📍 300 E. Palomar St., Chula Vista, San Diego County, 91911
Palomar Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chula Vista, San Diego County. The school has 305 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amber Macdonald. It is part of the Chula Vista Elementary school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
Palomar Elementary enrolls 305 students across grades K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% White and 3.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 265 | 87% |
| White | 19 | 6.2% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
223 of the school's 305 students (73%) 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.
Palomar Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Palomar Elementary is one of 43 schools in Chula Vista Elementary, based in Chula Vista, California. The district serves 22,245 students district-wide and employs 1,033 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 305 students, Palomar Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 517 students per school.