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Enrollment
868
Elementary
DISTRICT 765 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN MARCOS UNIFIED·NCES 063488005889
La Mirada Academy
3697 La Mirada Dr., San Marcos, CA 92078 · (760) 290-2000 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL868 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
672 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (125).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
28.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.7pp since 2014
Math
17.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.6% | 21.1% | 27.6% | 43.7% |
| Math | 4.2% | 13.6% | 27.2% | 55.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.7% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.6% | 19.9% |
| 2022-23 | 34.5% | 25.1% |
| 2021-22 | 36.3% | 25.3% |
| 2018-19 | 35.8% | 25.6% |
| 2017-18 | 34.5% | 26.9% |
| 2016-17 | 31.3% | 19.3% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like La Mirada Academy
La Mirada Academy's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Mirada Academy this school | 868 | 77.4% | 25.4% |
| Santiago Elementary Santa Ana | 906 | 76.8% | 31.4% |
| Sunnyslope Elementary Jurupa Valley | 819 | 78.3% | 24.4% |
| Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary Oxnard | 895 | 74.6% | 34.3% |
| Greenville Fundamental Elementary Santa Ana | 817 | 79.9% | 41.0% |
| Cesar Chavez Language Academy Santa Rosa | 773 | 74.4% | 25.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where La Mirada Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #4,034 of 5,151 | #326 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #4,499 of 5,172 ▼ 328 | #353 of 393 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #4,103 of 5,172 ▼ 624 | #334 of 393 ▼ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.5pp | #256 of 5,116 | #19 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 868 | #217 of 5,915 | #20 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #3,224 of 5,352 | #225 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #4,537 of 5,354 | #380 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.4% | #2,414 of 5,625 | #119 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #470 of 1,139 | #35 of 97 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
868
-137 (-14%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 780
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 23.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 868 | 37.3 | 23.3:1 | 77% (672) |
| 2023-24 | 897 | 43.2 | 20.7:1 | 76% (681) |
| 2022-23 | 936 | 40.8 | 22.9:1 | 71% (661) |
| 2020-21 | 1,005 | 43 | 23.4:1 | 56% (565) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | N/A | N/A | 80% (626) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 34 | 22.1:1 | 80% (604) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | N/A | N/A | 87% (536) |
| 2000-01 | 957 | 42 | 22.8:1 | 71% (682) |
| 1990-91 | 780 | 34 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Mirada Academy.
About La Mirada Academy
Among the schools in San Marcos, California, is La Mirada Academy, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school counts 868 students across kindergarten through 8. The school's enrollment is 87% bigger than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
La Mirada Academy is run by San Marcos Unified, whose 19 schools enroll 18,837 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at La Mirada Academy, with 90% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 4% White and 3% Asian. Among people living in San Diego County, the Hispanic share is about 35%. The chance that two students picked at random at La Mirada Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
A ratio of 23.3:1 comes from the school's 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 77% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Diego County is 54%.
La Mirada Academy is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, La Mirada Academy falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 25.4% actual against 34.2% predicted.
Federal survey data for San Diego County show that median household income is about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. La Mirada Academy is among the 766 public schools in San Diego County.
The closest public school to La Mirada Academy is High Tech Elementary North County, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. La Mirada Academy comes in 5th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
La Mirada Academy had 1,005 students in 2020-21 and 868 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease.
The La Mirada Academy community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Marcos Unified
- San Marcos HighHigh · 3,067 students
- Mission Hills HighHigh · 2,751 students
- San Elijo MiddleMiddle · 1,395 students
- Woodland Park MiddleMiddle · 1,184 students
- Double PeakElementary · 1,171 students
- San Marcos MiddleMiddle · 968 students
Other schools in San Marcos
- San Marcos HighHigh · 3,067 students
- Mission Hills HighHigh · 2,751 students
- San Elijo MiddleMiddle · 1,395 students
- Woodland Park MiddleMiddle · 1,184 students
- Double PeakElementary · 1,171 students
- San Marcos MiddleMiddle · 968 students
Nearby schools
- High Tech Elementary North County0.6 mi · 438
- High Tech Middle North County0.8 mi · 341
- High Tech High North County0.8 mi · 409
- San Marcos High0.9 mi · 3,067
- Joli Ann Leichtag Elementary1.0 mi · 579
- Discovery Elementary1.3 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About La Mirada AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at La Mirada Academy?
La Mirada Academy enrolls approximately 868 students in grades KG-08.
Is La Mirada Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
La Mirada Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does La Mirada Academy have?
La Mirada Academy employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at La Mirada Academy?
At La Mirada Academy, the student body is approximately 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees La Mirada Academy?
La Mirada Academy is overseen by San Marcos Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.