San Pasqual Union Elementary: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
San Pasqual Union posts 60% meeting the standard, and 31.9% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53 | 32% | 60% | -35.3 | 5.4% | 0.8% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
San Pasqual Union Elementary scores 53 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 72nd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
🤝 Culture First — Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “60% proficient” and call it done. San Pasqual Union deserves a closer read. The school sits in Escondido, where one in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 5.4% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 83rd to the 72nd percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 60% meet the standard today, versus 65% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 58% | 63% | 54% | 44% | 75% |
| Grade 4 | 63% | 44% | 50% | 47% | 62% |
| Grade 5 | 83% | 63% | 46% | 53% | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 48% | 41% | 45% | 48% | 62% |
| Grade 7 | 82% | 51% | 53% | 58% | 65% |
| Grade 8 | 52% | 55% | 52% | 55% | 70% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 71% | 74% | 70% | 76% | 79% |
| Grade 4 | 56% | 39% | 62% | 44% | 65% |
| Grade 5 | 60% | 43% | 34% | 39% | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 41% | 29% | 53% | 33% | 43% |
| Grade 7 | 61% | 44% | 43% | 54% | 42% |
| Grade 8 | 40% | 50% | 46% | 36% | 50% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 21.2pp across grades; the floor slips 21.7pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At San Pasqual Union Elementary in Escondido, 45.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 45.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. San Pasqual Union Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 0.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (36.7% Math proficient); White students (76.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 24.2 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 96 students tested.
10 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 51.3pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -51.3pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Grades 7–8 students miss school at roughly three times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (9.3% vs 3.2%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$551 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 42% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 34
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 32
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 55 | 45% | 29% | 20% | 5% | 75% | +31 |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 34% | 28% | 13% | 25% | 62% | +17 |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 24% | 29% | 30% | 17% | 53% | +5 |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 17% | 44% | 27% | 11% | 62% | +15 |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 30% | 35% | 26% | 9% | 65% | +17 |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 24% | 46% | 17% | 13% | 70% | +23 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 56 | 45% | 34% | 11% | 11% | 79% | +33 |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 26% | 39% | 22% | 13% | 65% | +23 |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% | 13% | 44% | 27% | 30% | −6 |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 17% | 25% | 30% | 27% | 43% | +8 |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 15% | 27% | 36% | 22% | 42% | +8 |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 24% | 26% | 26% | 24% | 50% | +18 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 117 | 18% | 24% | 53% | 5% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 96 | 45.8% | +0 | +8 |
| White | 180 | 76.1% | +0 | +14 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 122 | 45.9% | +0 | +7 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Pasqual Union Elementary ← | — | 53 | 31.9% | 60.4% | −35.3 | 0.8% |
| Quantum Academy | 2.6 mi | 44 | 18.3% | 44.8% | +2.7 | 1.2% |
| Oak Hill Elementary | 2.6 mi | 30 | 5.8% | 18.2% | +1.4 | 1.7% |
| Orange Glen Elementary | 2.7 mi | 28 | 7.4% | 22.4% | −8.0 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 62 | 83 | #940 | 30.1% | 65.2% | 1.3% | 1.5% | +7.0pp |
| 2022 | 44 | 69 | #1806 | 25.3% | 54.4% | 4.7% | 1.0% | -15.3pp |
| 2023 | 44 | 61 | #2255 | 23.5% | 52.8% | 6.9% | 0.8% | -22.1pp |
| 2024 | 45 | 58 | #2392 | 25.3% | 50.5% | 5.6% | 0.5% | -13.7pp |
| 2025 | 53 | 72 | #1607 | 31.9% | 60.4% | 5.4% | 0.8% | -35.3pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 0.6% | 4.4% | +3.8pp |
| Male | 1.8% | 4.2% | +2.4pp |
| Filipino | 0.0% | 9.1% | +9.1pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2.4% | 4.8% | +2.4pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 4.9% | +4.9pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 3.4% | 9.8% | +6.4pp |
| English Learners | 0.0% | 8.2% | +8.2pp |
| Foster Youth | 0.0% | — | — |
| Homeless | 3.1% | 7.0% | +3.9pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 2.4% | 6.7% | +4.3pp |
| All Students | 1.2% | 4.3% | +3.1pp |
| Asian | — | 5.9% | — |
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