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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENCINITAS UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061275001434
Paul Ecke-Central Elementary
185 Union St., Encinitas, CA 92024 · (760) 944-4323 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
154 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
64.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.4pp since 2014
Math
61.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.9% | 29.5% | 19.4% | 16.2% |
| Math | 34.9% | 26.4% | 23.5% | 15.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.4% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 60.5% | 58.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.9% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.8% | 57.8% |
| 2018-19 | 68.9% | 63.4% |
| 2017-18 | 63.2% | 56.5% |
| 2016-17 | 64.4% | 60.2% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 58.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Paul Ecke-Central Elementary
Paul Ecke-Central Elementary's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Ecke-Central Elementary this school | 569 | 27.1% | 61.1% |
| Capri Elementary Encinitas | 613 | 26.1% | 66.4% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary Glendale | 608 | 29.3% | 72.4% |
| Classical Academy Vista Vista | 651 | 28.0% | N/A |
| McKinley Elementary San Diego | 588 | 27.4% | 78.5% |
| Sun Valley Elementary San Rafael | 523 | 30.0% | 72.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Paul Ecke-Central Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #1,065 of 5,151 | #118 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #1,005 of 5,172 ▲ 74 | #113 of 393 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #1,057 of 5,172 ▲ 170 | #121 of 393 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #2,433 of 5,116 | #170 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #1,656 of 5,915 | #121 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,787 of 5,352 | #184 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #2,140 of 5,354 | #222 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.1% | #4,888 of 5,625 | #360 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #2,439 of 3,837 | #175 of 279 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
569
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 22.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 569 | 25 | 22.8:1 | 27% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 583 | 26 | 22.4:1 | 23% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 27 | 22.5:1 | 23% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 26 | 22.6:1 | 18% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 26 | 24.9:1 | 28% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 23 | 25.7:1 | 28% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | N/A | N/A | 25% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 48% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 501 | 21 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul Ecke-Central Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (646 to 569); teachers down 4% (26 to 25).
About Paul Ecke-Central Elementary
At 185 Union St. in Encinitas, California, Paul Ecke-Central Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 569 students in kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 22% higher.
Paul Ecke-Central Elementary is among 9 schools run by Encinitas Union Elementary, which serves 4,298 students.
About 57% of the student body at Paul Ecke-Central Elementary is White. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic and 12% multiracial. County-wide, 48% of San Diego County residents are White. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Paul Ecke-Central Elementary are from different groups.
Staffing at Paul Ecke-Central Elementary comes to 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 22.8:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. Paul Ecke-Central Elementary counts 27% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 27 points.
The model predicts 63.7% for a school in California with Paul Ecke-Central Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Paul Ecke-Central Elementary posts 61.1%.
In San Diego County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Paul Ecke-Central Elementary, San Diego County has 766 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, JCS - Mountain Oaks is closest at about 1.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Paul Ecke-Central Elementary comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% decline, from 587 to 569.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Encinitas Union Elementary
- Capri ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- La Costa Heights ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Olivenhain Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 520 students
- Ocean Knoll ElementaryElementary · 479 students
- Park Dale Lane ElementaryElementary · 424 students
- El Camino Creek ElementaryElementary · 409 students
Other schools in Encinitas
- San Dieguito HS AcademyHigh · 1,843 students
- Oak Crest MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- Diegueno MiddleMiddle · 737 students
- Capri ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Ocean Knoll ElementaryElementary · 479 students
- Park Dale Lane ElementaryElementary · 424 students
Nearby schools
- JCS - Mountain Oaks1.3 mi · 255
- Capri Elementary1.3 mi · 613
- Sunset High (Continuation)1.4 mi · 87
- San Dieguito HS Academy1.8 mi · 1,843
- Ocean Knoll Elementary1.9 mi · 479
- Oak Crest Middle2.1 mi · 758
Frequently asked questions
About Paul Ecke-Central ElementaryHow large is Paul Ecke-Central Elementary?
Paul Ecke-Central Elementary enrolls approximately 569 students in grades KG-06.
Is Paul Ecke-Central Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paul Ecke-Central Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Paul Ecke-Central Elementary have?
Paul Ecke-Central Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Paul Ecke-Central Elementary?
Student demographics at Paul Ecke-Central Elementary are roughly 57% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Paul Ecke-Central Elementary in?
Paul Ecke-Central Elementary is part of Encinitas Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.