📍 1 Carnes Rd., Oceanside, San Diego County, 92058
Santa Margarita Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oceanside, San Diego County. The school has 541 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dan Jarvis. It is part of the Oceanside Unified school district. It serves grades K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
Santa Margarita Elementary enrolls 541 students across grades K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Hispanic or Latino, 37% White and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 218 | 40% |
| White | 199 | 37% |
| Two or more races | 61 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 6.9% |
| Asian | 18 | 3.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
359 of the school's 541 students (66%) 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.
Santa Margarita 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.
Santa Margarita 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 541 students, Santa Margarita Elementary is close to the district average of about 620 students per school.
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