📍 165 Roanoke Rd., El Cajon, San Diego County, 92020
Empower is a Special Education serving elementary age pupils, located in El Cajon, San Diego County. The school has 23 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Iman Degano. It is part of the Cajon Valley Union school district. It serves grades K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 3.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.1:1.
Empower enrolls 23 students across grades K–8. The student body is 78% male and 22% female. A teaching staff of 3.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 22% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 48% |
| White | 6 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 4.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
21 of the school's 23 students (91%) 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.
Empower is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Empower 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 23 students, Empower is smaller than the district average of about 615 students per school.