Elementary · California
Descanso Elementary
Free meals for allDescanso Elementary, a public elementary school in Descanso, California: grades k–6, 188 students, 20.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mountain Empire Unified.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 188
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.0
- Students per teacher
- 20.8
- Grades
- K–6
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 69% of elementary schools in California
Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared
More students per teacher than 89% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 91% of elementary schools in California
Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared
Smaller than 89% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Mountain Empire Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mountain Empire Unified.
Location
- Address
- 24842 Viejas Blvd., Descanso, CA 91916
- Phone
- (619)445-2126
- City or town
- Descanso
- County
- San Diego County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
The Heights CharterCharter | K–8 | 283 | 28.8 |
Boulder Oaks ElementaryFree meals for all | 1–5 | 367 | 22.9 |
Creekside Early Learning CenterFree meals for all | K | 227 | 22.8 |
Shadow Hills ElementaryFree meals for all | 1–5 | 377 | 20.9 |
Mountain View Learning AcademyAlternative | K–8 | 64 | 21.3 |
Blossom Valley ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 533 | 23.7 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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NCES 062610003902