Mission Estancia Elementary

Mission Estancia Elementary is an elementary campus of cozy scale in Carlsbad, California, run under Encinitas Union Elementary, teacheing 355 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Mission Estancia Elementary sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Encinitas Union Elementary runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,298 students. Mission Estancia Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Mission Estancia Elementary reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.2:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mission Estancia Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.0%, the actual is 69.9%, a residual of -2.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household income runs about $106,268, 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), Mission Estancia Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is La Costa Heights Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mission Estancia Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 71.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Mission Estancia Elementary's enrollment has declined 33% since 2018, when it stood at 529 (now 355). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.

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