📍 4250 Old Grove Rd., Oceanside, San Diego County, 92057
Nichols Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oceanside, San Diego County. The school has 511 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Robert Flaherty. It is part of the Oceanside Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.2:1.
Nichols Elementary enrolls 511 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 16% White and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 301 | 59% |
| White | 80 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 55 | 11% |
| Asian | 44 | 8.6% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 4.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
374 of the school's 511 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.
Nichols 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.
Nichols 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 511 students, Nichols Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 620 students per school.