Orange Glen Elementary

Orange Glen Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Escondido, California, part of Escondido Union, enrolls 470 students, covering grades K through 5.

Escondido Union comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 13,920 students; Orange Glen Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Orange Glen Elementary reports that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 8% White, 5% multiracial, 4% 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, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 84% of students at Orange Glen Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Orange Glen Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.2%; this one delivers 26.3%.

In the surrounding community, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Orange Glen Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Quantum Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orange Glen Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Orange Glen Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 30.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orange Glen Elementary has decreased 29%, going from 659 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.