Summary:
Pauma Elementary is a public elementary school located in Pauma Valley, California, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 256 students. The school is part of the Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District, which is ranked 1288 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Pauma Elementary faces significant challenges, with consistently high chronic absenteeism rates reaching 53.1% in the 2022-2023 school year, well above the state average. Academically, the school's students perform below the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics, with only 17.45% of students proficient or better in ELA in 2023-2024, compared to 29.36% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's subgroups, such as female students, male students, Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and low socioeconomic status students, all rank in the bottom 10-20% of California elementary schools in their respective categories. Additionally, Pauma Elementary has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, reaching 76.95% in the 2022-2023 school year, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Compared to nearby schools in the Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District, such as Lilac and Valley Center Elementary, Pauma Elementary's academic performance and other key metrics lag significantly behind. These nearby schools, while still below the state averages, perform much better than Pauma Elementary across various measures. The combination of high poverty, high chronic absenteeism, and low academic achievement at Pauma Elementary suggests that the school may face significant challenges in terms of resources, staffing, and community engagement that could be impacting student outcomes.
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Detail:
Public K-8
District:
Valley Center-Pauma Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
5742nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,194
Students who attend Pauma Elementary usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 26.1
Number of students: 256
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
74.6%
American Indian:
16.4%
White:
5.5%
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Two or more races:
3.1%
African American:
0.4%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 77%
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