Painted Rock Elementary

Painted Rock Elementary is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Poway, California, run under Poway Unified, instructing 613 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 32% above typical.

Painted Rock Elementary is one of 39 schools operated by Poway Unified, a district that hosts 34,259 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Painted Rock Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 10% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Painted Rock Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Painted Rock Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.0%; this one delivers 73.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Diego County shows 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. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Painted Rock Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Chaparral Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Painted Rock Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 64.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 656 students in 2018 compared to 613 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 67% to 63%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

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