Is Juniper Elementary a good school?

Juniper Elementary ranks 4360 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Juniper Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 563 students attended Juniper Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Juniper Elementary?

Students at Juniper Elementary are 87% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Juniper Elementary attend?

Students who attend Juniper Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Bear Valley Middle

Juniper Elementary

Summary:

Juniper Elementary is a public elementary school located in Escondido, California, serving 578 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Escondido Union School District, which is ranked 994 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Juniper Elementary consistently performs below the Escondido Union district and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 29.34% of Juniper Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 35.59% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, only 25.67% of Juniper Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 27.41% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Juniper Elementary's performance in Science (CAST) is also significantly lower than the district and state averages. Additionally, Juniper Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.1% in 2017-2018 to 53.5% in 2021-2022, which is much higher than the district and state averages.

Juniper Elementary has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 91% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school also has a relatively high student-teacher ratio, with 18.5 students per teacher in the 2022-2023 school year, higher than the district average of 17.9 students per teacher. Compared to nearby schools, such as Bernardo Elementary and L.R. Green Elementary, which are also part of the Escondido Union School District, Juniper Elementary's academic performance is significantly lower, and these nearby schools also have lower rates of chronic absenteeism and a lower percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Detail:

Public K-5

1809 South Juniper St.
Escondido, CA 92025-6240

(760) 432-2462

District: Escondido Union

SchoolDigger Rank:
4360^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,413

Students who attend Juniper Elementary usually attend:

Middle:

Bear Valley Middle

Student/teacher ratio: 18.1

Number of students: 563

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

86.5%

White:

6.2%

Two or more races:

4.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 89%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Juniper Elementary ranks worse than 74.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 9^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Escondido Union School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (86.5%), White (6.2%), two or more races (4.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 89% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Juniper Elementary is 18.1. 10 elementary schools in the Escondido Union School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Juniper Elementary employs 31 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Juniper Elementary is $8,413, which is the 3^rd highest among 17 elementary schools in the Escondido Union School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Juniper Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Juniper Elementary 4360^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Juniper Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Escondido Union:

SchoolDigger ranks Escondido Union 994^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Juniper Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Juniper Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	29.75	3260^th	4809	32.2%
2005	27.08	3475^th	4822	27.9%
2006	22.34	3828^th	4818	20.5%
2007	21.31	4191^st	5113	18.0%
2008	20.77	4290^th	5113	16.1%
2009	16.08	4670^th	5193	10.1%
2010	13.12	5005^th	5314	5.8%
2011	11.24	5161^st	5377	4.0%
2012	19.18	4699^th	5390	12.8%
2013	18.43	4842^nd	5530	12.4%
2015	20.02	4620^th	5611	17.7%
2016	19.73	4649^th	5614	17.2%
2017	24.02	4337^th	5692	23.8%
2018	22.61	4461^st	5662	21.2%
2019	20.75	4728^th	5789	18.3%
2022	29.20	3932^nd	5883	33.2%
2023	26.44	4235^th	5874	27.9%
2024	25.00	4360^th	5862	25.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Juniper Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.80	2194^th	3246	32.4%
2019	29.31	2549^th	3275	22.2%
2022	48.38	1290^th	3311	61.0%
2023	45.14	1475^th	3250	54.6%
2024	40.12	1812^th	3160	42.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Juniper Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	36.25	1376^th	2420	43.1%
2024	30.11	1819^th	2634	30.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Juniper Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.47	3662^nd	5084	28.0%
2019	28.33	4001^st	5173	22.7%
2022	39.34	3065^th	5264	41.8%
2023	34.92	3496^th	5374	34.9%
2024	31.37	3821^st	5511	30.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Juniper Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.75	4113^th	5413	24.0%
2019	20.96	4540^th	5492	17.3%
2022	26.65	4059^th	5635	28.0%
2023	22.32	4497^th	5617	19.9%
2024	23.39	4393^rd	5605	21.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Juniper Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	28.45	1563^rd	2227	29.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Juniper Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.27	4548^th	5431	16.3%
2019	21.40	4527^th	5510	17.8%
2022	32.66	3564^th	5663	37.1%
2023	31.60	3641^st	5650	35.6%
2024	28.82	3928^th	5636	30.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Juniper Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.32	3736^th	4830	22.7%
2019	27.00	3900^th	4963	21.4%
2022	38.52	3014^th	5084	40.7%
2023	34.41	3365^th	5098	34.0%
2024	33.93	3421^st	5102	32.9%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Juniper Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	578	1	42	87	1	n/a	n/a	0	709
1989	599	1	41	116	1	n/a	n/a	0	758
1990	351	4	26	185	0	n/a	n/a	0	566
1991	342	6	18	184	0	n/a	n/a	0	550
1992	367	11	16	235	1	n/a	n/a	0	630
1993	406	16	16	276	2	n/a	n/a	0	716
1994	400	26	23	300	5	n/a	n/a	0	754
1995	331	28	23	359	5	n/a	n/a	0	746
1996	331	28	23	359	5	n/a	n/a	0	746
1997	321	15	19	379	8	n/a	n/a	0	742
1998	305	23	16	450	8	n/a	n/a	0	802
1999	312	23	17	448	5	n/a	n/a	0	805
2000	262	16	16	511	5	n/a	n/a	0	810
2001	264	17	18	544	5	n/a	n/a	1	849
2002	203	16	23	551	0	n/a	n/a	1	794
2003	203	16	23	551	0	n/a	n/a	1	794
2004	176	18	24	576	2	n/a	n/a	2	798
2005	156	27	25	543	3	n/a	n/a	5	759
2006	128	31	28	612	3	n/a	n/a	0	802
2007	91	35	25	583	1	n/a	n/a	1	736
2008	81	26	29	601	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	737
2009	82	27	25	590	3	0	34	0	761
2010	52	24	22	592	3	1	96	0	790
2011	45	18	21	644	1	1	77	0	807
2012	43	11	16	632	1	1	47	0	751
2013	45	9	11	662	3	2	29	0	761
2014	52	10	7	647	1	2	8	0	727
2015	44	11	8	659	2	1	1	0	726
2016	31	9	6	605	2	0	11	0	664
2017	28	8	4	595	0	0	13	0	648
2018	32	8	4	595	2	0	9	0	650
2019	32	3	5	570	3	0	12	0	625
2020	21	4	7	580	3	0	12	0	627
2021	30	2	8	530	2	0	14	0	586
2022	36	5	5	527	4	1	16	0	594
2023	31	4	11	514	3	0	15	0	578
2024	35	3	11	487	2	0	25	0	563

