📍 24842 Viejas Blvd., Descanso, San Diego County, 91916
Descanso Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Descanso, San Diego County. The school has 200 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shama Lyons. It is part of the Mountain Empire Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 8.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
Descanso Elementary enrolls 200 students across grades K–6. The student body is 51% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 8.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 39% Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 112 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 78 | 39% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 2.5% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
70 of the school's 200 students (35%) 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.
Descanso Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students.
Descanso Elementary is one of 11 schools in Mountain Empire Unified, based in Pine Valley, California. The district serves 1,743 students district-wide and employs 86 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 200 students, Descanso Elementary is larger than the district average of about 158 students per school.
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