Richland Elementary

Richland Elementary operates as a large elementary school in San Marcos, California, operated by San Marcos Unified. Current enrollment sits at 883 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Richland Elementary sits 90% above that benchmark.

Within San Marcos Unified, which oversees 19 schools and 18,837 students, Richland Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Richland Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% White, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Richland Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Richland Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.2%, the actual is 64.9%, a residual of +3.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for San Diego County shows median household income runs about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Richland Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mission Hills High, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Richland Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 15%: 767 students in 2018 compared to 883 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 49% to 40% over that span.

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