Avondale Elementary

Located at 8401 Stansbury St., in Spring Valley, California, Avondale Elementary is a low-enrollment K-5 school that enrolls 291 students (grades K through 5), run under La Mesa-Spring Valley. Enrollment runs roughly 37% below the state mean of about 465.

Avondale Elementary is one of 22 schools operated by La Mesa-Spring Valley, a district that caters to 10,491 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Avondale Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Avondale Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.1%.

Around the school, census data for San Diego County shows median household income runs about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Avondale Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mount Miguel High, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Avondale Elementary. On composite proficiency, Avondale Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 36%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 291 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 11% to 3%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.6:1 in 2018 to 26.4:1 in 2025.

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