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Flora Vista Elementary

Q: Is Flora Vista Elementary a good school?

Flora Vista Elementary ranks 769 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

769^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 87% of California elementary schools

Summary

Flora Vista Elementary is a well-regarded K-6 public school serving 377 students in the high-performing Encinitas Union Elementary district, consistently ranking in the top 15% of all California elementary schools.

Academically, the school significantly outperforms state averages, with over 70% of students proficient in English and 65% in math, and it excels in science instruction. A particular standout is its exceptional support for special education students, ranking in the state's top 10% for this subgroup. The school also maintains an excellent attendance record, with a chronic absenteeism rate of just 5.7%, far below the state average. While strong overall, its test scores place it in the middle compared to other top-tier schools in its own district, such as El Camino Creek Elementary and Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary, which achieve higher proficiency rates.

An analysis shows Flora Vista is a model of consistency, with stable year-to-year rankings, and it spends more per student than most neighboring schools. The school shows notable strength in upper-grade math and science, though there is an opportunity to bolster foundational skills in the early grades. For families, Flora Vista offers a reliably strong, supportive, and engaging learning environment within one of the state's premier elementary school districts.

377

Students ?

25.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,343

Per pupil spending ?

13.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1690 Wandering Rd.
Encinitas, CA 92024-2417

(760) 944-4329

District: Encinitas Union Elementary

Students who attend Flora Vista Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Diegueno Middle
High:	La Costa Canyon High

Racial breakdown:

White:

67.1%

Two or more races:

15.9%

Hispanic:

14.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 96th percentile in 2013 → 87th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (67% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 13% of California elementary schools

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2013

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 25 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school67%

District avg68%

California avg41%

769^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 13%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From top 4% (2015) to top 13% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 9Elementary Schools in the Encinitas Union Elementary

129^th of 1,543Encinitas Union Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	88.1	769 of 5857	86.9%	★★★★☆
2024	92.1	566 of 5869	90.4%	★★★★★
2023	93.5	471 of 5859	92.0%	★★★★★
2022	89.1	744 of 5883	87.4%	★★★★☆
2019	89.3	679 of 5789	88.3%	★★★★☆
2018	93.6	415 of 5662	92.7%	★★★★★
2017	97.4	146 of 5692	97.4%	★★★★★
2016	97.3	126 of 5614	97.8%	★★★★★
2015	96.6	214 of 5611	96.2%	★★★★★
2013	93.7	205 of 5530	96.3%	★★★★★
2012	92.8	226 of 5390	95.8%	★★★★★
2011	89.3	473 of 5377	91.2%	★★★★★
2010	93.0	270 of 5314	94.9%	★★★★★
2009	94.7	178 of 5193	96.6%	★★★★★
2008	93.8	255 of 5113	95.0%	★★★★★
2007	97.1	98 of 5113	98.1%	★★★★★
2006	96.8	115 of 4818	97.6%	★★★★★
2005	95.3	201 of 4822	95.8%	★★★★★
2004	96.2	172 of 4809	96.4%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	97.3	66 of 2227	97.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	89.6	619 of 5597	88.9%	★★★★☆
2024	92.3	481 of 5612	91.4%	★★★★★
2023	90.9	575 of 5609	89.7%	★★★★☆
2022	85.9	822 of 5635	85.4%	★★★★☆
2019	83.3	906 of 5492	83.5%	★★★★☆
2018	91.0	511 of 5413	90.6%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	75.9	967 of 5460	82.3%	★★★★☆
2024	90.8	418 of 5517	92.4%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	83.0	937 of 5628	83.4%	★★★★☆
2024	89.4	646 of 5643	88.6%	★★★★☆
2023	92.4	467 of 5638	91.7%	★★★★★
2022	89.5	657 of 5663	88.4%	★★★★☆
2019	91.4	485 of 5510	91.2%	★★★★★
2018	93.6	343 of 5431	93.7%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	89.1	225 of 2847	92.1%	★★★★★
2024	91.2	175 of 2635	93.4%	★★★★★
2023	95.3	96 of 2420	96.0%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	71.1	740 of 2598	71.5%	★★★★☆
2024	72.9	706 of 2651	73.4%	★★★★☆
2023	77.5	521 of 2661	80.4%	★★★★☆
2022	73.3	688 of 2726	74.8%	★★★★☆
2019	72.1	735 of 2834	74.1%	★★★★☆
2018	80.1	447 of 2737	83.7%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2022)97th percentile+10 vs school

Special Education (2025)92nd percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)89th percentile~ school

Male (2025)83rd percentile-4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)82nd percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)72nd percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy71%+22 vs state

Mathematics65%+28 vs state

Science61%+29 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Thursday, March 15, 2018

The principal at Flora Vista makes his own rules, is an ineffective leader and has made my husband and I question the safety of our children in this school. We will be pulling them. I have never seen more children injured in any other school including those of our other children. I'm shocked there aren't more comments about the issues that plague this school under the new principal. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, March 18, 2017

