📍 33158 Cole Grade Rd., Pauma Valley, San Diego County, 92061
Pauma Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pauma Valley, San Diego County. The school has 256 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sarah Songer. It is part of the Valley Center-Pauma Unified school district. It serves grades K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 9.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
Pauma Elementary enrolls 256 students across grades K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 9.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Hispanic or Latino, 16% American Indian or Alaska Native and 5.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 191 | 75% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 42 | 16% |
| White | 14 | 5.5% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3.1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
197 of the school's 256 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pauma Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Pauma Elementary is one of 8 schools in Valley Center-Pauma Unified, based in Valley Center, California. The district serves 3,636 students district-wide and employs 172 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 256 students, Pauma Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 455 students per school.