Mt. Woodson Elementary

Mt. Woodson Elementary operates as a cozy primary school in Ramona, California, one of the schools within Ramona City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 349 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 11 schools in Ramona City Unified (4,945 students total), Mt. Woodson Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mt. Woodson Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 38% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Mt. Woodson Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mt. Woodson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 41.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Diego County) shows that median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Mt. Woodson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is San Pasqual Academy, roughly 3.8 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mt. Woodson Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mt. Woodson Elementary has fell 24%, going from 461 students in 2018 to 349 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 41% to 56% across the same window.

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