📍 1410 Laurel St., Oceanside, San Diego County, 92058
Laurel Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oceanside, San Diego County. The school has 399 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dieter Swank. It is part of the Oceanside Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
Laurel Elementary enrolls 399 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% White and 3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 351 | 88% |
| White | 23 | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 3% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | 1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
379 of the school's 399 students (95%) 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.
Laurel Elementary 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.
Laurel Elementary is one of 24 schools in Oceanside Unified, based in Oceanside, California. The district serves 14,890 students district-wide and employs 677 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 399 students, Laurel Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 620 students per school.