📍 14314 Rios Canyon Rd., El Cajon, San Diego County, 92021
Rios Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Cajon, San Diego County. The school has 256 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Colleen Newman. It is part of the Cajon Valley Union school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.6:1.
Rios Elementary enrolls 256 students across grades K–5. The student body is 60% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 10 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 41% White and 7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 111 | 43% |
| White | 106 | 41% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 7% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 4.3% |
| Asian | 7 | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
192 of the school's 256 students (75%) 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.
Rios 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.
Rios Elementary is one of 26 schools in Cajon Valley Union, based in El Cajon, California. The district serves 15,992 students district-wide and employs 661 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 256 students, Rios Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 615 students per school.