📍 30109 Lilac Rd., Valley Center, San Diego County, 92082
Lilac is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Valley Center, San Diego County. The school has 454 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jameson Rienick. It is part of the Valley Center-Pauma Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
Lilac enrolls 454 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Hispanic or Latino, 24% White and 8.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 279 | 61% |
| White | 111 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 8.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 19 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
271 of the school's 454 students (60%) 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.
Lilac 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.
Lilac 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 454 students, Lilac is close to the district average of about 455 students per school.