Discovery Elementary (San Marcos Unified SCH DIST.), California - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Discovery Elementary is a Elementary in San Marcos, CA. It currently serves 687 students (grades KG-05). The school is part of the San Marcos Unified School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in San Marcos Unified School District and all schools in California.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:687
Number of Teachers: 31
Student/Teacher Ratio: 22.16

Location Info

Location: 730 Applewilde Dr., San Marcos, CA 92078
Mailing Address: 730 Applewilde Dr., San Marcos, CA 92078-4969
Phone: (760)290-2077
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 127
Grade 2 98
Grade 3 114
Grade 4 112
Grade 5 104
Kindergarten 132
Gender/Sex of Discovery Elementary Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 336 48.91
Female 351 51.09
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Discovery Elementary Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 122 17.76
Black or African American 5 0.73
Hispanic/Latino 167 24.31
Two or more races 66 9.61
White 327 47.60
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 63 18.75
Black or African American 4 1.19
Hispanic/Latino 83 24.70
Two or more races 29 8.63
White 157 46.73
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 59 16.81
Black or African American 1 0.28
Hispanic/Latino 84 23.93
Two or more races 37 10.54
White 170 48.43

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 16 12.60
Black or African American 1 0.79
Hispanic/Latino 36 28.35
Two or more races 12 9.45
White 62 48.82
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 17 17.35
Black or African American 1 1.02
Hispanic/Latino 28 28.57
Two or more races 11 11.22
White 41 41.84
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 22 19.30
Hispanic/Latino 25 21.93
Two or more races 9 7.90
White 58 50.88
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 22 19.64
Black or African American 2 1.79
Hispanic/Latino 25 22.32
Two or more races 10 8.93
White 53 47.32
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 12 11.54
Black or African American 1 0.96
Hispanic/Latino 27 25.96
Two or more races 9 8.65
White 55 52.89
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 33 25.00
Hispanic/Latino 26 19.70
Two or more races 15 11.36
White 58 43.94