Schools · Escondido
Escondido, CA schools
Escondido’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 56% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 17 schools through grade 6, then one of 6 middle schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Escondido’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Escondido’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 50% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scoresCGraduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 50%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (579)Better than 40%
High confidence. Built on 1,239 tested students and a graduating class of 1,755; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Escondido kids go to school
Grades K–6
17 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Escondido Union Elementary School DistrictGrades 7–8
6 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Escondido Union Elementary School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (Escondido Union High)56%
State average 48.5%
Math (Escondido Union High)19%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
1,755
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #443 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Escondido
Escondido Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 5 schools · 6,324 students
$21,430 per studentCA $21,206B-Escondido Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 24 schools · 13,920 students
$20,257 per studentCA $21,206Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 43 schools in Escondido
Showing 1–30 of 43 schools
Classical AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,581 students
CharterHeritage K-8 CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,345 students
A-CharterCommunity MontessoriElementary · Grades K–8 · 795 students
CharterL. R. Green ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 717 students
PublicOak Hill ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 679 students
PublicBernardo ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 664 students
PublicReidy Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 626 students
PublicPioneer ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 598 students
PublicJuniper ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 588 students
PublicCentral ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 575 students
PublicGlen View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 548 students
PublicConway ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 547 students
PublicLincoln ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 547 students
PublicNorth Broadway ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 517 students
PublicFarr Avenue ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 513 students
PublicRock Springs ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 498 students
PublicRose ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 498 students
PublicFelicita ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 478 students
PublicOrange Glen ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 470 students
PublicMiller ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 378 students
PublicLimitless Learning AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 119 students
PublicBear Valley MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 923 students
PublicMission MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 855 students
PublicDel Dios Academy of Arts and SciencesMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 788 students
PublicRincon MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 772 students
PublicHidden Valley MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 733 students
PublicQuantum AcademyMiddle · Grades 4–8 · 289 students
PublicSan Pasqual HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,846 students
B+PublicOrange Glen HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,788 students
B-PublicEscondido HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,656 students
BPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.