San Pasqual Union Elementary

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Escondido, California, San Pasqual Union Elementary serves 548 students from grades K through 8, run under San Pasqual Union Elementary.

San Pasqual Union Elementary is a school of San Pasqual Union Elementary, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, San Pasqual Union Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 37% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with San Diego County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, San Pasqual Union Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 64.0%; San Pasqual Union Elementary posts 48.8%, -15.2 points below that line.

In the area at large, 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. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), San Pasqual Union Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hidden Valley Middle, roughly 2.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, San Pasqual Union Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.1%.

San Pasqual Union Elementary operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 587 students in 2018 compared to 548 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 28% to 37% across the same window.

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