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Juniper Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	709	28.0	25.3	n/a
1989	758	32.0	23.6	n/a
1990	566	26.0	21.7	n/a
1991	550	25.0	22.0	n/a
1992	630	25.4	24.8	52.1
1993	716	29.0	24.7	56.4
1994	754	29.0	26.0	65.1
1995	746	30.8	24.2	62.3
1996	746	30.8	24.2	62.3
1997	742	32.8	22.6	61.6
1998	802	42.5	18.9	68.5
1999	805	42.0	19.2	69.6
2000	810	42.0	19.3	68.8
2001	849	43.0	19.7	67.7
2002	794	44.3	17.9	68.2
2003	794	44.3	17.9	68.2
2004	798	39.8	20.1	73.1
2005	759	37.3	20.3	75.6
2006	802	41.5	19.3	73.3
2007	736	35.8	20.6	76.7
2008	737	37.5	19.7	80.1
2009	761	35.6	20.7	70.6
2010	790	38.6	20.4	83.9
2011	807	n/a	n/a	85.5
2012	751	33.0	22.7	99.6
2013	761	29.0	26.2	88
2014	727	28.0	25.9	83.2
2015	726	29.0	25.0	88.3
2016	664	27.0	24.5	80
2017	648	27.0	24.0	89.8
2018	650	27.0	24.0	89.7
2019	625	25.0	25.0	87.7
2020	627	n/a	n/a	87.6
2021	586	26.0	22.5	84.3
2022	594	27.5	21.5	80
2023	578	31.2	18.5	91
2024	563	31.0	18.1	89

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Juniper Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	709	28.0	25.3	n/a
1989	758	32.0	23.6	n/a
1990	566	26.0	21.7	n/a
1991	550	25.0	22.0	n/a
1992	630	25.4	24.8	52.1
1993	716	29.0	24.7	56.4
1994	754	29.0	26.0	65.1
1995	746	30.8	24.2	62.3
1996	746	30.8	24.2	62.3
1997	742	32.8	22.6	61.6
1998	802	42.5	18.9	68.5
1999	805	42.0	19.2	69.6
2000	810	42.0	19.3	68.8
2001	849	43.0	19.7	67.7
2002	794	44.3	17.9	68.2
2003	794	44.3	17.9	68.2
2004	798	39.8	20.1	73.1
2005	759	37.3	20.3	75.6
2006	802	41.5	19.3	73.3
2007	736	35.8	20.6	76.7
2008	737	37.5	19.7	80.1
2009	761	35.6	20.7	70.6
2010	790	38.6	20.4	83.9
2011	807	n/a	n/a	85.5
2012	751	33.0	22.7	99.6
2013	761	29.0	26.2	88
2014	727	28.0	25.9	83.2
2015	726	29.0	25.0	88.3
2016	664	27.0	24.5	80
2017	648	27.0	24.0	89.8
2018	650	27.0	24.0	89.7
2019	625	25.0	25.0	87.7
2020	627	n/a	n/a	87.6
2021	586	26.0	22.5	84.3
2022	594	27.5	21.5	80
2023	578	31.2	18.5	91
2024	563	31.0	18.1	89

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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