Schools in Zip Code 92061

Zip code 92061 has one listed school, Pauma Elementary, serving kindergarten through 8th grade, with 245 students. In 2025–26, its all-grades proficiency was 23% in English language arts (ELA), 14% in math and 7% in science; it fell below the Valley Center-Pauma Unified district in all three subjects. The most important finding is that the school also trailed state proficiency in every subject, with its largest gap in science: 29 percentage points.

There are no schools to compare within the zip code: Pauma is both the only and, by default, the highest- and lowest-ranked school in the list. Against the district, it scored 8 points lower in ELA, 5 lower in math and 11 lower in science. Some grade-level results offer a brighter picture: Pauma was 4 points above the district in 4th-grade ELA, and 12 points above in 7th-grade math and 10 points above in 8th-grade math. Those math results still trailed state results by 13 and 18 points, respectively, so the grade-level strengths do not erase the wider state gaps.

Results improved most in ELA: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Pauma rose 7 percentage points, compared with less than a point statewide, and its state gap narrowed from 33 to 26 points. Math rose by less than a point, while science fell by 1 point as the state improved; Pauma’s science gap widened from 25 to 29 points. SchoolDigger rated the school zero stars and ranked it 5,281st of 5,804 schools, at the 9th percentile in 2025–26; its percentile had risen from 2 in 2023–24 and 4 in 2024–25. Other context includes a 22.2:1 student–teacher ratio in 2024–25 and 76.7% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism was 33% in 2025–26, above the district’s 27% and the state’s 18%.