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Poway Unified

San Diego, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

34,405
Students enrolled
39
Public schools
1,518
Classroom teachers (FTE)
22.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 3,197
  • Grade 1 2,151
  • Grade 2 2,287
  • Grade 3 2,533
  • Grade 4 2,620
  • Grade 5 2,624
  • Grade 6 2,628
  • Grade 7 2,579
  • Grade 8 2,653
  • Grade 9 2,679
  • Grade 10 2,681
  • Grade 11 2,791
  • Grade 12 2,982

By race/ethnicity

  • White 38%
  • Asian 31%
  • Hispanic/Latino 17%
  • Two or more races 12%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 5,320 of 34,259 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 15%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$16,153 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,836
  • Support services $5,299
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,018

Where the money comes from

  • Local 56%
  • State 40%
  • Federal 4%

Total revenue $696.9 milliontotal spending $619.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: LargeStudents: 62% city, 33% suburb, 5% rural

Total staff (FTE)

3,479

District office

15250 Avenue of Science, San Diego CA 92128

County

San Diego County

Official website

NCES District ID

631530

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Public Schools in Poway Unified (39)

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Del Norte High

San Diego, CA · Grades 09–12 · 2,557 students · High

Rancho Bernardo High

San Diego, CA · Grades 09–12 · 2,210 students · High

Westview High

San Diego, CA · Grades 09–12 · 2,116 students · High

Poway High

Poway, CA · Grades 09–12 · 2,101 students · High

Mt. Carmel High

San Diego, CA · Grades 09–12 · 1,800 students · High

Oak Valley Middle

San Diego, CA · Grades 06–08 · 1,503 students · Middle

Bernardo Heights Middle

San Diego, CA · Grades 06–08 · 1,487 students · Middle

Design 39 Campus

San Diego, CA · Grades KG–08 · 1,216 students · Elementary

Mesa Verde Middle

San Diego, CA · Grades 06–08 · 1,178 students · Middle

Twin Peaks Middle

Poway, CA · Grades 06–08 · 1,164 students · Middle

Black Mountain Middle

San Diego, CA · Grades 06–08 · 1,077 students · Middle

Meadowbrook Middle

Poway, CA · Grades 06–08 · 972 students · Middle

Del Sur Elementary

San Diego, CA · Grades KG–05 · 891 students · Elementary

Chaparral Elementary

Poway, CA · Grades KG–05 · 858 students · Elementary

Westwood Elementary

San Diego, CA · Grades KG–05 · 832 students · Elementary

Monterey Ridge Elementary

San Diego, CA · Grades KG–05 · 770 students · Elementary

Willow Grove Elementary

San Diego, CA · Grades KG–05 · 701 students · Elementary

Stone Ranch Elementary

San Diego, CA · Grades KG–05 · 692 students · Elementary

Park Village Elementary

San Diego, CA · Grades KG–05 · 671 students · Elementary

Valley Elementary

Poway, CA · Grades KG–05 · 663 students · Elementary

Highland Ranch Elementary

San Diego, CA · Grades KG–05 · 661 students · Elementary

Los Penasquitos Elementary

San Diego, CA · Grades KG–05 · 634 students · Elementary

Painted Rock Elementary

Poway, CA · Grades KG–05 · 613 students · Elementary

Adobe Bluffs Elementary

San Diego, CA · Grades KG–05 · 586 students · Elementary