Pacific Sky

Pacific Sky, an intimate primary school in San Diego, California, run under Del Mar Union Elementary, works with 368 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 9 schools in Del Mar Union Elementary (3,496 students total), Pacific Sky accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Pacific Sky logs that the most-represented group is Asian (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% White, 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pacific Sky performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.9%, the actual is 76.7%, a residual of +3.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Pacific Sky is one.

Pacific Trails Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pacific Sky at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 81.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.