La Mirada Academy

La Mirada Academy is one of the expansive elementary campuss in San Marcos, California, one of the schools within San Marcos Unified, with 868 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 87% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 19 schools in San Marcos Unified (18,837 students total), La Mirada Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, La Mirada Academy records that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 4% White, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at school resources, La Mirada Academy shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting La Mirada Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at La Mirada Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, La Mirada Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.6%.

In the area at large, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), La Mirada Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is High Tech Elementary North County, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around La Mirada Academy. On composite proficiency, La Mirada Academy comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 59.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at La Mirada Academy has expanded 11%, going from 780 students in 2018 to 868 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 9% to 4% across the same window.

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