Naranca Elementary

Naranca Elementary is one of the sprawling primary schools in El Cajon, California, overseen by Cajon Valley Union, with 985 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 112% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 25 schools in Cajon Valley Union (15,974 students total), Naranca Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Naranca Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Naranca Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.2%, the actual is 11.2%, a residual of -11.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Naranca Elementary is one campus in the mix.

El Cajon Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Naranca Elementary. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Naranca Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 15.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 20%: 823 students in 2018 compared to 985 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 6% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 27.4:1 today.

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