Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
Pioneer Elementary, Escondido, CA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 598
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.0
- Students per teacher
- 19.3
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 18.9. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 980 North Ash St., Escondido, CA 92027
- Phone
- (760)432-2412
- District
- Escondido Union
- County
- San Diego County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 061288001172
School meals
- Free lunch
- 526
- Reduced-price lunch
- 35
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 56193.8% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 328Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Escondido Union
- L. R. Green Elementary 717 students
- Oak Hill Elementary 679 students
- Bernardo Elementary 664 students
- Reidy Creek Elementary 626 students
- Juniper Elementary 588 students
- Central Elementary 575 students
- Glen View Elementary 548 students
- Conway Elementary 547 students
- Lincoln Elementary 547 students
- North Broadway Elementary 517 students
- Farr Avenue Elementary 513 students
- Rock Springs Elementary 498 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Escondido
- Classical Academy Classical Academy District
- Heritage K-8 Charter Heritage K-8 Charter District
- Community Montessori Community Montessori District
- San Pasqual Union Elementary San Pasqual Union Elementary
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.