North Broadway Elementary

North Broadway Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary school in Escondido, California, one of the schools within Escondido Union, teaches 517 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Escondido Union, which oversees 24 schools and 13,920 students, North Broadway Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, North Broadway Elementary logs that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 18% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, North Broadway Elementary lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting North Broadway Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at North Broadway Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, North Broadway Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.2%.

Across the wider county, 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), North Broadway Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Reidy Creek Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 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), North Broadway Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Broadway Elementary has shrank 21%, going from 656 students in 2018 to 517 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 24% to 18% over that span.

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