📍 14249 Fruitvale Rd., Valley Center, San Diego County, 92082
Valley Center Primary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Valley Center, San Diego County. The school has 526 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Veronica Ruiz. It is part of the Valley Center-Pauma Unified school district. It serves grades K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 24.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
Valley Center Primary enrolls 526 students across grades K–2. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 24.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 25% White and 7.4% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 311 | 59% |
| White | 132 | 25% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 39 | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 5.7% |
| Asian | 11 | 2.1% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
252 of the school's 526 students (48%) 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.
Valley Center Primary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Valley Center Primary 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 526 students, Valley Center Primary is larger than the district average of about 455 students per school.
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