📍 28751 Cole Grade Rd., Valley Center, San Diego County, 92082
Valley Center Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Valley Center, San Diego County. The school has 448 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Valerie Wollenberg. It is part of the Valley Center-Pauma Unified school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.1:1.
Valley Center Elementary enrolls 448 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 21% White and 10% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 279 | 62% |
| White | 94 | 21% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 46 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 4.9% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
288 of the school's 448 students (64%) 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 Elementary 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 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 448 students, Valley Center Elementary is close to the district average of about 455 students per school.
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