Costa Meadows Elementary

As a substantial elementary-level community in Carlsbad, California, La Costa Meadows Elementary enrolls 725 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within San Marcos Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so La Costa Meadows Elementary sits 56% larger than that benchmark.

La Costa Meadows Elementary is one of 19 schools operated by San Marcos Unified, a district that works with 18,837 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, La Costa Meadows Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting La Costa Meadows Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 17% of students at La Costa Meadows Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, La Costa Meadows Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.3%, the actual is 73.2%, a residual of +3.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for San Diego County shows median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which La Costa Meadows Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Carrillo Elementary, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Costa Meadows Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 73.6%.

La Costa Meadows Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for La Costa Meadows Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.