# Mountain Empire Unified

Mountain Empire Unified is a unified district in San Diego County, California. Reading proficiency is 26.1%, -2.4 points from 2023 to 2025. Math proficiency is 13.1%, -4.1 points from 2023 to 2025.

## Key Stats

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Canonical URL | https://caschooltrends.com/districts/mountain-empire-unified |
| County | San Diego |
| District type | Unified |
| Schools | 16 |
| Students | 4,397 |
| Student / teacher ratio | 17:1 |
| Average spending per student | $21,169 |
| Low-Income Students | 970 (55.7%) |
| English Learners | 520 (29.9%) |

## Reading Proficiency History

| Year | Proficient % | Tested Students |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 28.5% | 971 |
| 2024 | 24.9% | 926 |
| 2025 | 26.1% | 868 |

## Math Proficiency History

| Year | Proficient % | Tested Students |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 17.2% | 971 |
| 2024 | 16.5% | 925 |
| 2025 | 13.1% | 878 |

## Reading Performance by Income Group

| Year | Low-Income | Non-Low-Income |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 22.8% | 39.1% |
| 2024 | 22.3% | 31.2% |
| 2025 | 20.6% | 34.4% |

## Math Performance by Income Group

| Year | Low-Income | Non-Low-Income |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 14.1% | 23.0% |
| 2024 | 14.4% | 21.5% |
| 2025 | 9.1% | 19.0% |

## Reading Performance by English Learner Status

| Year | English Learners | English Native |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 5.4% | 38.5% |
| 2024 | 3.6% | 34.0% |
| 2025 | 5.2% | 35.7% |

## Math Performance by English Learner Status

| Year | English Learners | English Native |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 4.4% | 24.3% |
| 2024 | 3.9% | 23.6% |
| 2025 | 2.5% | 18.4% |

## Board Members

| Name | Role | Email | First Year | Term Expires |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Laff | Member | aaron.laff@meusd.org | N/A | N/A |
| Alex Paul | Member | alex.paul@meusd.org | N/A | N/A |
| Daniel Nuñez | Vice President | daniel.nunez@meusd.org | N/A | N/A |
| Heidi Estrada | Member | heidi.estrada@meusd.org | N/A | N/A |
| Jeff Morrison | Clerk | jeff.morrison@meusd.org | 2022 | 2026 |
| Susan Lancaster | Member | susan.lancaster@meusd.org | N/A | N/A |
| Tina Heimerdinger | Board President | tina.heimerdinger@meusd.org | N/A | N/A |

## Schools

| Rank | School | City | Reading | Math | Combined | Reading 2-Year | Math 2-Year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | College Preparatory Middle - East County | Pine Valley | 87.7% | 78.4% | 83.0% | +5.7 | +2.4 |
| 2 | Descanso Elementary | Descanso | 65.0% | 38.0% | 51.5% | +3.9 | -10.1 |
| 3 | Elite Academic Academy - Mountain Empire | Temecula | 55.6% | 46.9% | 51.3% | -4.1 | -0.4 |
| 4 | Academy Of Arts And Sciences: El Cajon Middle And | Thousand Oaks | 65.0% | 31.0% | 48.0% | +13.0 | +2.0 |
| 5 | San Diego Virtual | San Diego | 57.0% | 34.9% | 45.9% | +7.0 | +19.6 |
| 6 | Compass Charter Schools of San Diego | Thousand Oaks | 47.5% | 35.7% | 41.6% | -0.7 | +10.2 |
| 7 | JCS - Pine Valley | Pine Valley | 44.4% | 28.3% | 36.4% | +1.2 | -0.1 |
| 8 | Academy Of Arts And Sciences: Del Mar Elementary ( | Thousand Oaks | 42.0% | 16.0% | 29.0% | -9.0 | -18.0 |
| 9 | Pine Valley Middle | Pine Valley | 40.4% | 16.2% | 28.3% | +2.2 | -0.5 |
| 10 | Pivot Charter School - San Diego | San Marcos | 40.7% | 13.5% | 27.1% | -2.3 | -4.5 |
| 11 | Mountain Empire High | Pine Valley | 33.0% | 14.8% | 23.9% | -1.1 | +1.6 |
| 12 | Motivated Youth Academy | Escondido | 30.0% | 13.5% | 21.8% | -4.4 | +2.4 |
| 13 | Campo Elementary | Campo | 24.9% | 14.7% | 19.8% | -5.5 | -6.9 |
| 14 | Mountain Empire Junior High | Pine Valley | 19.8% | 8.3% | 14.0% | -0.4 | -1.4 |
| 15 | Clover Flat Elementary | Boulevard | 17.9% | 7.5% | 12.7% | -5.3 | -7.2 |
| 16 | Potrero Elementary | Potrero | 14.0% | 5.8% | 9.9% | +5.1 | -0.2 |