Exelent teachers and great neighborhood school Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Flora Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	1690 Wandering Rd.	Encinitas	92024	San Diego County	Encinitas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 944-4329	377	15	25.1	13.3%	253 (67.1%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (14.1%)	11 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (15.9%)	88.1	769^th of 5857 public elementary schools	86.9%		92.1	566^th of 5869 public elementary schools	90.4%	203	61.4		61.4	53.7	74.2	77.1	71.0			70.6	51.2	79.0	60.0	66.1			65.1	$19,343	$853	$18,490
Park Dale Lane Elementary	Public	K-6	2050 Park Dale Ln.	Encinitas	92024	San Diego County	Encinitas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 944-4344	424	20	21.2	24.5%	270 (63.7%)	1 (0.2%)	97 (22.9%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (11.3%)	79.7	1166^th of 5857 public elementary schools	80.1%		84	993^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	83.1%	173	59.7		59.7	54.2	62.3	64.5	72.2			62.7	52.8	63.9	50.0	55.6			55.4	$17,634	$469	$17,165
Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary	Public	K-6	8000 Calle Acervo	Carlsbad	92009	San Diego County	Encinitas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 943-2000	520	22	23.6	6.5%	386 (74.2%)	6 (1.2%)	52 (10.0%)	19 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (11.0%)	95.4	299^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.9%		95.3	322^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	94.5%	23	62.4		62.4	78.5	83.6	83.5	74.4			79.9	80.0	77.9	70.2	76.8			75.9	$16,718	$652	$16,066
Mission Estancia Elementary	Public	K-6	3330 Calle Barcelona	Carlsbad	92009	San Diego County	Encinitas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 943-2004	355	16	22.1	12.7%	239 (67.3%)	5 (1.4%)	40 (11.3%)	30 (8.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (11.3%)	90	657^th of 5857 public elementary schools	88.8%		91.4	616^th of 5869 public elementary schools	89.5%	41	55.2		55.2	70.8	83.9	72.4	74.5			75.8	79.2	72.6	51.7	57.5			65.1	$19,205	$911	$18,294
El Camino Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	7885 Paseo Aliso	Carlsbad	92009	San Diego County	Encinitas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 943-2051	409	16	25.5	5.1%	306 (74.8%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (9.3%)	15 (3.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (11.2%)	98.2	58^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.0%		96.6	203^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	96.5%	145	72.2		72.2	89.3	85.3	85.7	89.3			87.4	91.1	96.7	76.7	80.0			85.2	$16,908	$611	$16,297
Ocean Knoll Elementary	Public	K-6	910 Melba Rd.	Encinitas	92024	San Diego County	Encinitas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 944-4351	479	19	25.2	37.0%	235 (49.1%)	1 (0.2%)	187 (39.0%)	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.0%)	76.7	1300^th of 5857 public elementary schools	77.8%		80.7	1127^th of 5869 public elementary schools	80.8%	173	44.3		44.3	64.1	58.1	63.3	58.4			60.9	62.5	57.5	50.6	48.1			54.3	$17,210	$714	$16,496
JCS - Mountain Oaks	Public, Charter	K-8	539 Encinitas Blvd.	Encinitas	92024	San Diego County	JCS - Mountain Oaks District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 632-4989	255	16	16.2	25.9%	165 (64.7%)	2 (0.8%)	33 (12.9%)	22 (8.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (12.5%)	86.3	861^st of 5857 public elementary schools	85.3%		82.6	1050^th of 5869 public elementary schools	82.1%	189	58.6	54.6	56.9	45.8	70.4	79.3	74.4	84.9	77.3	73.0	54.2	59.3	65.5	79.1	87.5	63.6	70.1	$14,431	$424	$14,007
La Costa Heights Elementary	Public	K-6	3035 Levante St.	Carlsbad	92009	San Diego County	Encinitas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 944-4375	552	23	24.0	14.5%	369 (66.8%)	2 (0.4%)	82 (14.9%)	21 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (14.1%)	94.7	360^th of 5857 public elementary schools	93.9%		95.4	311^th of 5869 public elementary schools	94.7%	49	66.7		66.7	75.0	79.6	77.7	85.2			79.6	69.2	71.3	73.8	82.5			74.3	$17,657	$809	$16,848
Ada W. Harris Elementary	Public	3-6	1508 Windsor Rd.	Cardiff by the Sea	92007	San Diego County	Cardiff Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 632-5894	382	17	22.4	11.0%	244 (63.9%)	2 (0.5%)	55 (14.4%)	11 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (18.1%)	91.6	570^th of 5857 public elementary schools	90.3%		90.8	645^th of 5869 public elementary schools	89.0%	75	55.3		55.3	70.1	79.5	75.3	84.0			77.5	75.9	67.0	54.1	77.7			68.8	$18,117	$675	$17,442
Capri Elementary	Public	K-6	941 Capri Rd.	Encinitas	92024	San Diego County	Encinitas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 944-4360	613	25	24.5	26.1%	338 (55.1%)	1 (0.2%)	194 (31.6%)	18 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (10.1%)	86	878^th of 5857 public elementary schools	85.0%		89.5	726^th of 5869 public elementary schools	87.6%	152	47.0		47.0	60.0	67.1	73.8	64.5			66.4	66.3	69.4	61.9	65.6			65.8	$17,186	$675	$16,511

Frequently Asked Questions about Flora Vista Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Flora Vista Elementary?

Students at Flora Vista Elementary are 67% White, 16% Two or more races, 14% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

Is Flora Vista Elementary a good school?

Flora Vista Elementary ranks 769^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Flora Vista Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 377 students attended Flora Vista Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Flora Vista Elementary attend?

Students who attend Flora Vista Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Diegueno Middle
High : La Costa Canyon High

What district is Flora Vista Elementary in?

Encinitas Union Elementary

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