Lemon Crest Elementary

Lemon Crest Elementary, a mid-tier K-5 school in Lakeside, California, operated by Lakeside Union Elementary, instructs 437 students, covering grades K through 5.

Lakeside Union Elementary runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,742 students. Lemon Crest Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Lemon Crest Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 41% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lemon Crest Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lemon Crest Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.3%; actual is 26.5%, a gap of -17.9 points.

In the surrounding community, San Diego County reports that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Lemon Crest Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tierra del Sol Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lemon Crest Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lemon Crest Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lemon Crest Elementary has edged down 24%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 437 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

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