San Marcos Elementary

San Marcos Elementary is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in San Marcos, California, part of San Marcos Unified, teacheing 546 students in grades K through 5.

San Marcos Elementary is one of 19 schools operated by San Marcos Unified, a district that teaches 18,837 students overall.

Looking at the student body, San Marcos Elementary shows that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 87% of students at San Marcos Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), San Marcos Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.6%; this one delivers 23.4%.

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

North Coastal Consortium Schools is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, San Marcos Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at San Marcos Elementary has declined 30%, going from 785 students in 2018 to 546 in 2025.

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.