Sycamore Ridge

Sycamore Ridge is one of the cozy elementary-level communitys in San Diego, California, operated by Del Mar Union Elementary, with 386 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Within Del Mar Union Elementary, which oversees 9 schools and 3,496 students, Sycamore Ridge is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Sycamore Ridge shows that the largest single group is Asian at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the resource side, Sycamore Ridge records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 27% of students at Sycamore Ridge 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 somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sycamore Ridge sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.6%; this one delivers 72.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (San Diego County) logs that median household income runs about $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Sycamore Ridge is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

The closest other public school is Ashley Falls Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sycamore Ridge at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 81.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Sycamore Ridge's enrollment has decreased 34% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 386). Class-load math has tightened: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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