Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCONDIDO UNION·NCES 061288001460
Miller Elementary
1975 Miller Ave., Escondido, CA 92025 · (760) 432-2470 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
271 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 90 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 53% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
49%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
34.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -14.3pp since 2014
Math
38.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 19.4% | 24.7% | 40.6% |
| Math | 13.5% | 25.3% | 21.8% | 39.4% |
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 | 34.7% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 35.8% |
| 2022-23 | 41.1% | 35.4% |
| 2021-22 | 47.5% | 41.9% |
| 2018-19 | 47.2% | 44.5% |
| 2017-18 | 51.3% | 43.4% |
| 2016-17 | 55.2% | 50.5% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Miller Elementary
Miller Elementary's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Elementary this school | 378 | 71.7% | 37.9% |
| Paularino Elementary Costa Mesa | 371 | 70.6% | 39.2% |
| Lorne Street Elementary Northridge | 372 | 71.0% | 43.4% |
| Morse Elementary Placentia | 382 | 69.1% | 54.5% |
| Allen at Steinbeck San Jose | 406 | 69.0% | 23.7% |
| Sonora Elementary Costa Mesa | 367 | 74.7% | 49.0% |
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 Miller Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #2,679 of 5,151 | #241 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #2,379 of 5,172 ▲ 146 | #217 of 393 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #3,467 of 5,172 ▼ 914 | #292 of 393 ▼ 61 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.9pp | #224 of 5,116 | #14 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #3,948 of 5,915 | #310 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #45 of 5,352 | #4 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #2,816 of 5,354 | #277 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.7% | #2,857 of 5,625 | #161 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #2,615 of 3,837 | #187 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
378
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 378 | 24.2 | 15.6:1 | 72% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 70% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 23.2 | 16.8:1 | 69% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 22 | 17.0:1 | 67% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 18 | 23.5:1 | 65% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 21 | 21.8:1 | 51% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | N/A | N/A | 52% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 675 | 36 | 18.8:1 | 24% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 694 | 27 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Miller Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (423 to 378); teachers up 34% (18 to 24.2).
About Miller Elementary
The public elementary school Miller Elementary is located in Escondido, California. A federal count lists 378 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Escondido Union oversees Miller Elementary and 23 other schools, with 13,920 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Miller Elementary is 69% Hispanic. It is also 15% White, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of San Diego County is roughly 35% Hispanic. Miller Elementary has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. Miller Elementary reports 72% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in San Diego County report 54%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Miller Elementary is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 37.9%. Predicted: 37.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in San Diego County, median household income is about $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Miller Elementary is among the 766 public schools in San Diego County.
Felicita Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Miller Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 41.2%, higher than Miller Elementary's 37.9%.
Federal data place Miller 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.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 374 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 378. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.6:1) than in 2020-21 (17.0:1).
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Miller Elementary. 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
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Other Miller Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 12 states are named Miller Elementary. Miller Elementary is the 11th largest of the 17.
- Miller ElementarySan Diego, CA · 611 students
- Miller ElemDodge City, KS · 780 students
- Miller Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 675 students
- Miller Elementary SchoolDEARBORN, MI · 575 students
- Miller Elementary SchoolLITTLE ELM, TX · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Felicita Elementary0.6 mi · 478
- Juniper Elementary0.9 mi · 588
- Bernardo Elementary1.1 mi · 664
- Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science1.4 mi · 765
- L. R. Green Elementary1.4 mi · 717
- Motivated Youth Academy1.4 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Miller ElementaryHow many students attend Miller Elementary?
Miller Elementary enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Miller Elementary serve?
Miller Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Miller Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Miller Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Miller Elementary?
Miller Elementary reports a student body of 15% White, 69% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Miller Elementary?
Miller Elementary is overseen by Escondido Union in San Diego County.
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